Events

Notting Hill and Ealing High School Classics Society will be hosting a talk on Tuesday 28th of Janaury at 4.30pm. Professor Bert Smith, Lincoln College, Oxford will be speaking on: Art, text, and history in the Alexandrian Mosaic from Pompeii Prof. Bert Smith is a member of the Faculty of Classics and of the School of Archaeology at Oxford  and … Continue reading "‘Art, text, and history in the Alexandrian Mosaic from Pompeii’"

On Monday 3rd February at 4.30 pm, Dr Paul Millett will be speaking on: ‘Slavery and the Ancient Greeks’ The talk will discuss how dependent Greek society was upon slavery, and some of the implications to be drawn from it. Paul Millett is Collins Fellow and Vice-Master of Downing College, Cambridge, and University Senior Lecturer in Classics. He is a … Continue reading "Dr Paul Millett to speak on Slavery and the Ancient Greeks"

Patterns of Magnificence: Tradition and Reinvention in Greek Women's Costume The Hellenic Centre & The Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation Abundant in local variety, rich in embroidered and woven decoration and monumental in its completed ensemble, Greek traditional women’s dress has few equals in other countries. The exhibition, “Patterns of Magnificence: Tradition and Reinvention in Greek Women’s … Continue reading "Tradition and Reinvention in Greek Women’s Costume"

‘Roots and Wings’ – the artistic tradition behind the sculptures of the Parthenon I am very pleased to invite you and your pupils to this talk hosted by St James Senior Girls School on Wednesday 5th February at 4.30 pm. The sculptures of the Parthenon were not produced in a vacuum but drew on a tradition which developed … Continue reading "‘Roots and Wings’ – the artistic tradition behind the sculptures of the Parthenon"

On Monday 10th February, 7-8pm, Dr Dorothy J. Thompson will deliver the following talk at The King’s School, Canterbury: ‘Crocodiles & Kings: Hellenistic Egypt Recycled’ When Greeks and Romans visited Egypt as tourists what did they find there? The evidence of papyri, preserved in the dry desert sands, can introduce us to life in both the cities … Continue reading "‘Crocodiles & Kings: Hellenistic Egypt Recycled’, The King’s School, Canterbury"