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Ancient Greece: City and Society
Dr Gillian Shepherd
This subject deals with the cultural history of the ancient Greek world through both textual sources and the material evidence of art and archaeology. The period covered runs from the Iron Age world of Archaic Greece through to the late Classical period (roughly from the 8th century to the 4th century BCE). We will concentrate mainly on Athens and mainland Greece, but we will also focus on the Greek expansion into other parts of the Mediterranean world (Sicily and South Italy) in the process of colonisation. Historical texts will be combined with literary sources and archaeology to explore the physical nature of ancient Greek cities and social issues such as the position of women, ethnicity, sexuality and slavery in the ancient Greek world.
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The Classical Legacy (handout)
Ancient Greece: City and Society
05/26/14 • -1 min

Aristophanes’ Frogs
Ancient Greece: City and Society
05/25/14 • 29 min

Aristophanes’ Frogs (handout)
Ancient Greece: City and Society
05/25/14 • -1 min

Slaves and Captives in Greek Drama
Ancient Greece: City and Society
05/20/14 • 50 min

Slavery, Part II
Ancient Greece: City and Society
05/06/14 • 54 min

Slavery, Part II (handout)
Ancient Greece: City and Society
05/06/14 • -1 min

Slavery, Part I
Ancient Greece: City and Society
04/28/14 • 54 min

Slavery, Part I (handout)
Ancient Greece: City and Society
04/28/14 • -1 min

The Classical Legacy
Ancient Greece: City and Society
05/26/14 • 50 min