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Introduction
Introduction
In this lecture Dr Gillian Shepherd describes the basic background of ancient Greece – geography, resources, main politi... Read more
11 Aug 2013
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22mins
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Slavery, Part I (handout)
Slavery, Part I (handout)
In the first of two lectures on Ancient Greek slavery, Dr Gillian Shepherd looks at two important slave systems – chatte... Read more
28 Apr 2014
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Mining, Money and Economy
Mining, Money and Economy
Athens was a wealthy and prosperous place in the classical period. In this lecture Dr Gillian Shepherd takes a closer lo... Read more
15 Apr 2014
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51mins
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Marriage to Death: Sophocles’ Antigone
Marriage to Death: Sophocles’ Antigone
Dr Heather Sebo contrasts the traditions of women’s lament with the public orations associated with the communal burial ... Read more
28 Mar 2014
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47mins
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Death in Athens
Death in Athens
One of the best sources of evidence for understanding an ancient society is burials. Ancient cemeteries can provide evid... Read more
12 Dec 2013
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55mins
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Images of Barbarians
Images of Barbarians
Greek art is full of images of “others”, both historical (such as the Persians and Scythians) and mythological (such as ... Read more
12 Dec 2013
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52mins
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The Greeks and the Other
The Greeks and the Other
One of the preoccupations of the ancient Greeks, especially in the fifth century BC, was the idea of the barbarian “othe... Read more
3 Dec 2013
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54mins
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Sexuality and the Symposion
Sexuality and the Symposion
In this lecture Dr Gillian Shepherd takes a closer look at the ancient Greek symposion – the ritualised, male and often ... Read more
19 Nov 2013
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51mins
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Sexuality: Plato’s Symposium
Sexuality: Plato’s Symposium
Greek ideas of male sexuality differed from modern Western ones; rather than defining their sexual orientation one way o... Read more
30 Oct 2013
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52mins
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Lesbian Women: Sappho
Lesbian Women: Sappho
Nearly all the textual sources for ancient Greece were written by elite men – and very often Athenian men. One important... Read more
2 Oct 2013
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55mins