Word: greekness
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GREECE IS REMINDING THE WORLD THAT IT TOO IS A Balkan country, the inhabitant of a region where history often induces hysteria. In his policy toward the disaster zone that used to be Yugoslavia, Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis is well on his way to deepening and widening the war there...
Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature Gregory Nagy, for example, lists movies like "Apocalypse Now" and "The Last Emperor" in his core course called "The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization...
Nagy's strategy is simple: Take an abundant resource--modern motion pictures--to supplement what is absent--access to actual Greek performances hundreds of years...
...other words, seeing the drama of "Apocalypse Now," students may well be infused with the energy that drove Greek drama--works that are no longer frequently performed...
Jones Professor of Classical Greek LiteratureGregory Nagy, who teaches the course, said hehopes for an eventual return to the 15-studentminimum. His course's section is currentlyaveraging 18 students...