The Acropolis Programme
After a curious gap of over 30 years, the Athenians finally started to rebuild on the Acropolis following the Persian sack of 480 BC. In thi...
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Ancient Greece: Myth, Art, War
In this subject students are introduced to the diversity of the ancient Greek achievement, which has exercised a fundamental and continuing influence upon later European literature and cultu...
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20 of 50 episodesThe Acropolis Programme (handout)
After a curious gap of over 30 years, the Athenians finally started to rebuild on the Acropolis following the Persian sack of 480 BC. In thi...
Art, Myth and Marathon
The Battle of Marathon in 490 BC – when against all odds the Athenians (with a bit of help from the Plataeans) defeated the Persians was too...
Art, Myth and Marathon (handout)
The Battle of Marathon in 490 BC – when against all odds the Athenians (with a bit of help from the Plataeans) defeated the Persians was too...
Myth, Art, War and Greek Sanctuaries
Sanctuaries were the context for many of the most impressive buildings and sculptures produced by the ancient Greeks. In this lecture Dr Gil...
Myth, Art, War and Greek Sanctuaries (handout)
Sanctuaries were the context for many of the most impressive buildings and sculptures produced by the ancient Greeks. In this lecture Dr Gil...
The Trojan War in Greek Art
Mythological scenes are common in Greek art. The Trojan War was a very popular subject for Greek artists, especially vase painters of the 6t...
The Trojan War in Greek Art (handout)
Mythological scenes are common in Greek art. The Trojan War was a very popular subject for Greek artists, especially vase painters of the 6t...
Vase Painting in Classical Athens
Pottery is the single biggest category of evidence we have from the classical world – there is nothing we have more of. Much of it is fragme...
Vase Painting in Classical Athens (handout)
Pottery is the single biggest category of evidence we have from the classical world – there is nothing we have more of. Much of it is fragme...
Euripides’ Trojan Women
Set in the aftermath of the Trojan War, Euripides’ Trojan Women is a lament for the fallen city and the fate of its women, destined for slav...
Euripides’ Trojan Women (handout)
Set in the aftermath of the Trojan War, Euripides’ Trojan Women is a lament for the fallen city and the fate of its women, destined for slav...
Aristophanes’ Lysistrata
Staged not long after the disastrous defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War, the seriousness of Aristophanes’ Lysi...
Aristophanes’ Lysistrata (handout)
Staged not long after the disastrous defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War, the seriousness of Aristophanes’ Lysi...
Sophocles’ Ajax
Sophocles’ Ajax is one of our earliest surviving Greek plays, produced in c. 440 BC. In this lecture Dr Heather Sebo examines Sophocles’ tre...
Sophocles’ Ajax (handout)
Sophocles’ Ajax is one of our earliest surviving Greek plays, produced in c. 440 BC. In this lecture Dr Heather Sebo examines Sophocles’ tre...
Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis
Performed in Athens in the last years of the Peloponnesian War and when Athens had a democracy, Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis is appropriate...
Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis (handout)
Performed in Athens in the last years of the Peloponnesian War and when Athens had a democracy, Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis is appropriate...
Drama and Society
This lecture examines the role and status of Athenian drama in Athenian society. Picking up where the last lecture (on the Peloponnesian War...
Drama and Society (handout)
This lecture examines the role and status of Athenian drama in Athenian society. Picking up where the last lecture (on the Peloponnesian War...