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Epigraphy/Papyrology, Research Symposium Papers

The Image and the Text: Dedicatory Epigrams and Strategies of Communication in Archaic and Classical Athens

Citation with persistent identifier: Kaczko, Sara. “The Image and the Text: Dedicatory Epigrams on Stone and Strategies of Communication in Archaic and Classical Athens.” CHS Research Bulletin 1, no. 1 (2012). http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hlnc.essay:KaczkoS.The_Image_and_the_Text_Dedicatory_Epigrams.2012 https://vimeo.com/57934927 Per Roberta Introduction[1] §1  To the eyes of a Greek citizen of Archaic… Read more

Art/Archaeology, Language/Literature, Research Symposium Papers

The Agorē in Epic and Archaeology

Citation with persistent identifier: Marks, Jim. “The Agorē in Epic and Archaeology.” CHS Research Bulletin 1, no. 1 (2012). http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hlnc.essay:MarksJ.The_Agore_in_Epic_and_Archaeology.2012 https://vimeo.com/57934925 Introduction §1  Descriptions of communities in the early Greek epics—like descriptions of places, people and things in general—tend to be cursory and formulaic. One of the features… Read more

Art/Archaeology, Mythology/Religion, Research Symposium Papers

Ritual Practice and Material Support: Objects in Ritual Theories

Citation with persistent identifier: Patera, Ioanna. “Ritual Practice and Material Support: Objects in Ritual Theories.” CHS Research Bulletin 1, no. 1 (2012). http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hlnc.essay:PateraI.Ritual_Practice_and_Material_Support.2012 https://vimeo.com/57934924 Confined to the religious sphere [ritual] has some minimal utility. But used in the wide manner of ethologists (the rituals of copulation), archaeologists (with their… Read more

Language/Literature, Research Symposium Papers

Abstract: Collective Emotion in Thucydides

Thucydides’ well-known endorsement of Pericles praises his ability to perceive the fears of the Athenian demos and steer them in the direction that benefits the affairs of the state. This endorsement reflects a preoccupation that permeates his History: the role that individual and collective emotion plays in political decision-making and action. This… Read more

Language/Literature, Research Symposium Papers

Abstract: Lesbos Between Athens and Sparta

Archaic Greek poems referred to a specific historical context and to a specific audience. To understand the meaning of these poems, it is necessary to reconstruct their contexts. Because of the lack of evidence about archaic Greece, different societies have to be compared: in the case of Sappho and Alcaeus,… Read more