Greek Resources

Reading Sappho

Edited by Ellen Greene Abstract: In this volume, scholarship on Sappho moves beyond a limiting focus on textual reconstruction or analysis of her possible biography to study her as a powerful and influential voice in…

Date: 11 July 2021
Category: Greek Language and Literature Greek Lyric Greek Resources

The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander

By Caroline Alexander Thought to be the first major translation of the Iliad by a woman, this translation of Homer’s epic has been praised for its precision and power. Published 2016 by HarperCollins

Date: 11 July 2021
Category: Greek Epic Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources

Sparta Live: Warlike Spartans? Competing Memories on Spartan Militarism with Dr Elena Franchi

By Dr Elena Franchi for the University of Nottingham Abstract: On the eve of the Peloponnesian war, the Spartans had to decide whether to launch an offensive attack or not. King Archidamus advised them to be warlike…

Date: 10 July 2021
Category: Classical Greek History Greek History Greek Resources

Citizenship in Classical Athens

By Josine Blok Abstract: What did citizenship really mean in classical Athens? It is conventionally understood as characterised by holding political office. Since only men could do so, only they were considered to be…

Date: 10 July 2021
Category: Greek Art and Culture Greek Religion Greek Resources

Melissa Benson Examines Herodotus and the Bisitun Inscription

By Melissa Benson for Herodotus Helpline Abstract: Dr Melissa Benson (UCL) offers a thorough reassessment of several passages form Book 3 of the Histories, and explores Herodotus’ awareness of Darius’ official account…

Date: 8 July 2021
Category: Classical Greek History Greek Historiography Greek History Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources

Solon and Early Greek Poetry: The Politics of Exhortation

By Elizabeth Irwin Abstract: The poetry of archaic Greece gives voice to the history and politics of the culture of that age. This 2005 book explores the types of history that have been, and can be, written from…

Date: 8 July 2021
Category: Archaic Greek History Greek Language and Literature Greek Lyric Greek Resources

Choroi Achoroi: The Athenian Politics of Tragic Choral Identity

By Sheila Murnaghan Abstract: This chapter highlights the paradoxical status of the tragic chorus: as a group of musical performers, the chorus is a manifestation of social and political order, but as a group of…

Date: 6 July 2021
Category: Greek Art and Culture Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources Greek Tragedy

Male and female spaces in Homer and in Heike monogatari

By Naoko Yamagata Abstract: The basic division of male and female spaces appears to exist in both Homer and Heike monogatari. In both the breach of the gendered division of spaces is used to underline crises, and, to…

Date: 6 July 2021
Category: Archaic Greek History Greek Epic Greek History Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources

Diogenes Laertius: Lives of the Eminent Philosophers

Translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller Abstract: Lives and the Eminent Philosophers of Diogenes Laertius is a crucial source for much of what we know about the origins of philosophy in Greece. The work…

Date: 6 July 2021
Category: Greek Language and Literature Greek Philosophical Writing Greek Philosophy Greek Resources

Distorted Oaths in Aeschylus

by Isabelle Torrance Abstract: This paper argues that Aeschylus systematically distorts normative ritual paradigms of oath-taking for dramatic purposes. Oaths in Aeschylus tend to be conspiratorial and/or political in…

Date: 6 July 2021
Category: Greek Resources Greek Tragedy

Category: Greek Resources