This tag: Greek Myths
What is the course about? Delve into classical myths used in naval related items by examining some objects from various collections. What topics will we cover? Following on from the previous course we shall look at what Classical artworks were available to artists in the C19th and what literary works were studied in schools and… Read more »
This tag: Greek Myths
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. 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… Read more »
- Posted on: February 5, 2021
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- Also tagged A Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Ancient Greece, Ancient History, Ancient Rome, Antony and Cleopatra, Art History, Coriolanus, Cymbeline, Julius Caesar, Love's Labour's Lost, Timon of Athens, Troilus and Cressida, Troy
This tag: Greek Myths
A detailed examination of the voyages and their fantastical encounters relating them to reality. What is the course about? A detailed examination of the voyages and their fantastical encounters relating them to reality. What topics will we cover? Jason’s voyage to collect the Golden Fleece was described by Apollonius of Rhodes in his Argonautica written… Read more »
- Posted on: January 16, 2021
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- Also tagged Aeneas, Ancient Greece, Ancient History, Ancient Rome, Art History, British Museum, Cyclops, Dido, European History, Jason, Jason and the Argonauts, Odysseus, Scylla and Charybdis, Sirens, Troy