Similar to other fellows, in my first post I am presenting my main research project. In the course of nearly a decade, the interest in and knowledge about the epic material attributed to Eumelus of Corinth has grown remarkably. On this area, I myself have endeavored to contribute via a… Read more
Ongoing research on Ctesias in conjunction with another project, a synthesis of Achaemenid history, reinforces the pervasive impact Near Eastern traditions had on both Greek encounters with the Near East and on Greek historiography. Ctesias’ version of Cyrus the Great’s origins and rise to power is so fundamentally different than… Read more
In this post, I will address directly the question I first posed: What do ancient Greek inscriptions and a chiropractor’s cerebral hemorrhage have in common? To do so, I’ll gloss the story of former chiropractor Jon Sarkin and his current artistic oeuvre. This topic is of great interest to me… Read more
Hello! Let me get back for a moment to the provisional index of my book on the Phaedrus, which I outlined in my previous post: Introduction Prelude: Plato’s self-disclosing strategies: survey and new insights Chapter 1, ‘STESICHORE’: Stesichorus and the palinode Chapter 2, ‘SAPPHO’: Gorgias, lyric poetry and philosophical rhetoric… Read more
In the late 1960s archaeologists from the British School at Athens, while excavating a cemetery on the island of Euboea, discovered an object that remains unique in the history of Greek art: the Lefkandi centaur. The figurine stands c. 14 inches high and is dated to the late 10th century… Read more
