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From the Preface: The similes in Homer are treasure troves. They describe scenes of Greek life that are not presented in their simplest form anywhere else: landscapes and seascapes, storms and calm weather, fighting among animals, aspects of civic life such as settlements of disputes, athletic contests, horse races, community entertainment, women carrying on their daily lives and men running their farms and orchards. But the similes also show Homer dealing with his tradition. They are additions to the narrative showing how the Greeks found and developed parallels between two scenes, each of which elucidated and interpreted the other, and then expressed those scenes in effective poetic language.
The Artistry of the Homeric Simile (1974) identifies series of repeated simile topics and common locations in the narrative with the goal of revealing the oral basis for the content of many of the similes as well as their placement.
These two books are meant to be a unified study of Homer's similes as compositions derived from and dependent on an oral tradition. The planned publication as a digital monograph of Scott's latest work (The Artistry of the Homeric Simile) spurred the reissue of the 1974 study The Oral Nature of the Homeric Simile so that both works would be available online.
The Journal of e-Media Studies was founded and is edited by Mark Williams, Associate Professor of Film and Television Studies at Dartmouth College. The first issue was released in May 2008. The goal is to promote the academic study of electronic media, especially in light of the changes in formal and expressive capacities that the rise of digital media has brought about. This new on-line journal showcases the best new scholarly work on current and historical issues regarding electronic media.
Linguistic Discovery is a refereed online journal whose first issue was published in January 2002. New issues have appeared semi-annually since then. The journal, which is not aligned with any specific theory or subfield of linguistics, promotes research on lesser studied languages, and has a data focus. A primary goal of the project is to utilize the capabilities of the digital environment to provide scholarly information, including audio and video content, in the field of linguistics research. The journal was developed and published by a team comprised of faculty, librarians, and computing staff.
Latino Intersections is a multi-faceted Web site inspired by the Latinos 2000 Conference held at Dartmouth College in February 2000, which brought together scholars, students, artists, and activists from all over the United States. Latino Intersections combines refereed journal articles, student contributions, research materials, and art/performance content focusing on Latino Studies. Latino Intersections is a crossroads--una encrucijada--for the exploration of Latino culture. The site is a collaborative effort between the Department of Spanish & Portuguese and the Dartmouth College Library.
The Regiomontanus Astronomy Manuscript Project is a collaborative effort by Richard Kremer of Dartmouth College, Michael Shank of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the St. Petersburg Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Dartmouth College Library and Dartmouth Academic Computing. It focuses on a previously unstudied manuscript, "The Defense of Theon", written by the leading astronomer of fifteenth-century Europe, Johannes Regiomontanus. The web site associated with the project will make available a digital edition of the "Defense of Theon," a Latin text extant in a single holograph manuscript of 302 folios. The manuscript is housed at the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg.
Phase I of the web project will make available digital images of the entire manuscript, a diplomatic transcription of heavily revised text, and a final version of the text as deciphered by the editors. Subsequent phases of the web project hope to add an expanded electronic edition of the "Defense of Theon", selected portions of the text being attacked by the "Defense" (George of Trebizond's "Commentary on the Almagest"), English translations of selected passages of both texts, and a pedagogical introduction to late medieval astronomy intended by undergraduate audiences.
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