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Introduction to Ancient Greece
Introduction to Ancient Greece
This lecture provides a general introduction to this subject by providing a chronological framework and basic geography ... Read more
10 Mar 2013
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15mins
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Aristophanes’ Lysistrata
Aristophanes’ Lysistrata
Staged not long after the disastrous defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War, the seriousness o... Read more
16 May 2013
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47mins
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The Early Greek World and Greek Myths
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This lecture introduces aspects of Classical myth, and examines the social and historical context of the 8th century BCE... Read more
10 Mar 2013
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Euripides’ Trojan Women
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Set in the aftermath of the Trojan War, Euripides’ Trojan Women is a lament for the fallen city and the fate of its wome... Read more
17 May 2013
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Athens in the 5th Century BC
Athens in the 5th Century BC
Following the fall of the Peisistratid tyranny in Athens, the Athenians instituted a revolutionary new form of governmen... Read more
29 Apr 2013
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Greece at War: The Persian Wars
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Peisistratos, tyrant of Athens, seems to have ruled benevolently and Athens prospered under his regime. In the course of... Read more
18 Apr 2013
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Sophocles’ Ajax
Sophocles’ Ajax
Sophocles’ Ajax is one of our earliest surviving Greek plays, produced in c. 440 BC. In this lecture Dr Heather Sebo exa... Read more
16 May 2013
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48mins
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Bronze Age Greece and Troy
Bronze Age Greece and Troy
Did the Trojan War actually happen? What evidence do we have on – or rather in – the ground for Troy and the world of he... Read more
12 Apr 2013
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Solon to Peisistratos: Athens in the 6th Century BC
Solon to Peisistratos: Athens in the 6th Century BC
Athens in the 7th century BC seems to have been a place of social and political tensions between rich and poor. At the b... Read more
18 Apr 2013
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Homer's World: Dark Age Greece
Homer's World: Dark Age Greece
For reasons that are still unclear to us, the Mycenaean civilisation fell around 1200 BC. After that, life was relativel... Read more
12 Apr 2013
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53mins
