In this subject students are introduced to the diversity of the ancient Greek achievement, which has exercised a fundamental and continuing influence upon later European literature and culture. The subject commences with a detailed treatment of Homer's Iliad and the myth of the Trojan war. This is one of the dominant myths in the Greek tradition and is narrated in some detail in epic poetry, in drama, and in art and architecture. We explore how myths are 'read' in their historical context, especially in the contexts of the Persian and Peloponnesian wars of the 5th Century BC. A variety of sources are treated to enable students to build up a picture of Greek society as a whole.
| Title | Date published | ||
| The Acropolis Programme | 2013-06-11 | ||
| Art, Myth and Marathon | 2013-05-31 | ||
| Myth, Art, War and Greek Sanctuaries | 2013-05-31 | ||
| The Trojan War in Greek Art | 2013-05-31 | ||
| Vase Painting in Classical Athens | 2013-05-31 | ||
| Aristophanes’ Lysistrata | 2013-05-16 | ||
| Aristophanes’ Lysistrata (handout) | 2013-05-16 | ||
| Euripides’ Trojan Women | 2013-05-17 | ||
| Sophocles’ Ajax | 2013-05-16 | ||
| Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis | 2013-05-16 | ||
| Drama and Society | 2013-05-07 | ||
| The Peloponnesian War | 2013-05-06 | ||
| Athens in the 5th Century BC | 2013-04-29 | ||
| Greece at War: The Persian Wars | 2013-04-18 | ||
| Solon to Peisistratos: Athens in the 6th Century BC | 2013-04-18 | ||
| Homer's World: Dark Age Greece | 2013-04-12 | ||
| Bronze Age Greece and Troy | 2013-04-12 | ||
| A King's Ransom: Priam and Achilles | 2013-04-04 | ||
| Iliad 22: The Quest of Hector | 2013-04-04 | ||
| Rage and Resolution: The Quest of Hector | 2013-03-26 |