Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part II: Viewing the Olympics through the lens of Olympia – Essay 4: What Pausanias saw when he looked up at the pediments of the Temple of Zeus in Olympia 2022.10.03 | By Gregory Nagy §0. I have by now lost count of how many times in my life I…
Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part I: Twelve Olympian Essays – Essay 12: Olympian women, Olympian girls, Olympian running 2022.09.05| By Gregory Nagy §0. In this essay, I will quote and translate and comment on an ancient text about…
Ancient Greek heroes, athletes, poetry Part I: Twelve Olympian Essays – Essay 11: An Olympian man for 2022.08.29 | By Gregory Nagy §0. I rewrite here what was once a self-standing essay (Nagy 2019.05.10) written in…