William Sterling

Head of one of the four horses of the moon goddess Selene from the northern end of the East Pediment of the Parthenon in Athens c. 420 BC, currently in the British Museum. One of the most popular of the so-called Elgin Marbles which Lord Elgin rescued from Athens in the early nineteenth century. The East Pediment showed the birth of Athena as she burst out of the head of her father, Zeus, and the reaction of those who were present. Although all the central figures are long gone at either end are depictions of the sun god Helios rising from the sea with his four horse chariot and the moon goddess Selene returning to the sea with hers showing that Athena was born at dawn. Image © Trustees of the British Museum

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Greek Myths and the British Museum

July 21, 2015 @ 10:30 am - 4:30 pm

£40

An introduction to Greek history and mythology from the Cycladic, Minoan and Mycenaean civilisations to the Classical era. In the afternoon there will be a guided tour of artefacts in the British Museum including the Elgin Marbles.

A summary of 3000 years of Greek history and mythology from the Cycladic, Minoan and Mycenaean civilisations from the 3rd millennium BC through the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic eras to the death of Cleopatra. Works examined include the Minoan Bull Leaper, the Sophilos Dinos, the Exekias Achilles and Penthesilea amphora, the Harpy Tomb, the Parthenon sculptures, the Nereid monument, the Caryatid from the Erechteion, the Mausoleum, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and the Spinario.

 

 

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Date:
July 21, 2015
Time:
10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Cost:
£40
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Website:
www.citylit.ac.uk

Organizer

City Lit

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City Lit and British Museum
Keeley Street and Great Russell Street
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