ODYSSEYS, CYBER AND OTHERWISE

The featured articles in this issue take us on journeys of various sorts. Kosta Hadavas proposes classroom uses for the massive compendium of history & geography that is the Nuremberg Chronicle. And his project to digitalize the work takes the Chronicle into the new frontiers of e-publishing. Carl Huffman shares his own experience in taking scholarship on-line. Our third article is from Lisa Hughes, who set out last March in Odysseus' tracks.

Kosta Hadavas, Beloit College
(hadavasc@beloit.edu)
The Digital Nuremberg Chronicle

What is the Nuremberg Chronicle?
The Nuremberg Chronicle is a universal history of the world from creation to the year 1493. Containing nearly 600 pages that are illustrated by over 1800 woodcuts, the Chronicle is the second most famous early printed book after Gutenberg’s Bible. Written/compiled by Hartmann Schedel, a German doctor and humanist from the city of Nuremberg, the Chronicle was published in Latin in June of 1493 (a German translation was published in December of the same year). continue ...

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Carl Huffman, DePauw University
(cahuff@depauw.edu)
My Experiences with Web Publishing

I have recently published encyclopedia articles on the Greek philosophers Alcmaeon, Archytas and Philolaus for the on-line Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. John Quinn suggested that I share my experiences with readers of Erato. My experiences have been almost uniformly positive, but there were a few hurdles to get over. continue ...

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Lisa B. Hughes, Colorado College
(lhughes@coloradocollege.edu)
Penelope Diaries: I Was a Corporate Classicist

The text message arrives from Danielle at Lexus Magazine whhile we are on assignment in the Mediterranean in March 2004, driving a sports car down the Amalfi coast. The message is a carbon copy that she is sending to the photographer. It reads: “I want the shots to be dreamy, since this is a mythic pursuit. Also, get a shot of the professor and the student reading from the Odyssey in Cyclops’ cave.” continue ...