Ever since the Renaissance artists in Western Europe had been discovering the beauty and majesty of statues and other works of art from the worlds of Ancient Greece and Rome. In the late 17th century this meant kings and military figures would often be portrayed in Roman military costume or as Mars the god of… Read more »
Using literary sources and the British Museum, as well as other artefacts, we compare and contrast the attitude of Ancient Greeks to women in society, as figures in mythology, and as goddesses. The contrasting roles of women in Ancient Greece from other ancient societies and the difference in class. The numerous female goddesses will be… Read more »
ncA 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. 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… Read more »