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Odyssey Resource Booklet - Academus x UCL Classical Play
Academus has partnered with the UCL Classical Play to produce a resource booklet all about the Odyssey as classicists and dramatists.

Academus Education
Feb 20, 20211 min read
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Vases, vases, vases: Academus Merchandise is here!
Academus has launched its own merchandise with Greek Vase designs including T-Shirts, Stationery and Posters!

Academus Education
Feb 18, 20211 min read
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What is Love? (According to Plato) - by Megan Bowler
In his Symposium, Plato asks the question 'What is Love?', exploring various philosophical responses to this question.

Academus Education
Feb 17, 20216 min read
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We're Hiring
Academus is hiring new young volunteers to join our team for 2021. We're hiring people on part time and flexible bases to start ASAP.

Academus Education
Feb 16, 20211 min read
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UPDATES: LGBTHM Incident 11th Feb 2021- Rescheduling
Our statement about the cyberattack that occurred during our event on 11th Feb 2021.

Academus Education
Feb 12, 20212 min read
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Unearthing the Tenth Muse: The Greek Poet Sappho - by Lucy Moore
Sappho of Lesbos was a Greek lyric poet. She is unique as she provides a female voice and shows female desire for other women in her verses.

Academus Education
Feb 10, 20215 min read
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Constantine the Great - by Peter Xiao
Constantine the Great was a Roman emperor who legalised Christianity, paving the way it to become the dominant religion in Rome later on.

Academus Education
Feb 3, 20216 min read
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Augustus' Rise to Power - by Peter Xiao
Augustus signifies the end of the Roman republic and the beginning of the empire, and his rise to power shows how Rome changed at this time.

Academus Education
Jan 29, 20216 min read
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The Amasis Painter's Amphora 'Dionysus and the Maenads' - by Lucy Moore
The Amasis Painter's Amphora 'Dionysus and the Maenads' is a black-figure vase depicting the god Dionysus and his female followers

Academus Education
Jan 22, 20215 min read
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The Theban Plays of Sophocles - by Mansi Dhokia
The Theban Plays of Sophocles are linked by the setting of Thebes and the house of Oedipus and are perhaps Sophocles' most famous plays.

Academus Education
Jan 20, 20215 min read
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Sex and the City: Plato on Philosopher-Queens in the Republic and Laws - by Megan Bowler
This video lecture explores Plato's views on Philosopher-Queens and the role of women in society in the Republic and Laws.

Academus Education
Dec 8, 20201 min read
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Pindar Pythian 3: A Poem for a Pandemic - by Megan Bowler
Pindar Pythian 3 is a Greek lyric ode, with a resonance to the modern day pandemic. Featuring a translation by our own writer Megan Bowler.

Academus Education
Dec 2, 20204 min read
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Saturnalia vs Christmas - by Valentino Gargano
Saturnalia has had a huge influence over Christmas celebrations, from gift giving to feasting.

Academus Education
Nov 30, 20204 min read
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Saturnalia: the History and Traditions of the Winter Festival - by Mansi Dhokia
Saturnalia was a religious festival held in mid-winter, with a rich history and fun traditions that have carried over into Christmas

Academus Education
Nov 27, 20204 min read
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Io Saturnalia! An Academus Fundraiser Quiz
Join us to celebrate Academus and the holiday season in our festive fundraiser quiz!

Academus Education
Nov 25, 20202 min read
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The Enigma of Pompeii's Villa of the Mysteries - by Valentino Gargano
Pompeii has become famous as it is very well preserved. The Villa of the Mysteries contains frescoes that continue to baffle modern scholars

Academus Education
Nov 18, 20205 min read
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Odysseus in the Underworld
The journey of Odysseus in the underworld shows a heroic journey into the land of the dead on his way home from Troy.

Academus Education
Nov 3, 20204 min read
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The Eidola of Greek Tragedy
An eidolon can refer to phantoms, ghosts, reflections and apparitons, and their appearance in Greek tragedy illuminates their function.

Academus Education
Oct 30, 20206 min read
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The Costumes of the Maenads
How Euripides’ Bacchae creates an image of the Maenads Maenads, the exclusively female followers of Dionysus, loomed large in the...

Academus Education
Oct 28, 20204 min read
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The So-Called 'Alexander' Sarcophagus: A Confluence of Cultures
The so-called 'Alexander' Sarcophagus reveals to us how the different cultures of Greece, Macedon and Persia may have interacted.

Academus Education
Oct 26, 20207 min read
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