Eden Riebling
Early-career researcher publishing and presenting in four main areas of interest: (1) Homeric moral psychology; (2) AI in Classics; (3) application of ancient hospitality-ethics to current asylum law and policy; and (4) classical pluralism as a framework for intergroup understanding.
Supervisors: Karolina Sekita
Supervisors: Karolina Sekita
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Structured in four main parts, Nagy’s text spans topics from the athleticism of the Amazons and Hippolytus to the role of Hera alongside Zeus in sanctioning athletic contests. Throughout, he emphasizes the political and religious significance of these events and the heroes who inspire them. Nagy’s broader thesis is that myth is not arbitrary but operates as a system of communication—an insight underscored by his notion that the Olympics enact a cyclical “compensation for mortality.” Athletes, in renewing the honor (timē) of heroic forebears, re-enact and reinforce the communal will to overcome existential fragility through ritual performance. In so doing, Nagy offers a wide-ranging and thought-provoking synthesis of sport, myth, and ritual, arguing persuasively that athletic tradition in ancient Greece constituted a sacred, hero-centric practice of cultural self-definition.
Structured in four main parts, Nagy’s text spans topics from the athleticism of the Amazons and Hippolytus to the role of Hera alongside Zeus in sanctioning athletic contests. Throughout, he emphasizes the political and religious significance of these events and the heroes who inspire them. Nagy’s broader thesis is that myth is not arbitrary but operates as a system of communication—an insight underscored by his notion that the Olympics enact a cyclical “compensation for mortality.” Athletes, in renewing the honor (timē) of heroic forebears, re-enact and reinforce the communal will to overcome existential fragility through ritual performance. In so doing, Nagy offers a wide-ranging and thought-provoking synthesis of sport, myth, and ritual, arguing persuasively that athletic tradition in ancient Greece constituted a sacred, hero-centric practice of cultural self-definition.