2023.12.28 | By Gregory Nagy [[copy-edited 2024 by Elizabeth Gipson and Alvin Zhou]] Detail from Attic krater attributed to the Brygos painter, 480-470 BCE. Line drawing by Valerie Woelfel. Preface This book about the songs of Sappho is one of three standalone volumes that belong to a… Read more
2023.12.26 | By Gregory Nagy Preface This book about the songs of Sappho is one of three standalone volumes that belong to a series of works published in Classical Continuum—some of those works appear both online and in print while others appear only online. As I… Read more
2023.12.18 | By Gregory Nagy “Sappho” (modeled 1862, carved 1867), by William Wetmore Story (1819–1895). Image via Flickr, under a CC BY 2.0 license. Preface This book about the songs of Sappho is one of three standalone volumes… Read more
New thoughts on old matters: Insights from Iconography and Linguistics. Papers and Summary of the Discussion held at the Summer 2023 MASt Seminar (Friday, June 30) §1. The Summer 2023 session of the MASt seminar was opened with the very happy news that the MASt co-founder Tom Palaima has been… Read more
MASt Seminar, Spring 2023 (Friday, May 19), Papers and Summary of the Discussions Neighborly Relations: Continuity and disruption between Minoans and Mycenaeans and between Mycenaean and alphabetic Greek—two case studies §1. Rachele Pierini opened the Spring 2023 session of the MASt seminar by welcoming the participants to the May meeting… Read more
MASt – Summer Seminar 2022: Summaries of Presentations and Discussion §1.1. Rachele Pierini opened the Summer session of the MASt seminars by presenting the different structure of the July event, which hosted the mentor(s) and mentee session. During the meeting, graduate students presented their thesis along with their mentors. Specifically,… Read more
2023.11.13, an abridged and pre-edited version an earlier essay | By Olga M. Davidson Ferdowsi reading the Shahnameh to Shah Maḥmud of Ghazni (1913). Vardges Sureniants (Armenian, 1860–1921). Image via Wikimedia Commons. Since 2001, I have been working on an ongoing project of translating and commenting on… Read more
MASt – Spring Seminar 2022 (Friday, April 8): Summaries of Presentations and Discussion §1. Rachele Pierini opened the Spring session of the MASt seminars by welcoming the participants to the April meeting. In addition to the regular members of the MASt network as well as colleagues and students who have… Read more
Entering the Future: the MASt biannual plan and strategy (2023/2024), new board, and social media expansion §1. Rachele Pierini opened the Winter 2023 session of the MASt seminar by welcoming the participants to the January meeting. As previously announced, the Winter 2023 MASt seminar followed a different format than the… Read more