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Ancient Greece in Film, Opera and the Arts

Professor Edith Hall · Gresham College

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Homer’s Iliad, the earliest Greek poem, narrates the archetypal war between ‘Europeans’ and ‘Asiatics’ divided by the Hellespont. Looking at Wolfgang Peterson’s blockbuster Troy (2004), the lecture describes the genesis of the Iliad between the Mycenaean Late Bronze Age and the 8th centu

Lectures

  1. Homer's Iliad via the Movie Troy (2004) 2017-11-23 · YouTube
  2. The Age of Tyrants: Sappho via Gounod's Opera 2018-01-18 · YouTube
  3. Slave Stories: Aesop and Walter Crane 2018-03-08 · YouTube

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Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Edith Hall
Year
2017
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
History, Religion, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
Source
Gresham College
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