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Founded in 1879 to advance the study of Greek language, literature, history, art & archaeology in Ancient, Byzantine & Modern periods. Publishes JHS, AR & ARGO.
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'Ancient Marble Mystery: Rare 2,500-Year-Old Greek Sculpture Unearthed in Etruscan Heartland'
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Ancient Marble Mystery: Rare 2,500-Year-Old Greek Sculpture Unearthed in Etruscan Heartland
A remarkable archaeological discovery by teams from the University of Freiburg and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is reshaping our understanding...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
'Ancient Marble Mystery: Rare 2,500-Year-Old Greek Sculpture Unearthed in Etruscan Heartland'
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'Hellenistic and Byzantine Mosaics in Sinop to Open to Public With New Visitor Hub'
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December 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
'Hellenistic and Byzantine Mosaics in Sinop to Open to Public With New Visitor Hub'
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December 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
'The Roman mosaic discovered in the Roman villa of Rutland contains a lost version of the Trojan War that does not appear in the Iliad' 🏺
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The Roman mosaic discovered in the Roman villa of Rutland contains a lost version of the Trojan War that does not appear in the Iliad
An academic study by the University of Leicester has conclusively determined that the celebrated Roman mosaic discovered in Ketton, Rutland, does not depict scenes from Homer’s Iliad, as initially…
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December 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
'The Roman mosaic discovered in the Roman villa of Rutland contains a lost version of the Trojan War that does not appear in the Iliad' 🏺
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Our 2026 Greek Play is underway! Follow the cast and crew on Instagram as they get ready to put on Clouds on 3-5 March next year!
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December 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Our 2026 Greek Play is underway! Follow the cast and crew on Instagram as they get ready to put on Clouds on 3-5 March next year!
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Terrific find
"It was initially believed the mosaic depicted a scene from Homer's Iliad. But new research has determined the piece presented an alternative version of the Trojan War story, first popularised by the Greek playwright Aeschylus"
As you might have read in British Archaeology in Dec 2021
"It was initially believed the mosaic depicted a scene from Homer's Iliad. But new research has determined the piece presented an alternative version of the Trojan War story, first popularised by the Greek playwright Aeschylus"
As you might have read in British Archaeology in Dec 2021
December 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Terrific find
"It was initially believed the mosaic depicted a scene from Homer's Iliad. But new research has determined the piece presented an alternative version of the Trojan War story, first popularised by the Greek playwright Aeschylus"
As you might have read in British Archaeology in Dec 2021
"It was initially believed the mosaic depicted a scene from Homer's Iliad. But new research has determined the piece presented an alternative version of the Trojan War story, first popularised by the Greek playwright Aeschylus"
As you might have read in British Archaeology in Dec 2021
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New book! Dr Rosa Andújar's 'Playing the Chorus in Greek Tragedy' explores these versatile choral performances, moving beyond the group-sung odes to encompass their broader polymorphic and polyphonic capabilities across the fifth century BCE.
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Playing the Chorus in Greek Tragedy
Cambridge Core - Classical Theatre - Playing the Chorus in Greek Tragedy
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December 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New book! Dr Rosa Andújar's 'Playing the Chorus in Greek Tragedy' explores these versatile choral performances, moving beyond the group-sung odes to encompass their broader polymorphic and polyphonic capabilities across the fifth century BCE.
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Today I have gone down a weird rabbit hole of Hubert Parry’s incidental music for Greek plays. 1/
December 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Today I have gone down a weird rabbit hole of Hubert Parry’s incidental music for Greek plays. 1/
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Calling all scholars working in Turkey on Byzantine, Armenian, Georgian, and Syriac Studies! Apply now for a virtual, four-session program focused on professional development.
December 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Calling all scholars working in Turkey on Byzantine, Armenian, Georgian, and Syriac Studies! Apply now for a virtual, four-session program focused on professional development.
'Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast'
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Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast
First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BC
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December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
'Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast'
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'Rediscovering Saint Nicholas: Uncovering the Origins of Santa and His Legacy at a Byzantine Church in Turkey' 🏺
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December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
'Rediscovering Saint Nicholas: Uncovering the Origins of Santa and His Legacy at a Byzantine Church in Turkey' 🏺
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'Did the ancient Romans really abandon people with disabilities?
New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.'
New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.'
Did the ancient Romans really abandon people with disabilities?
New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
'Did the ancient Romans really abandon people with disabilities?
New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.'
New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.'
'What ancient Athens teaches us about debate – and dissent – in the social media age' 🏺
What ancient Athens teaches us about debate – and dissent – in the social media age
For ancient Athenians, democratic speech was both a right and a responsibility.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
'What ancient Athens teaches us about debate – and dissent – in the social media age' 🏺
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December 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
'Ancient Greeks Engineered a Divine Light Show Inside the Parthenon, Oxford Study Reveals' 🏺
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December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
'Ancient Greeks Engineered a Divine Light Show Inside the Parthenon, Oxford Study Reveals' 🏺
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Become a member of @hellenicsociety.bsky.social and get full access to HARL, one of the most spectacular Classics libraries in the world! Join for as little as £69 p/y (£30 for students) and you will also get online access to JHS & AR, plus a print copy of ARGO www.hellenicsociety.org.uk/membership/
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Become a member of @hellenicsociety.bsky.social and get full access to HARL, one of the most spectacular Classics libraries in the world! Join for as little as £69 p/y (£30 for students) and you will also get online access to JHS & AR, plus a print copy of ARGO www.hellenicsociety.org.uk/membership/
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Still some tickets for tonight! Lecture by Dr Konstantina Karakosta (University of Patras), on: ‘The Conquered Greeks under Ottoman Rule and Transnational Hellenism.’
7pm at Bush House London, room S 2.03.
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7pm at Bush House London, room S 2.03.
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Lecture by Dr Konstantina Karakosta
'The Conquered Greeks under Ottoman Rule and Transnational Hellenism'. Note: Enter from the Strand into Bush House South, room 2.03
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November 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Still some tickets for tonight! Lecture by Dr Konstantina Karakosta (University of Patras), on: ‘The Conquered Greeks under Ottoman Rule and Transnational Hellenism.’
7pm at Bush House London, room S 2.03.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-by...
7pm at Bush House London, room S 2.03.
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20th November!!
Autumn Lecture: 'Deciphering the Herculaneum papyri', by Professor Richard Janko
20 November, 6pm, Room G7, Senate House, London.
Come and join us - no booking needed! We will film the lecture and put it on our YouTube channel too. www.youtube.com/user/Helleni...
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20 November, 6pm, Room G7, Senate House, London.
Come and join us - no booking needed! We will film the lecture and put it on our YouTube channel too. www.youtube.com/user/Helleni...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
20th November!!
'Nails mixed with human bones found in the ancient Greek colony of Olbia in France are remains of Roman funeral pyres'
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Nails mixed with human bones found in the ancient Greek colony of Olbia in France are remains of Roman funeral pyres
Just a few meters from the coastline and about one hundred and fifty meters west of the perimeter of the ancient city of Olbia (in present-day Hyères on the French Mediterranean coast), the…
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November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
'Nails mixed with human bones found in the ancient Greek colony of Olbia in France are remains of Roman funeral pyres'
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'4000-Year-Old Labyrinth Discovery, Dubbed “One of the Most Important Archaeological Finds” of the Century, Brings New Life to the “Myth of the Labyrinth” '
4000-Year-Old Labyrinth Discovery, Dubbed “One of the Most Important Archaeological Finds” of the Century, Brings New Life to the “Myth of the Labyrinth”
A remarkable discovery in Crete has reinvigorated debate over the origins behind the ancient Greek myth of the labyrinth.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
'4000-Year-Old Labyrinth Discovery, Dubbed “One of the Most Important Archaeological Finds” of the Century, Brings New Life to the “Myth of the Labyrinth” '
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Entries sought for 2025 Niki Marangou Greek translation competition.
King’s Centre for Hellenic Studies offers a prize of £500 for the annual poem translation competition, in honour of the Cypriot poet.
Deadline: 16:00 (GMT) on 15 January 2026. Full information at
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/2025-ni...
King’s Centre for Hellenic Studies offers a prize of £500 for the annual poem translation competition, in honour of the Cypriot poet.
Deadline: 16:00 (GMT) on 15 January 2026. Full information at
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/2025-ni...
2025 Niki Marangou Greek translation competition opens | King's College London
King’s Centre for Hellenic Studies offers a prize of £500 for the annual poem translation competition, in honour of the Cypriot poet.
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Entries sought for 2025 Niki Marangou Greek translation competition.
King’s Centre for Hellenic Studies offers a prize of £500 for the annual poem translation competition, in honour of the Cypriot poet.
Deadline: 16:00 (GMT) on 15 January 2026. Full information at
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/2025-ni...
King’s Centre for Hellenic Studies offers a prize of £500 for the annual poem translation competition, in honour of the Cypriot poet.
Deadline: 16:00 (GMT) on 15 January 2026. Full information at
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/2025-ni...
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Autumn Lecture: 'Deciphering the Herculaneum papyri', by Professor Richard Janko
20 November, 6pm, Room G7, Senate House, London.
Come and join us - no booking needed! We will film the lecture and put it on our YouTube channel too. www.youtube.com/user/Helleni...
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
20 November, 6pm, Room G7, Senate House, London.
Come and join us - no booking needed! We will film the lecture and put it on our YouTube channel too. www.youtube.com/user/Helleni...
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
October 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Autumn Lecture: 'Deciphering the Herculaneum papyri', by Professor Richard Janko
20 November, 6pm, Room G7, Senate House, London.
Come and join us - no booking needed! We will film the lecture and put it on our YouTube channel too. www.youtube.com/user/Helleni...
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
20 November, 6pm, Room G7, Senate House, London.
Come and join us - no booking needed! We will film the lecture and put it on our YouTube channel too. www.youtube.com/user/Helleni...
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
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Delighted to have a piece about my experiences on BBC Radio 4 In Our Time in the latest edition of ARGO - a real pleasure to have the chance to pay tribute to Melvyn Bragg & all the producers & others involved @hellenicsociety.bsky.social @daisydunn.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Delighted to have a piece about my experiences on BBC Radio 4 In Our Time in the latest edition of ARGO - a real pleasure to have the chance to pay tribute to Melvyn Bragg & all the producers & others involved @hellenicsociety.bsky.social @daisydunn.bsky.social
'Ancient Greek Vases Were Decorated With Gypsum, Researchers Say'
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Ancient Greek Vases Were Decorated With Gypsum, Researchers Say - GreekReporter.com
Researchers say that ancient Greek vases dating back to 450 to 440 BC used in the funeral rites of the elite most likely used gypsum.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
'Ancient Greek Vases Were Decorated With Gypsum, Researchers Say'
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Autumn Lecture: 'Deciphering the Herculaneum papyri', by Professor Richard Janko
20 November, 6pm, Room G7, Senate House, London.
Come and join us - no booking needed! We will film the lecture and put it on our YouTube channel too. www.youtube.com/user/Helleni...
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
20 November, 6pm, Room G7, Senate House, London.
Come and join us - no booking needed! We will film the lecture and put it on our YouTube channel too. www.youtube.com/user/Helleni...
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
October 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Autumn Lecture: 'Deciphering the Herculaneum papyri', by Professor Richard Janko
20 November, 6pm, Room G7, Senate House, London.
Come and join us - no booking needed! We will film the lecture and put it on our YouTube channel too. www.youtube.com/user/Helleni...
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
20 November, 6pm, Room G7, Senate House, London.
Come and join us - no booking needed! We will film the lecture and put it on our YouTube channel too. www.youtube.com/user/Helleni...
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺