Events

Senior Classics Competition Final 2018 Patron and Judge: Professor Paul Cartledge For Year 7 —13 Students Wednesday 21st March 7 pm AKS Senior School Hall Clifton Drive South  

The second annual spelling bee for students who study Cambridge book 1 The event will be hosted at Harris Chafford Hundred on the 28th March 2018 and it will be supported by Classics for all and the Classics Association. For further information contact Pantelis Iakovou ()

Ingres, 1808. Oil on Canvas. Louvre, Paris. We would like to invite you to bring your students to hear a talk by Dr. Adrian Kelly (Balliol College, Oxford) on Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. 11.00am, Wednesday 28th March 2018. Admission is free and you would be most warmly welcomed. This is part of the superlative Oxbridge Classics … Continue reading "Classics Lecture – Sophocles – St. Olave’s Grammar School, Orpington, Kent"

The classical students of St Paul's Girls' School would like to warmly invite you to our production of Aeschylus' Agamemnon, performed in the original Greek with surtitles, and following in the footsteps of Bacchae, Prometheus Bound, Hecuba and Medea in recent years. The performance, which is abridged but fully staged, will take place in the Singing Hall at … Continue reading "Aeschylus’ Agamemnon at St Pauls’ Girls’ School"

Rocks, Holes and Pots of Gold Mary-Ann Ochota Broadcaster, Archaeologist, Author of Hidden Histories and Britain’s Secret Treasures Thursday 12th April 7pm   AKS, Main Entrance, Clifton Drive South, Lytham St Annes FY8 1DT Free to members Non-members £5 Everyone Welcome Free Car Parking Lectures 7 - 8pm Doors open at 6.15pm

"Dr. Bettany Hughes is an award‐winning historian, author and broadcaster. Her speciality is ancient and medieval history and culture. Her first book Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore has been translated into ten languages. Her second, The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life was a New York Times bestseller. Described … Continue reading "‘What It Takes to Build a City’, by @bettanyhughes"

An evening of readings and discussion Join us for a lively discussion about Ovid’s work between Classics for All Patron Natalie Haynes and Professor Stephen Heyworth (Wadham College, Oxford), chaired by Dr Peter Jones MBE on Tuesday 17 April 2018. The evening will commence with a reading, by an actor, of selected passages of Ovid … Continue reading "VIVAM! Ovid IS alive 2,000 years after his death"

On Wednesday 2nd May at 4.30 pm, Professor Ahuvia Kahane, Professor of Greek and Head of the Department of Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London, will be speaking on: ‘Classics, Reception and Cinema’ Professor Kahane will be discussing the portrayal of Homer in modern cinema, with a particular focus on the films ‘Troy’ (2004) … Continue reading "Professor Ahuvia Kahane to talk on Classics, Reception and Cinema at St Paul’s Girls’ School"

The 17th Dorothy Buchan Lecture at the University of Leicester will be given by Dr Josephine Quinn (Worcester College, Oxford) on Thursday 3 May 2018 at 5.30 p.m. in Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 1. The topic is ‘Carthaginian Dido: from Hellenistic queen to rival of Rome’. A short drinks reception will follow in the … Continue reading "Public lecture at Leicester on Dido of Carthage"

Guildford Classical Association May Talk Emeritus Professor Chris Carey from UCL will be speaking on ‘Taking on Homer: Herodotos’ epic of the Persian Wars’ at Tormead School, Guildford, GU1 2JD on the evening of Tuesday, 8th May. The talk will be from 8-9pm, with refreshments available from 7.30pm. The event is open to all and … Continue reading "Taking on Homer: Herodotos’ epic of the Persian Wars"