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An introduction to Homer’s ‘Odyssey’, featuring filmed recreations and reconstructions and covering themes, characters, Homer’s life and works. With analysis by Dr Tom Winnifrith, Ken Dowden and Dr...
An interactive guide to Homer’s ‘Odyssey’, containing the complete text with introduction, synopsis, key events, themes, glossary, quotations; an overview of each book; maps of places visited by...
Uses famous sites such as the ancient port of Ostia, the Baths of Caracalla and the Pantheon to examine how Imperial Rome was constructed, what materials were used, how it was defended, how it was supplied...
Historian Guy de la Bédoyère tells the story of the Roman invasion of Britain: why the Romans came and how they managed to conquer and island of barbarians, which then was on the edge of the known world....
Series using dramatised re-enactments, graphics and computer animations to tell the story of the army of the Roman Empire: 1) First Our Neighbours, Then the World; 2) Roman versus Roman; 3) Roman Seige...
A television adaptation of Homer’s epic classic poem about the travels of Odysseus. After the Greek victory at Troy, Odysseus is hindered in returning home by the gods he has offended and must confront a...
Examines what the remains of the Coliseum in Rome can tell us about the way it was built and what when on in the famous amphitheatre, and what significance the activities of this huge arena had in the life...
In a series of workshops actress Fiona Shaw and some drama students explore ways in which ‘Medea’, Euripedes’ violent play of revenge and murder, might be realised for a modern audience. Focuses on two...
Explores the tensions between ancient and modern dramatic performance conventions inherent in attempts to recreate Euripides’ Greek tragedy ‘Medea’. Examines various aspects of Greek drama - the space...
The Roman games are regarded as bloodthirsty, cruel and voyeuristic. To the Romans, however, there were not so much entertainment as part of the judicial system. Five classicists discuss how we have arrived...
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