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- La Caduta Di Troia (1911)Iliad The Musical will be the first production on stage or screen to actually follow […]
- Judgement of ParisThe judgement of Paris led to the Trojan War. It also led to some of […]
- Who is Hermes?This 15-minute video gives an awesome overview of who Hermes is, including his identities as […]
- Where is the center of the world?The center of the Ancient Greek world is in the town of Delphi. This stone […]
- The Ancient Greek aulosThe aulos is a double-reeded pipe, like an oboe (though it’s sometimes played with a […]
- Song Of Seikilos2,000 years ago Seikilos wrote a song for Euterpe, and carved it into her tombstone. […]
- Fresco of Actor & Lyre PlayerThis 1st century AD fresco from Pompeii shows a singer/actor with his theatrical mask on […]
- Vase of SarpedonThis vase, painted around 440 BC, shows Hypnos and Thanatos carrying the body of Sarpedon […]
- Ancient Greek poetry is musical theaterThe oldest known Greek poet was Homer. His poetry was set to music and sung […]
- The Ancient Greek hydraulisThe hydraulis is a hand-powered organ. Just like a pipe organ in a modern church, […]
- What Ancient Greek Music looks likeThis shows the first and second verses of the First Delphic Hymn to Apollo, carved […]
- The Trojan War really happenedIn 1184 BC, the 30-foot-high walls of Troy were set on fire, putting an end […]
- The Ancient Greek kitharaThe Ancient Greek kithara gives us the word “guitar”. This 5-minute video shows Professor Stefan […]
- Ogilby’s IliadPeople often overlook John Ogilby’s English translation of Homer’s Iliad. The frontispiece of this 1660 […]
- Marble statue of AthenaThis sculpture of Athena was carved out of marble in the 1st century AD/BC in […]
- How did the world begin?This 7-minute video outlines one Ancient Greek story of the creation of the universe: the […]
- What Ancient Greek music sounds likeThis 16-minute video is an interesting attempt to recreate authentic Ancient Greek music. They cover […]
- The death of AeschylusIn his life, Aeschylus wrote musicals, won awards, and pioneered innovations that are now standard […]
- Fresco of lyre playerThis fresco from the Bronze Age palace of Nestor (who fought in the Trojan war) […]
- Mosaic of Achilles, Athena & AgamemnonThis 1st century AD mosaic, recovered from the ruins of Pompeii in the “house of […]
- Who is Aphrodite?This 16-minute video gives a good overview of who Aphrodite is, and how she came […]
- The Greater Perfect SystemFor some 500 years in Ancient Greece, the standard music system was called the “Greater […]
- Leda and the SwanThis painting showing the birth of Helen of Troy is a copy of a now-lost […]
- 12-minute summary of the IliadThis 12-minute video summarizing the Iliad is awesome and hilarious, but it skips over the […]
- Roman bust of HomerThis Roman bust of Homer was sculpted in the 2nd century AD. It is believed […]
- Painting of Achilles & BriseisThis fresco was painted 2,000 years ago on the east wall of the “house of […]
- Euripides wrote musicals, not playsPeople perform the works of Euripides today as a play (without music) often unaware that […]
- Venetus AOne of the reasons we know the works of Homer better than Shakespeare is because […]
- Map of Homer’s GreeceThis is a really helpful map of the Mediterranean, showing the geographic names they used […]
- Ancient vase of Achilles healing PatroclusThis beautiful wine cup from about 300bc shows Achilles tending to the wounded Patroclus. Ancient […]
- Books on booksHomer’s Iliad was the first book written in the Ancient Greek alphabet. Iliad The Musical […]
- An American in Ancient GreeceWe just finished our first research expedition to the temple of Apollo in Ancient Delphi […]