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Introductory comments marking the occasion of an international conference on orality and literacy, University of Wrocław 2019.12.04–06
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2019-12-04)It is such an honor for me that my friend Karol Zieliński has asked me to say some introductory comments marking the occasion of the splendid conference that he has so valiantly organized at the University of Wrocław. The ... -
About what kinds of things we may learn about mythology by reading about rituals recorded by bureaucratic scribes
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2019-11-22)This essay centers on a scribe working in the Mycenaean palace at Pylos who wrote a Greek-language text about protocols involving rituals. The scribe’s text, written on a tablet of clay in a form of writing known as Linear ... -
Thinking comparatively about Greek mythology XIV, with a focus on the role of Hēraklēs as a leader of fighting men
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2019-10-25)In my essay for 2019.10.18, I argued that the role of Hēraklēs as a leader of fighting men is interchangeable in Greek myth with his wider role as a leader of people in general. And then, toward the end of that same essay, ...