Events

We are delighted to announce that this autumn we will be holding our "Festival of Ancient Tales". The event is a celebration of classical myths and stories in literature, and it will also mark our first full year since the East Oxford Community Classics Centre was opened to the public! All aspects of the festival … Continue reading "Classics Festival of Ancient Tales, 3rd October, 3.30-7pm at the East Oxford Community Classics Centre"

A Midlands Odyssey: with Natalie Haynes October 7 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm | £8 / £6 Homer’s Odyssey is often claimed to be the great founding work of western literature. Three thousand years on, the story of Greek hero, Odysseus, and his epic journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War continues to … Continue reading "A Midlands Odyssey: with Natalie Haynes"

Who would do right, fearing nothing? Following Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, The Oxford Greek Play presents The Furies. 15th-18th October Orestes has murdered his own mother, Clytemnestra. In revenge, she has sent the Furies: terrifying infernal spirits who spread poison and madness across the earth. Their vengeance is simple: kill and be killed. But things are … Continue reading "‘The Furies’, Performed in Ancient Greek with English surtitles"

We're delighted that Dr Philomen Probert will be delivering a talk at the East Oxford Community Classics Centre on Friday 17th October at 6pm. This talk will explore the fascinating undeciphered languages and scripts of the ancient Aegean (including Cretan Hieroglyphic, Linear A, and Cypro-Minoan, as well as some first-millennium material -- Eteocypriot, Eteocretan, and … Continue reading "Undeciphered Languages of the Ancient Aegean"

An Introduction to Virgil's Aeneid by Eva Mooney Mondays, 6-7pm at the East Oxford Community Classic Centre starting Monday 12th January, and running for six weeks - free of charge (donations welcome) The Aeneid is a monumental work written in the late first century BC about the Trojan hero Aeneas. After his city is razed in the … Continue reading "Evening course: Introduction to Virgil’s Aeneid"

  Heffers Classics Forum will be returning to Cambridge on Saturday 1st November. http://heffersclassics.wordpress.com/heffers-classics-forum-2014/ Tickets now on sale! For tickets please click on the link: https://heffersclassicsforum2014.eventbrite.co.uk For information on our Children’s Events please click here: http://heffersclassics.wordpress.com/heffers-classics-forum-childrens-events/ Schedule: DOORS OPEN 9.30am 10am – 11am Philip Hardie – Virgil and Christianity 11-11.30am Atrium: break and author signing 11.30am-12.30pm Edith … Continue reading "Heffers Classics Forum 2014"

I would like to invite everyone to two events that the Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association are holding in the coming months. Our first event is a Christmas Social, to be held at the University of Birmingham, on Wednesday 3 December 2014 at 6pm. Professor Simon Esmonde Cleary will be speaking about recent discoveries at Chedworth Roman … Continue reading "Teachers’ Day to be held at the University of Birmingham"

On Wednesday 5th November 2014 North London Collegiate School will be hosting two excellent speakers, Natalie Haynes, who will be talking about Greek Tragedy and her new novel The Amber Fury and Dr Gail Trimble from Trinity College Oxford, who will be giving a talk entitled “Depicting and describing Ariadne in Catullus, Pompeii and beyond” … Continue reading "‘Depicting and describing Ariadne in Catullus, Pompeii and beyond’ and ‘The Amber Fury’"

We're very pleased to announce that the East Oxford Community Classics Centre, hosted at Cheney School, will be hosting the following community talks this autumn: Wednesday 17th September, 2pm - An introduction to Homer Dr Antony Makrinos (UCL) Thursday 6th November, 5pm - Cicero Dr Alison Rosenblitt (Oxford) Thursday 13th November, 4pm - Ovid's Metamorphoses … Continue reading "Cicero"

Ancient Passions Saturday 15 November 2014, 2-5.30pm Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Sq, London WC1H 0PD A free screening of rare silent films set in ancient Greece and Rome accompanied by live music. Through gesticulation and look, exotic sets and costumes, colour, music and movement, these films draw their audiences into an ancient world where life … Continue reading "Ancient Passions"