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Extracts from the writings of Thucydides are used to look at the causes and effects of the Peloponesian war. By the late 5th century BC Greece had become crowded with prosperous cities all striving for...
A performance of the Greek tragedy ‘Hippolytos’ by the staff and students of the departments of Classics, Drama and Music at the University of Otago in New Zealand, translated and directed by Harry Love,...
A performance of ‘Oedipus Rex’ translated and directed by Dr Harry Love, with music for the choruses by Michael Norris. Principal roles are played by professional actors; other parts by staff and...
The video is designed to explain to non-specialists the methods and possible results of archaeological field survey. It takes as its focus the Sphakia Survey, which covers a long timespan, 5000 years, from...
Tours of Teotihuacán, Pompeii, Petra, and four of Crete’s Bronze-Age palaces. Each site includes the complete article from the ‘Scientific American’ anthology ‘Ancient Cities’, plus animations,...
The Grand Tour took many people of taste and wealth to Italy in the 18th century. Antique artefacts brought back from some of these travels form the nucleus of many of today’s museum collections. This...
The course takes as its focus the two epic poems of Homer, ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘The Iliad’. Part 1 places the archaeological site of Troy geographically and topographically; interviews Professor...
Part 1: ‘Odysseus: the Greatest Hero of them All’ is a sequence designed to compare and contrast with the original, but looks at the art of storytelling as well as at ‘the story’. ‘Storytelling at...
A production of Sophocles’ play ‘Ajax’ by the London Small Theatre Company, directed by Peter Meineck, which modernises the sets and characters while keeping classical themes intact.
Series exploring the development of European civilisation, exploring the relationship between people and the geology of their lands.
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