About re-learning ideas I once learned from Roman Jakobson
2017.02.09 | By Gregory Nagy Thinking back on the idea of markedness theory as first learned from Roman Jakobson in the early 1960s. Read more
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Longinus and a theological view of Zeus as god of the sky
2016.05.05 | By Gregory Nagy A theological view of Zeus as god of the sky is evident from the Indo-European etymology of his divine name. The Greek form Zeús is derived from an Indo-European noun that linguists reconstruct as *dyeu-, which meant ‘sky’ in general and ‘bright sky’ in particular. As I will argue in this essay, such a theological view of Zeus is recognized and understood by Longinus in… Read more