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269:. To assist Professor Nagy, Harvard appealed to alumni to volunteer as online mentors and discussion group managers. About 10 former teaching fellows have also volunteered. The task of the volunteers is to focus online class discussion on the course material. The course had 27,000 students registered. 462:(Taylor and Francis, London, 2001; Routledge, 2002), 9 vols. Nagy did not ensure that permission was given for publication in all cases and refuses to accept responsibility for not having done so. 240:. From 1994 to 2000, he served as Chair of the Classics Department at Harvard University. He was Chair of Harvard's undergraduate Literature Concentration from 1989 to 1994. He served as the 241: 557: 300:, while Joseph F. Nagy is the Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Irish Studies in the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. 698: 693: 261:
In 2013, Harvard offered his popular class, The Ancient Greek Hero, which thousands of Harvard students had taken over the last few decades, through
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Greg Nagy and the oral tradition of Homeric poetry, an interview, a video and a performance (Digital Pioneers@Harvard, September 2014)
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Nagy, Gregory, "The Name of Achilles: Questions of Etymology and 'Folk-Etymology.'" Illinois Classical Studies 19 (1994): 3–9.
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Plato's Rhapsody and Homer's Music : The Poetics of the Panathenaic Festival in Classical Athens
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Gregory Nagy was a frequent contributor to Classical Inquiries from February 2015 to October 2021
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in 1962 in classics and linguistics, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1966 in classical
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Nagy has two brothers in allied fields: Blaise Nagy is a professor emeritus of Classics at the
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and chair of the Ilex Foundation, served as Faculty Deans (previously called co-masters) of
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Nagy, Gregory, "Distortion diachronique dans l'art homérique: quelques précisions", in:
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The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetry, Revised Edition
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Nagy, Gregory ed. with very brief introductions to collections of reprinted articles,
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From 2015 to 2021, he posted about his work on a frequent basis at his research blog,
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Nagy, Gregory, "The Professional Muse and Models of Prestige in Ancient Greece",
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He is the Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of
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An account of Nagy's pioneering new project "A Homer Commentary in Progress"
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The Classics In East Europe: From the End of World War II to the Present
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at Harvard, and continues to teach half-time at the Harvard campus in
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Greek Dialects and the Transformation of an Indo-European Process
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Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations
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Nagy, Gregory, "Early Greek Views of Poets and Poetry", in:
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Since 1966, he has been a professor at Harvard University.
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Nagy's website at the Harvard Department of the Classics
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Pindar's Homer: The Lyric Possession of an Epic Past
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The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, vol. 1
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Homer and beyond. 205: 671: 618:Pérez-Peña, Richard (March 25, 2013). 424:(University of California Press, 2010) 371:(Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990) 514: 161: 654:with Nagy on "New Books in Classics" 502:http://www.jstor.org/stable/23065415 408:(University of Illinois Press, 2004) 182:poetry. Nagy is known for extending 537:""Profile: Professor Gregory Nagy"" 13: 429:The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours 378:(Cambridge University Press, 1996) 14: 725: 640: 401:(University of Texas Press, 2003) 387:(University of Texas Press, 1996) 313: 431:(Harvard University Press, 2013) 415:(Harvard University Press, 2009) 394:(Harvard University Press, 2002) 355:(Cornell University Press, 1990) 332:(Harvard University Press, 1974) 323:(Harvard University Press, 1970) 272: 663:A Homer Commentary in Progress 583: 565: 529: 289:at Harvard from 1986 to 1990. 244:in the academic year 1990-91. 1: 508: 210:Nagy received his A.B. from 7: 679:American classical scholars 466: 353:Greek Mythology and Poetics 226:Center for Hellenic Studies 10: 730: 267:massive open online course 257:Massive open online course 16:American classical scholar 714:Scholars of Ancient Greek 709:Indiana University alumni 704:Harvard University alumni 406:Homer's Text And Language 294:College of the Holy Cross 140: 130: 120: 110: 100: 95: 69: 64: 60: 28: 21: 308: 303: 298:Worcester, Massachusetts 238:Cambridge, Massachusetts 115:Ancient Greek literature 436:As editor or co-editor 234:Comparative literature 154: 421:Homer: The Preclassic 163:[ˈnɒɟˈgɛrgɛj] 206:Education and career 595:Classical Inquiries 444:and Nagy, G. eds., 250:Classical Inquiries 65:Academic background 652:An audio interview 624:The New York Times 577:2014-09-03 at the 521:"CV: Gregory Nagy" 366:2016-09-15 at the 343:2016-03-03 at the 212:Indiana University 174:, specializing in 172:Harvard University 125:Harvard University 85:Harvard University 76:Indiana University 476:12 (1989) 133–143 474:Cultural Critique 455:(New Press, 2001) 413:Homer the Classic 399:Homeric Responses 384:Homeric Questions 283:Boston University 144: 143: 721: 635: 634: 632: 630: 615: 609: 608: 603: 601: 587: 581: 569: 563: 561: 555: 547: 545: 544: 533: 527: 518: 460:Greek Literature 427:Nagy, Gregory, 230:Washington, D.C. 165: 160: 42: 39:October 22, 1942 38: 36: 19: 18: 729: 728: 724: 723: 722: 720: 719: 718: 669: 668: 643: 638: 628: 626: 616: 612: 599: 597: 589: 588: 584: 579:Wayback Machine 570: 566: 549: 548: 542: 540: 535: 534: 530: 525:gregorynagy.org 519: 515: 511: 469: 438: 418:Nagy, Gregory, 411:Nagy, Gregory, 404:Nagy, Gregory, 397:Nagy, Gregory, 390:Nagy, Gregory, 381:Nagy, Gregory, 374:Nagy, Gregory, 368:Wayback Machine 358:Nagy, Gregory, 351:Nagy, Gregory, 345:Wayback Machine 335:Nagy, Gregory, 326:Nagy, Gregory, 319:Nagy, Gregory, 316: 311: 306: 275: 259: 208: 158: 83: 56: 50:Central Hungary 43: 40: 34: 32: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 727: 717: 716: 711: 706: 701: 696: 691: 686: 681: 667: 666: 660: 655: 649: 642: 641:External links 639: 637: 636: 610: 582: 564: 528: 512: 510: 507: 506: 505: 498: 491: 484: 477: 468: 465: 464: 463: 456: 449: 437: 434: 433: 432: 425: 416: 409: 402: 395: 388: 379: 372: 356: 349: 333: 324: 315: 314:As sole author 312: 310: 307: 305: 302: 274: 271: 258: 255: 207: 204: 142: 141: 138: 137: 132: 131:Main interests 128: 127: 122: 118: 117: 112: 111:Sub-discipline 108: 107: 102: 98: 97: 93: 92: 73: 67: 66: 62: 61: 58: 57: 44: 30: 26: 25: 22: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 726: 715: 712: 710: 707: 705: 702: 700: 697: 695: 692: 690: 689:Living people 687: 685: 682: 680: 677: 676: 674: 664: 661: 659: 656: 653: 650: 648: 645: 644: 625: 621: 614: 607: 596: 592: 586: 580: 576: 573: 568: 559: 553: 538: 532: 526: 522: 517: 513: 503: 499: 496: 492: 489: 485: 482: 478: 475: 471: 470: 461: 457: 454: 450: 447: 443: 440: 439: 430: 426: 423: 422: 417: 414: 410: 407: 403: 400: 396: 393: 389: 386: 385: 380: 377: 373: 370: 369: 365: 362: 357: 354: 350: 347: 346: 342: 339: 334: 331: 330: 325: 322: 318: 317: 301: 299: 295: 290: 288: 287:Currier House 284: 280: 273:Personal life 270: 268: 264: 254: 252: 251: 245: 243: 239: 235: 231: 227: 222: 219: 217: 213: 203: 201: 200: 195: 194: 189: 185: 181: 180:archaic Greek 177: 173: 169: 164: 156: 152: 148: 139: 136: 133: 129: 126: 123: 119: 116: 113: 109: 106: 103: 99: 96:Academic work 94: 90: 86: 81: 77: 74: 72: 68: 63: 59: 55: 51: 47: 41:(age 81) 31: 27: 20: 627:. 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Harvard University
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Philology
Ancient Greek literature
Harvard University
Homer
Hungarian
[ˈnɒɟˈgɛrgɛj]
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Harvard University
Homer
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Milman Parry
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