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Classics at Loughborough Grammar
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Department of Classics at Loughborough Grammar School, one of the UK’s oldest all boys schools.
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Classics at Loughborough Grammar @lgsclassics.bsky.social · Jun 11
Join us for tomorrow’s lecture exploring the use of VR and gaming to study and engage with the Classical past.
Thursday 12 June, 5.30pm, online - register to get the link.
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Dont forget to register for this week’s online lecture of Digital Classics- the uses of VR and Gaming to acceess and engage with thr past.

#Classics #Digital #VR
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June 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Join us for tomorrow’s lecture exploring the use of VR and gaming to study and engage with the Classical past.
Thursday 12 June, 5.30pm, online - register to get the link.
#Classics

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June 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Dont forget to register for this week’s online lecture of Digital Classics- the uses of VR and Gaming to acceess and engage with thr past.

#Classics #Digital #VR
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June 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Join us next week in our online talk by Richard Cole on ‘VR as Time Travel’, exploring the uses of gaming and virtual reality to engage with the Classical past.

If is on June 12, free, but registration required.
#Classics #DigitalClassics #DigitalHumanities

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June 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Registration is open for this term’s #online #Clasdics lecture. Our guest speaker Dr Richard Cole wilk give a talk on ‘Virtual Realities as Tome Travel’zp. www.ticketsource.co.uk/classics-lou...
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May 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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The Great Jewish Revolt - The Ancients | Acast
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The Great Jewish Revolt | The Ancients
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April 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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EMACT annual Art Competition for KS2-KS5 on the thme of Metamorphoses. All details here 👇
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EMACT ART COMPETITION 2025 on the theme of OVID’S METAMORPHOSES
Are you an artist with a passion for mythology and transformation? We are looking for creative entries that explore Ovid’s Metamorphoses in a visually interesting way. This can include a pain…
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April 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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#Classicists, join us next Wednesday for the termly LSF online #Classics Lecture on #Cicero’s Letters by Dr Hannah Cornwell.
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March 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Why Aphrodite Was Much Cooler Than You Think

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Why Aphrodite Was Much Cooler Than You Think
Aphrodite is best known as a beauty-obsessed and spiteful Greek goddess, but she was a much more complex and important goddess in the ancient world.
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February 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Excavations at the Roman Theatre Uncover New Structures | Lisboa Cultura - EGEAC
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Excavations at the Roman Theatre Uncover New Structures - Lisboa Cultura - EGEAC
The team from the Museum of Lisbon – Roman Theatre has uncovered another section of the central area of Lisbon’s Roman Theatre. The excavation, which took place in December, revealed a perfectly prese...
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January 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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What’s on this week:
Junior Classics Lectures.
📅 Friday 6 December.
⏰ 1.15
📍 L1 LGS

The termly student-led series is back with talks by Layan, Leah and Freddie on coding to scan Homeric Greek, Sappho and her legacy, and an analysis of Breaking Bad Jesse Pickman from a Homeric lens.
December 4, 2024 at 9:51 AM
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Junior Classics Lectures this Friday by Layan, Leah and Freddie on a very diverse set of topics: coding to scan Homeric Greek; Sappho and her legacy; when Odysseus meets Jesse Pickman.
Always fascinating to hear the independent research of our #Classicists and their interests.
December 3, 2024 at 6:56 AM
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Coming up tomorrow! I’ll be looking at patterns of movement, among other things
November 26, 2024 at 12:05 PM
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#AncientBluesky don’t forget to register for Wednesday’s talk on #Virgil #Aeneid ‘Grief and Narrative in Aeneid 2’. #Classics #ALevel #Latin #ClassicalCivilisation www.ticketsource.co.uk/classics-lou...
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November 23, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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The Odyssey (1987)
The Odyssey (1987)
48 min. / English / Burbank Films Australia / dir. Geoff Collins and Warwick Gilbert A low-budget adaptation of Homer made for television. It begins with a council of the gods, who review the highl…
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November 23, 2024 at 8:17 AM
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What’s on:
Next week @helenlovatt.bsky.social is our speaker for this term’s #Online #Classics Lecture. She will be presenting her current research project on #Virgil’s #Aeneid. 150 people have already registered. 👇https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/classics-loughborough-schools-foundation/t-avgakkj
"Online Lecture by Professor Helen Lovatt on 'Grief and Narrative in Aeneid 2'" at Online
Tickets are now available for Online Lecture by Professor Helen Lovatt on 'Grief and Narrative in Aeneid 2' at Online, Online on Wednesday 27th November 2024 at 5:30PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
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November 20, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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Introducing Year 9 #Classics boys to Greek theatre drawing similarities and differences with the modern space. A great opportunity to emphasise the cross-disciplinary nature of our subject.
November 19, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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Registration is open for our Outreach and Enrichment Week in Cyprus.
Get in touch with Dr MGR for info.
November 19, 2024 at 6:35 AM
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Registration Is open for our termly Online #Classics Lecture. Our guest speaker is Professor Helen Lovatt on ‘Grief and Narrative In Aeneid 2’.
Wednesday 27 November 👇
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"Online Lecture by Professor Helen Lovatt on 'Grief and Narrative in Aeneid 2'" at Online
Tickets are now available for Online Lecture by Professor Helen Lovatt on 'Grief and Narrative in Aeneid 2' at Online, Online on Wednesday 27th November 2024 at 5:30PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
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November 16, 2024 at 8:33 AM
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I may look a bit pensive here, but I have just had great fun recording a conversation about the Odyssey for the "Secret Life of Books" podcast. tinyurl.com/2sbw3uhz Why the Odyssey is even better than you think it is.... it will be out soon.
November 18, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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Looking forward to meeting with prospective #ALevel #Classics students and their families this evening. Come and see us in Barrow!
November 18, 2024 at 6:13 AM
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Registration Is open for our termly Online #Classics Lecture. Our guest speaker is Professor Helen Lovatt on ‘Grief and Narrative In Aeneid 2’.
Wednesday 27 November 👇
www.ticketsource.co.uk/classics-lou...
"Online Lecture by Professor Helen Lovatt on 'Grief and Narrative in Aeneid 2'" at Online
Tickets are now available for Online Lecture by Professor Helen Lovatt on 'Grief and Narrative in Aeneid 2' at Online, Online on Wednesday 27th November 2024 at 5:30PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
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November 16, 2024 at 8:33 AM