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New Lives for Classical Gems

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17th June 2021

On this 900th anniversary of the founding of Reading Abbey, UoR Classics takes the opportunity to highlight one of many connections between Classics and medieval Britain, with this guest blog…Read More >

New Lives for Classical Gems

7. Helen

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22nd November 201925th November 2019

Eric Stanford (1990) The myth of Helen of Troy has been told many times throughout history. She was the daughter of the Queen of Sparta and Zeus. Her marriage to…Read More >

5. Protesilaus

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22nd November 201925th November 2019

Eric Stanford (1990) Protesilaus was a soldier in the Trojan War whose fate was foretold by an oracle warning him of the death that awaited him as soon as he…Read More >

8. Aphrodite and Eros

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22nd November 201925th November 2019

(1st century BC or later) This statue of Aphrodite, goddess of love, was dedicated to the goddess near her temple at Cyrene (Libya). This statue, on loan from the British…Read More >

6. Memnon

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22nd November 201925th November 2019

Eric Stanford (1990) Memnon was the son of a goddess and a prince, and king of Ethiopia, in Africa. Like Protesilaus [5] he fought in the Trojan War, where he…Read More >

11. Cast of a head of a Lapith

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22nd November 201925th November 2019

(1920s) This head is a cast that represents a Lapith— man from Thessaly, Greece—engaged in a mythical battle with Centaurs at the marriage-feast of Peirithoos, king of the Lapiths. The…Read More >

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