#  Gregory Nagy 

Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature

 

 

 



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Research interests: Archaic and Classical Greek poetry and prose; rhetoric, linguistics, metrics, traditions

Photo: *Rose Lincoln/Harvard University*



 

 

 



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Nagy, Gregory. 2024. *[Ancient Greek Heroes, Athletes, Poetry](/publication/ancient-greek-heroes-athletes-poetry)*. New Alexandria Foundation.



 

 

Nagy, Gregory. 2024. *[Ancient Greek Heroes, Athletes, Poetry](/publication/ancient-greek-heroes-athletes-poetry)*. New Alexandria Foundation.



 

 

 

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Nagy, Gregory. 2004. *[Homer’s Text and Language](/publications/homers-text-and-language)*. Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press.



 

 

Nagy, Gregory. 2004. *[Homer’s Text and Language](/publications/homers-text-and-language)*. Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press.



 

 

 

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Nagy, Gregory. 2003. *[Homeric Responses](/publications/homeric-responses)*. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.



 

 

Nagy, Gregory. 2003. *[Homeric Responses](/publications/homeric-responses)*. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.



 

 

 

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Nagy, Gregory. 2002. *[Plato’s Rhapsody and Homer’s Music: The Poetics of the Panathenaic Festival in Classical Athens](/publications/platos-rhapsody-and-homers-music-poetics-panathenaic-festival-classical-athens)*. Washington, DC and Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.



 

 

Nagy, Gregory. 2002. *[Plato’s Rhapsody and Homer’s Music: The Poetics of the Panathenaic Festival in Classical Athens](/publications/platos-rhapsody-and-homers-music-poetics-panathenaic-festival-classical-athens)*. Washington, DC and Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.



 

 

 

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Nagy, Gregory. 2013. *[The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours](/publications/ancient-greek-hero-24-hours)*. Cambridge, MA; London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.



 

 

Nagy, Gregory. 2013. *[The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours](/publications/ancient-greek-hero-24-hours)*. Cambridge, MA; London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.



 

 

 

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