EVENT
EVENT
When: Monday, February 26, 2024 | 18:00
Where: Deree Faculty Lounge
Speaker: Tobias Myers, Associate Professor of Classics, Deree – The American College of Greece
Organized by: The Institute of Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts
About the Event
The Institute of Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts cordially invites you to its inaugural Hellenic Studies Seminar Series!
What can Homer tell us about self-knowledge? Quite a bit, one might think. After all, the Delphic maxim “Know yourself” (γνῶθι σεαυτόν) was deeply important for the tradition of ancient Greek philosophy and literature, over which Homer exercised unparalleled influence. However, phrases like “know yourself” are not only missing from the Homeric poems but, as recent scholarship has argued, possibly inexpressible in Homeric Greek. Moreover, whether Homer had any conception of the “self,” and if so, what it was, is itself a controversial topic in scholarship. This talk seeks to show that these apparent challenges are, in fact, clues, which we can follow through the vivid mirror of epic song to witness a uniquely Odyssean confrontation with ideas of self and self-knowledge.
The seminar is also accessible via Zoom. The link will be provided on the day of the event and sent via email to those opting for online participation.
After the seminar, there will be refreshments and light snacks.
For more information, please contact us at [email protected]
