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Since 1988 the Getty has been embroiled in a dispute over a 7-ft.-tall marble beauty: a magnificent early 5th century B.C. Greek statue of a goddess, perhaps Aphrodite. Italy claims it was furtively unearthed in 1979 from the archaeological dig at Morgantina, Sicily. Some experts doubt that Morgantina, a onetime Greek colony, was the specific origin, but Italy is convinced the statue came from somewhere under its soil...
Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature Gregory Nagy, who teaches Literature and Arts C-14, "The Concept of the Hero in Hellenic Civilization," has devoted his heart to the Boston...
Worth performed excerpts from plays such as Agamemnon, Promethius, Hamlet and Othello. She also commented on Greek literature, Shakespeare and her personal experiences in acting...
...group chanted and hailed to Cronos, the Greek god of time...
Lysistrata is an entertaining and brilliantly choreographed adaptation of Aristophanes' original. And the allusions to 1930s Hollywood--"You have no idea what a long-legged gal can do without doing anything," integrated into an ancient Greek setting, successfully emphasize the timelessness of gender issues...