Gregory Nagy

In Ancient Greek Heroes, Athletes, Poetry, Gregory Nagy continues where The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours left off. This book is also centred on some of the greatest masterpieces of ancient Greek literature, including the Homeric Iliad and Odyssey as well as seven tragedies stemming from the grand masters of the Classical Age of Athens. It returns to the...

What does it mean to be a hero? The ancient Greeks who gave us Achilles and Odysseus had a very different understanding of the term than we do today. Based on the legendary Harvard course that Gregory Nagy has taught for well over thirty years, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours explores the roots of Western civilization and offers...