Lesche: Ancient Greece, New Ideas

Johanna Hanink
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Lesche: Ancient Greece, New Ideas

In Greek antiquity, a lesche (λέσχη) was a spot to hang out and chat. On this podcast, Brown University professor Johanna Hanink hosts conversations with fellow Hellenists about their latest work in the field.

Episodes

  1. The Cambridge Greek Lexicon

    9 HR. AGO

    The Cambridge Greek Lexicon

    James Diggle joins me in the Lesche to discuss the 2021 Cambridge Greek Lexicon (2 vols.) of which he was editor-and-chief. We discuss why it was time for this sort of thing (and why it took 24 years to complete), how to use it, and why it improves on LSJ ... plus, how the team approached translating some of the naughtier words. Some linksCambridge Greek Lexicon project page, where you'll also find a video of the Faculty of Classics' publication celebration.Alison Flood's review in The Guardi...

    54 min
  2. The Longue Durée of the Greek Polis

    12/25/2024

    The Longue Durée of the Greek Polis

    John Ma joins me in the Lesche to discuss the longue durée of the Greek polis. John is the author of the new, monumental, and much anticipated book Polis: A New History of the Ancient Greek City-State from the Early Iron Age to the End of Antiquity (Princeton 2024). Happy Holidays!About our guestJohn Ma was born in New York of Chinese parents. He grew up in Geneva, where he studied Greek and Latin at school and outside school. He went on to study Classics, then ancient history at Oxford. He h...

    1 hr
  3. SPECIAL: Pasolini's THE RETURN, with Homerist Barbara Graziosi

    12/13/2024

    SPECIAL: Pasolini's THE RETURN, with Homerist Barbara Graziosi

    (Spoiler alert! This episode is jam-packed with plot spoilers for THE RETURN.) Homeric scholar Barbara Graziosi joins me in the Lesche to discuss Umberto Pasolini's THE RETURN, a film dramatization of the second half of the Odyssey starring Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus and Juliette Binoche as Penelope.About our guestBarbara Graziosi is Department Chair and Professor of Classical Studies at Princeton, holding the C. Ewing Chair of ancient Greek. Graziosi attended Oxford University (Corpus Christi...

    47 min
  4. (Imperial) Greek Epic

    12/11/2024

    (Imperial) Greek Epic

    Emma Greensmith and Tim Whitmarsh join me in the Lesche to discuss how Imperial Greek epic fits into our understanding of Ancient Greek epic as a whole. Emma has just edited the Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Epic, and she was also a member of the research project Greek Epic of the Roman Empire: A Cultural History, which Tim directed. About our guestsEmma Greensmith is Associate Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St John’s College.&...

    55 min
  5. Translating the Iliad, with Emily Wilson

    11/27/2024

    Translating the Iliad, with Emily Wilson

    Emily Wilson, acclaimed translator, joins me in the Lesche to discuss the challenges and pleasures of translating the Iliad. We discuss the Greek of two passages in detail: Book 6 lines 482-502 and Book 22 lines 199-204 (lines as in the OCT).About our guestEmily Wilson is Department Chair and Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, holding the College for Women Class of 1963 Term Professor in the Humanities. Wilson attended Oxford University (Balliol College B.A. in ...

    58 min
  6. The Athenian Funeral Oration

    11/13/2024

    The Athenian Funeral Oration

    David M. Pritchard joins me in the Lesche to discuss what appears to have been, in Nicole Loraux's famous words, a "very Athenian invention": the epitaphios logos, or funeral oration given over the war dead at their public burial. Both the Athenian funeral oration and the legacy of Nicole Loraux's pioneering study of it are the subjects of David's new edited volume The Athenian Funeral Oration: After Nicole Loraux. About our guestDavid M. Pritchard is Associate Professor of Greek Histor...

    1h 2m
  7. Alexander in the East

    10/23/2024

    Alexander in the East

    Rachel Kousser joins me in the Lesche to discuss Alexander III of Macedon's post-Persepolis campaigns in Asia (330-323 BCE), the subject of her recent book Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great.About our guestRachel Kousser writes and teaches about Alexander the Great, the destruction of monuments in ancient Greece, and the representation of gender and power in the Mediterranean world. For her work, she has received fellowships from the National E...

    50 min
  8. Athenian Drama in Sicily (Ferdia Lennon, GLORIOUS EXPLOITS)

    10/09/2024

    Athenian Drama in Sicily (Ferdia Lennon, GLORIOUS EXPLOITS)

    Ferdia Lennon joins me in the Lesche to discuss his award-winning and bestselling novel, Glorious Exploits (UK Penguin Fig Tree/US Macmillan 2024), which is set in Syracuse in the aftermath of the Athenian invasion of Sicily during the Peloponnesian War.About our guestFerdia Lennon was born and raised in Dublin. He holds a BA in History and Classics from University College Dublin and an MA in Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia. Glorious Exploits is his first novel. It was broadc...

    49 min
  9. SPECIAL: Netflix's KAOS, with creator Charlie Covell

    10/03/2024 · BONUS

    SPECIAL: Netflix's KAOS, with creator Charlie Covell

    Charlie Covell joins me in the Lesche to discuss their hit Netflix show KAOS, a modern dark dramedic take on Ancient Greek mythology. The show, set in something like modern-day Crete (and on Olympus and in Hades), interweaves stories of Prometheus, the Olympian gods, Orpheus and Eurydice, Minos/Ariadne/Theseus/the Minotaur, and Caeneis.Special thanks on this one to Mike Farah & Jess Sze. About our guestBritish creator-writer Charlie Covell (they/them) recently created the Netflix ori...

    54 min
  10. Subject Communities of the Athenian Empire

    09/25/2024

    Subject Communities of the Athenian Empire

    Leah Lazar and Christy Constantakopoulou join me in the Lesche to discuss their work on the relationship between Athens and its subject communities (the "allies") during the fifth-century Athenian "empire" (ἀρχή). Leah has a new book out on the subject, Athens and Power in the Fifth Century BC; Christy’s monograph Dance of the Islands (a favorite of my Classical Greek History students) opened up new ways of thinking about the interconnectivity of the empire’s communities when it came out in 2...

    59 min

  11. 09/11/2024

    The New Euripides Papyrus

    Yvona Trnka-Amrhein and John Gibert join me in the Lesche to discuss their editio princeps of a newly-discovered papyrus (P.Phil.Nec. 23) containing lines from two of Euripides' fragmentary plays, Ino and Poluidos. The publication, in ZPE, is currently only available in print. The ToC for the issue in which it appears is available here.Information about the conference on 'The New Euripides' held at the Center for Hellenic Studies this past June is available here. Pre-prints based on the speak...

    1h 12m

  12. TRAILER

    Introducing Lesche: Ancient Greece, New Ideas

    Welcome to Lesche, a podcast on new books and ideas in the field of Ancient Greek Studies. In each episode, we'll be talking to classicists about their latest contributions to the field.We’re going to start by releasing two episodes each month, on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. The first episode will debut on Wednesday, September 11.You can find us on Instagram, @leschepodcast, or send us an email at leschepodcast@gmail.com If you have an idea for a new book or topic...

    2 min

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In Greek antiquity, a lesche (λέσχη) was a spot to hang out and chat. On this podcast, Brown University professor Johanna Hanink hosts conversations with fellow Hellenists about their latest work in the field.

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