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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Shakespeare And The Classical World

February 5, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - February 19, 2021 @ 7:30 pm

£69

A quarter of Shakespeare’s major works were based on stories from the Classical World and have influenced our view of the Classical World ever since.

Titania and Bottom c.1790 Henry Fuseli k

What is the course about?

We shall examine the plays inspired by myths and history from Ancient Greece and Rome. We shall be looking at the plots of these briefly before examining the sources of Shakespeare’s inspiration and the background to the characters included in the works and others referred to.

What topics will we cover?

Shakespeare and the Greeks: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Two Noble Kinsmen, Troilus and Cressida, Timon of Athens, Pericles Prince of Tyre, Venus and Adonis, The Tempest, Love’s Labour’s Lost
Shakespeare and the Romans: Rape of Lucrece, Coriolanus, Comedy of Errors, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, Titus Andronicus.

What will I learn? By the end of the course you should be able to:

– Recall some of the myths and stories from Ancient Greek and Roman history that were sources of information for Shakespeare;
– Recognise how and why Shakespeare included these myths in his plays.

Details

Start:
February 5, 2021 @ 5:30 pm
End:
February 19, 2021 @ 7:30 pm
Cost:
£69
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Website:
https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/shakespeare-and-the-classical-world/rc079-2021

Venue

City Lit via Zoom

Organizer

City Lit

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