Introduction to the series “Annotations about archaic Greek lyric” For English-speakers in the world of higher education, as of this writing, the introductory textbook most often assigned for the study of “archaic Greek lyric” (including elegiac and iambic poetry) has been Greek Lyric Poetry: A Selection of Early Greek Lyric,… Read more
2022.01.03 | By Gregory Nagy §0. The core of this essay (Nagy 2022.01.03) is an English-language version of a lecture I originally delivered in Athens, over ten years ago, at the Academy of Athens on the occasion of my induction as a corresponding member of the Academy (Nagy 2011.04.06). A… Read more
What follows is a draft (dated 2021.12.31) of 23 chapters taken from the forthcoming book, Aeolian Origins, and Other Mycenaean Matters, by Roger D. Woodard. [Chapter titles are linked in the Table of Contents on page 3.]… Read more
2021.12.27 | By Gregory Nagy §0. As an old teacher, I have often tried to encourage young colleagues who are launching their careers in teaching. I would be telling them stories about what could be described as “eureka moments” to be experienced in the process of teaching. But the Greek… Read more
2021.12.20 | By Gregory Nagy §0. This brief set of comments is about two enormous mountain-ranges. One of the two dominates the central zone of the island of Crete and the other, the Plain of Troy. Both of these massive highlands were called Ida in the ancient world. And… Read more
2021.12.13 | By Gregory Nagy §0. In an article I published over half a century ago (Nagy 1963), I drew attention to four “Linear A” syllabic characters inscribed on a golden double-axe dating from Minoan times, first published by my late colleague and friend Emily Vermeule (1959). In my… Read more
2016.04.27 (the original version, published as a foreword), 2021.12.06 (standalone essay, a revised version, published online here) | By Gregory Nagy Cover of Jean Bollack’s The Art of Reading: From Homer to Paul Celan, image used with the permission of the Center for Hellenic Studies. §0.1. The picture… Read more
2021.11.29 | By Gregory Nagy[*] Attic red-figure cup by Oltos, ca. 510 BCE. Detail of exterior: Anacreon (named, ANAKΡΕΟΝ) with lyre and plectrum. British Museum, inv. no. 1836,0224.145 (Vases E18). Image © The Trustees of the British Museum, used under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0… Read more
2021.11.22 | By Gregory Nagy Fresco from Pylos (close-up of a reconstruction), warrior in chariot, ca. 1350 BCE. Based on Plate 123 in the first edition (1969) of a book by Mabel L. Lang, The Palace of Nestor at Pylos in Western Messenia. Vol. II, The Frescoes (Princeton University Press, paperback… Read more
2021.11.15 | By Gregory Nagy §0. My memory takes me back to a timeless moment I once experienced on the island of Crete. I am nearing the proud old city of Réthymno along a road leading there from Iráklio, when I see something. Relevant, I now think, to what I… Read more