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Ajax and Achilles Playing a Board Game: Revisited From the Literary Tradition

By Lucia Romero Mariscal Argues that the scenes of Ajax and Achilles playing dice on Attic pottery should be interpreted in relation to epic traditions. Published in The Classical Quarterly, vol. 61, pp.394–401,…

Date: 14 July 2021
Category: Greek Archaeology Greek Art and Culture Greek Epic Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources

Animations of Ancient Vase Scenes in the Classics Classroom

By Sonya Nevin An exploration of the benefits of including animation in the study of Ancient Greek pottery and history, including examples. Published online by Cambridge University Press in 2015 View online

Date: 11 July 2021
Category: Greek Art and Culture Greek History Greek Resources

HOPLITES! Greeks at War – Full animation

By Sonya Nevin Abstract: The animation depicts key aspects of the hoplite experience: training, sacrifice and departing, the build up to battle, battle, and the aftermath of battle. Posted by Panoply Vase Animation…

Date: 5 July 2021
Category: Archaic Greek History Greek Archaeology Greek Art and Culture Greek History Greek Resources

Persians in the Greek Imagination

by Margaret Miller Abstract: The rendering of Persians in Attic vase-painting provides one of the great apparent exceptions to the general principle of ‘no historical subjects’ in Greek art. In the period of the…

Date: 2 July 2021
Category: Classical Greek History Greek Art and Culture Greek History Greek Resources Persian History

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Ajax and Achilles Playing a Board Game: Revisited From the Literary Tradition

Animations of Ancient Vase Scenes in the Classics Classroom

HOPLITES! Greeks at War – Full animation

Persians in the Greek Imagination

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