Virgil’s Aeneid: between Homer and Rome Dr Gail Trimble Associate Professor in Classical Languages and Literature University of Oxford Thursday 16th March 7pm Lytham St Annes Classical Association Enjoy all our 2016-17 lectures for just £12 a year (students £5)! Email: for further details or send cheques payable to LSA Classical Association to … Continue reading "Virgil’s Aeneid: between Homer and Rome"
On Monday 20th March 2017, the Bristol Classics Hub will be hosting a Classical Civilisation Study Day at the University of Bristol for GCSE and A Level students. There will be four sessions during the day on the following topics: Sex and Gender in the Ancient World Augustus and The Aeneid Greek Tragedy Homer’s Odyssey … Continue reading "Bristol Classics Hub: GCSE and A Level Classical Civilisation Study Day"
On Monday 20th March at 4.30 pm, Dr Tom Mackenzie will be speaking on: ‘The First Philosophers? An Introduction to the Presocratics’ Histories of Western philosophy tend to start with the archaic Greek thinkers known as the Presocratics. Yet their theories (as far as we can reconstruct them from the few surviving fragments of their work) concern … Continue reading "An Introduction to the Presocratics"
Following in the steps of Bacchae, Hecuba, Medea, Electra, and Antigone in recent years, the classical students of St Paul’s Girls’ School are mounting a production of Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound in Greek, for one night only. The performance, which is abridged but fully staged, with surtitles, will take place at 6.00 pm on Wednesday 22nd March … Continue reading "Prometheus Bound in Greek at St Paul’s Girls’ School"
St Gabriel's Classics Department presents: 'The Poetry of Pop: Was ancient drama the rock music of its era?' It is with great excitement and anticipation that the Classics Department announces its latest talk. Speaking on the subject of lyricism modern and ancient we have the bass and keyboard players of 'The Cure' (think … Continue reading "”The Poetry of Pop: Was ancient drama the rock music of its era?”"
"On 24 March 2017 at 10 a.m. Paris time take part in the largest mass reading of The Odyssey ever organized ! For its 11th year, the European Festival of Latin and Greek is launching an unprecedented challenge : a Europe-wide public reading of The Odyssey which will gather together, in France and abroad, hundreds … Continue reading "FESTIVAL EUROPEEN LATIN GREC: Mass Reading of the Odyssey!"
George Sharpley's Latin for Beginners is coming to cathedrals and Roman sites in the spring of 2017: Saturday 28th Jan - Roman Baths Saturday 25th Feb - Gloucester Cathedral Saturday 4th March - Roman Baths Saturday 25th March - St Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire Saturday 22nd April - Fishbourne Roman Palace, Sussex Saturday 29th April - … Continue reading "Latin for Beginners, with THE LATIN QVARTER"
Moses Finley and his place in history Prof. Robin Osborne and Dr Dorothy Thompson Following the publication of M.I. Finley: an ancient historian and his impact (Cambridge, 2016), Prof. Robin Osborne, current holder of the Chair in Ancient History at Cambridge which Finley held, and Dr Dorothy Thompson, who was a pupil of Finley, discuss … Continue reading "Moses Finley and his place in history"
Dr Pavlos Avlamis (KCL) Monday 3rd April, 4-5pm, room 35 Gods and Justice in Homer’s Odyssey How did the ancients conceive of law in an age before writing? What did divine retribution look like in our earliest literature? How did it shape stories and societies? Dr Avlamis takes an investigative look at Homer. Hosted at … Continue reading "Gods and Justice in Homer’s Odyssey"
ALEXANDER THE GREAT HOLIDAY HISTORY CAMP, 4-5 APRIL 2017 Civilizations in Contact would like to invite your students to a Holiday History Camp for Secondary and Sixth Form students in Cambridge this Easter on Alexander the Great. Please would you forward this message to your Classics teachers? Please see the flyer below which describes the … Continue reading "ALEXANDER THE GREAT HOLIDAY HISTORY CAMP 2017"
