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The International Hellenic Prize

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The International Hellenic Prize awards original works in English relating to, or inspired by, ancient or modern Hellenic civilization, culture, history, or literature.

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The International Hellenic Prize@ihellenicprize.bsky.social · 2w ago

We are absolutely delighted to announce the prizewinner for the 2025 International Hellenic Prize: Peter Jeffreys & Gregory Jusdanis' 'Alexandrian Sphinx: The Hidden Life of Constantine Cavafy'. An innovative, nuanced, and compelling biography - truly a must-read. Congratulations to the authors!

A poster with a light blue background and 'International Hellenic Prize Winner 2025' written across the top in gold lettering. The rest of the poster features the book's front cover, which has a slightly darker blue background upon which is laid a secondary smaller cream background. The title and author names are laid out across the top and bottom of this background, with the outermost lines in black font and the two innermost top and bottom lines in gold. At the centre is an image of Cavafy's face, which is set upon the right half of a gold sun with small rays emerging all the way around. Cavafy has dark hair and a moustache, and wears spectacles.This is a black and white headshot of one of the authors, Peter Jeffreys, smiling at the cameraThis is a headshot of one of the authors, Gregory Jusdanis, smiling at the camera
Basic Books Group@basicbooksgroup.bsky.social · last mo.

Congratulations to Robin Waterfield and THE HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR for being shortlisted for The 2025 International Hellenic Prize! Learn more: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/thucy...

The History of the Peloponnesian War

A definitive and refreshingly readable new translation of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War, paired with a brilliant introduction on how to rea...

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The International Hellenic Prize@ihellenicprize.bsky.social · last mo.

The final title on the shortlist is Robin Waterfield's translation of Thucydides' 'History of the Peloponnesian War', published by Basic Books @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social

The front cover of the book is encircled by a fiery orange-yellow strip, and then set upon a dark blue-green background is the title in text of the same orange-yellow colour, the author and translator's names in white, and then below a rendition in brown metallic tones of Antonio Canova's 1797 plaster bas-relief depicting Socrates rescuing Alcibiades at the battle of Potidaea
The International Hellenic Prize@ihellenicprize.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The IHP award ceremony is coming up on Saturday 28th Feb, please get in touch (info@internationalhellenicprize.org) to register for attendance, whether virtual or in person. It promises to be a fantastic evening, celebrating this year's prizewinner @edithmayhall.bsky.social - don't miss out!

Edith Hall@edithmayhall.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Greek friends, Philhellenes! If you'd like to attend this event on Sat. Feb. 28 at 1900 in Athens, either in person or virtually, please register. It'll be wonderful to have you with me and the nonpareil Hellenists in the best sense Alicia Stallings and Ioanna Karamanou

Edith Hall@edithmayhall.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Greek friends, Philhellenes! If you'd like to attend this event on Sat. Feb. 28 at 1900 in Athens, either in person or virtually, please register. It'll be wonderful to have you with me and the nonpareil Hellenists in the best sense Alicia Stallings and Ioanna Karamanou

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John Kittmer@johnkittmer.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This is wonderful news. Congratulations to @edithmayhall.bsky.social and @lhellenicprize.bsky.social for this well deserved recognition of a powerful, moving and revelatory book.

The International Hellenic Prize@ihellenicprize.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We're very proud to announce the winner of this year's prize: Edith Hall's compelling & insightful 'Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me' (Yale UP). A brilliant, moving book for experts & general readers alike - congratulations @edithmayhall.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social!

Sasha Dugdale@sashadugdale.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Very genuinely surprised to see this: The Strongbox is shortlisted for @lhellenicprize.bsky.social @carcanet.bsky.social alongside some wonderful books.

The International Hellenic Prize@ihellenicprize.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We have a shortlist for this year's LHP! Five exceptional works, each a must-read in its own right. If you're interested in all things Hellenic- the language, literature, or the history- these should hit your 'to read' list asap (unless they're already on it!). Here they are:

LAMPS Edinburgh@lamps-edinburgh.bsky.social · last yr.

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Third Online Athens-Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival (30-31 May 2025). This is an exciting opportunity for authors to share recently published books on on any area of #LateAntique and #ByzantineStudies (AD ca.300–ca.1500)! hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even... #byzantium

Cfp: 3rd Online Athens-Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival

The 3rd Online Athens-Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival will occur 30-31 May. The deadline for submissions is 6 April, 2025.

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Daisy Dunn@daisydunn.bsky.social · 2y ago

‘I am improving immensely in water transactions...& at cricket dare look at the ball without shutting mine eyes' – Henry Liddell, co-compiler of the Greek-English lexicon, was no sportsman, but boy did he live an interesting life. My review for @thetls.bsky.social www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...

Alice's Father by John Witheridge | Book review | The TLS

To classicists, Henry Liddell’s name is synonymous with the Greek-English lexicon he compiled with Robert Scott, his colleague at Oxford. Between 1834 and

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The International Hellenic Prize@ihellenicprize.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hello to all our new followers on here, and thanks for the welcome! We are currently accepting submissions for 2024 publications of original works written in (or translated into) English on subjects relating to or inspired by Hellenic civilization, culture, history or literature. (1/2)