Classics & Ancient History
The history, literature, culture, philosophy and languages of Ancient Greece and Rome.
Classics & Ancient History
Homer: Women
In this course, Dr Emily Hauser (University of Exeter) explores the status and role of women in the Iliad and the Odyssey. In the first module, we think about why women matter in Homer, and the difficulty of recovering the experience of ancient women ...
Dr Emily Hauser
Exeter University
Classics & Ancient History
Tacitus: Histories: Book 1
In this module, Dr Chris Whitton (University of Cambridge) explores Tacitus’ Histories, Book 1. In the first module, we provide an introduction to Tacitus and the Histories at a whole, before turning in the second and third modules to the figures of ...
Dr Christopher Whitton
Cambridge University
Classics & Ancient History
Herodotus: Histories: Book 7
In this course, Dr Emma Aston (University of Reading) explores Book 7 of Herodotus’ Histories. We begin by thinking about Herodotus as a historian, the aims in his ‘Histories’, and the extent to which the ‘Histories’ represents both a ...
Dr Emma Aston
Reading University
Classics & Ancient History
Greek Religion: Polis Religion
In this course, Professor Esther Eidinow (University of Bristol) thinks about Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood’s theory of ‘polis religion’ as a means of understanding Greek religious practice. We begin in the first module by thinking about some of the ...
Prof. Esther Eidinow
Bristol University
Classics & Ancient History
Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus
In this course, Professor Richard Seaford (University of Exeter) explores Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus. We begin by thinking about the plot of the play, focusing in particular on the Aristotelian concepts of reversal and recognition, as well as the ...
Prof. Richard Seaford
Exeter University
Classics & Ancient History
Slavery in the Ancient Greek World
In this course, Dr David Lewis (University of Edinburgh) explores slavery in ancient Greece. We begin by looking at the earliest evidence for slavery in the Greek world, focusing in particular on the descriptions of slavery in the Linear B ...
Dr David Lewis
Edinburgh University