Greek Language and Literature

Suzuki Tadashi’s Electra

Directed by Suzuki Tadashi This adaptation of Electra takes the ancient play and incorporates it with the traditional Japanese theatre dance, Noh. The Suzuki Company of Toga itself is very centred on preserving…

Date: 18 July 2022
Category: Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources Greek Tragedy

Tragic Anti-War Spectacles Podcast

by Anastasia Bakogianni. Description: Classics Confidential’s own Anastasia is interviewed by Sonya Nevin about her work for War as Spectacle (Anastasia tells us how Greek tragedy was co-opted by film director Michael…

Date: 18 July 2022
Category: Greek Resources Greek Tragedy Reception and the Culture Around Classics

Chi-Raq

By Spike Lee Chi-Raq is a film by Spike Lee, a prominent Black director whose films centre around racism and anti-black violence in America. He takes Lysistrata and places it in the gang wars of Chicago, translating…

Date: 18 July 2022
Category: Greek Comedy/Satire Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources

Greek Tragic Heroines in Later Literature Podcast

by Mihoko Suzuki. Description: What is the appeal of Greek tragic heroines for later writers, particularly women authors? During a visit to the University of Miami CC’s Anastasia Bakogianni met up with the Director of…

Date: 18 July 2022
Category: Greek Resources Greek Tragedy Reception and the Culture Around Classics

In Search of Greek Theatre

By Lucy Jackson and Erin Lee (National Theatre) This series looks at the way the National Theatre has adapted Ancient Greek plays, translated to a modern audience, especially placing it in more contemporary settings…

Date: 18 July 2022
Category: Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources

Did the Amazons really exist?

By Adrienne Mayor It was long assumed that Amazons, the fierce and fearsome women warriors of Greece, were imaginary. But curiously enough, stories from ancient Egypt, Persia, the Middle East, Central Asia, India and…

Date: 18 July 2022
Category: Greek History Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources Other Ancient Cultures

Thucydides: A Historian for Our Time?

With guest Emily Greenwood Abstract: The Athenian historian Thucydides observed and chronicled the greatest military conflict of his day: the epic contest between Athens and Sparta known as the Peloponnesian War…

Date: 18 July 2022
Category: Greek History Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources Latin Language and Literature Latin/Roman Resources

Plato Strikes Back

With guest Rebecca Newberger Goldstein Rebecca Newberger Goldstein joins Ancient Greece Declassified for a discussion about Plato, Socrates, and the legacy of Greek philosophy in the modern world. Goldstein is one of…

Date: 18 July 2022
Category: Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources Latin Language and Literature Latin/Roman Resources

Bleeding Trees in Ancient Myth and Modern Deforestation

By Miriam Kamil Abstract: Kamil explores bleeding trees as an important motif in ancient literature both in the West and the East, suggesting that ‘transcultural anxiety around the wellbeing of trees’ has racked…

Date: 16 July 2022
Category: Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources Latin Language and Literature Latin/Roman Resources Other Ancient Cultures

Words from the Ghosts: Awakening Indo-European Philology

by J.S. Ubhi Abstract: Ubhi argues for the continued utility of the use of traditional methods of philological comparison between Indo-European languages. He uses Latin-Hittite and Greek-Sanskrit comparisons in order…

Date: 16 July 2022
Category: Greek Language and Literature Latin Language and Literature Other Ancient Cultures

Category: Greek Language and Literature