Lev Shadrin (Universität Innsbruck) <…> καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα, καίπερ μαλακὸν ὂν, ὤθησεν ἡμᾶς πρὸς Ἄνδρον. Στεναγμοὶ τῶν ναυτῶν.“<…> and the wind, as gentle as it was, pushed us towards the Andros island.Sailors groan.”GSA 108/2922, Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv Weimar, f.51v In 1837, Karl Benedikt Hase, a Franco-German Hellenist working in Paris, made a two-month long tripContinue reading “Στεναγμοὶ τῶν ναυτῶν: Traveling from France to Greece in the 1830s”
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Erasmus and Budé: Frenemies forever!
Liese Dictus (KU Leuven) Erasmus’ sharp pen was a force to be reckoned with by his contemporaries. In his famous Praise of Folly the humanist author spared no one in society, including himself. Similarly, Erasmus proved in his letters that he could deal harsh blows with his pen strokes. A letter to the French humanistContinue reading “Erasmus and Budé: Frenemies forever!”
A Hellenic Voice from the Tyrolean Lowlands
Tobias Heiss (Universität Innsbruck) A few years before the Austrian secondary education system underwent a structural reform in 1849, which established Ancient Greek as a mandatory subject, a Franciscan monk named Bern(h)ard Niedermühlbichler (1798–1850) already published two works of exemplary New Ancient Greek versification with a pedagogical goal in mind. As a teacher of classicsContinue reading “A Hellenic Voice from the Tyrolean Lowlands”
At the Dawn of Early Modern Hellenism: Manuel Chrysoloras and the Revival of Greek Studies in Renaissance Europe
Chiara Gazzini (University of Oslo) The Steigenberger Inselhotel on Lake Constance, formerly a Dominican monastery, holds a copy of an epitaph ascribed to the Italian humanist Pier Paolo Vergerio (1370–1444/45). Originally placed near the altar of the monastery, the inscription was on the gravestone of a Greek who died in Constance on 15 April 1415Continue reading “At the Dawn of Early Modern Hellenism: Manuel Chrysoloras and the Revival of Greek Studies in Renaissance Europe”
