Benenden Classics

Classics Department at Benenden School - inquiring after arete since 1923.

[Benenden Classics @BenSchClassics]

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https://t.co/9Coym8zgrY 'Writer and hip-hop artist Akala voyages across the Mediterranean and beyond to solve some of the mysteries behind Homer's monumental poem, the Odyssey'

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In search of the Roman poet Ovid...

https://t.co/wSzCPHX3aQ

[Oxford Classics Outreach @oxfordclassics]

This morning's 'In Our Time' features Oxford's Dr Sam Gartland alongside Professor Edith Hall and Professor Paul Cartledge discussing Thebes - the infamous city of Greek history and myth, home to Heracles, Dionysus, Oedipus, & Cadmus among others! https://t.co/7gyZwVOFdh

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Bromans.... on ITV tonight!
https://t.co/2kzfqkmR9m

[Lector Intende ✡️ @lectorintende]

#suppliantwomen by Aeschylus explores refugees, power, female sexual autonomy - discussion on @BBCRadio4 with @ATCLondon now.

[Lector Intende ✡️ @lectorintende]

#suppliantwomen by @ATCLondon discussed on @BBCRadio4 right now. 2nd oldest surviving play incredibly relevant to today's concerns.

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Oh well, it was a nice idea. Lesson: don't undermine genuine qualities of anything you love with untenable exaggerations. https://t.co/9vueJV2pWc

[SCS @scsclassics]

Guidebook claim de-bunked.
https://t.co/h2uGlCdmtr https://t.co/XgiGPKJpZ0

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With Cleon's resemblance in Thuc 4 to a populist figure in today's US, AS/A Level Greek students should consider:
https://t.co/F3CTzGEoCE

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Ah, the joys of trying to make head or tail of Thucydides extend far beyond just translating his words.
https://t.co/F3CTzGEoCE

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@RUSClassics Sounds right. Headbangers always have the best vocabulary.

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This word significantly more popular since Neil Gaiman's excellent first #DoctorWho episode. https://t.co/txTFr8PD5C

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We feel like we have been pretty darned excellent this week, then. https://t.co/P3RierIEqh

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

#summertime reminder "the gods made sweat the price of excellence" #Hesiod

[Neville Morley @NevilleMorley]

Blog post: 'Why the White House reading Thucydides is a Bad Thing and you should probably start stock-piling tinned goods and water.'

[Sarah Jones 📚 @Turn_The_Pages_]

A bit cooler today but just in case...

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Well, Circus Maximus in Rome held 5x as many as Flavian Amphitheatre: chariots prob had edge. But maybe in Germania they preferred fights. https://t.co/5J7Dt9S6Ci

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Lucky you. Green with envy... https://t.co/JIqI5ftlqa

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Teaching Daphne's transformation into the laurel tree to escape Apollo reminded us of this.

https://t.co/xX89ZUFfbE

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OK, after a bit of an absence, we are tweeting again, by popular demand (i.e. one pupil asked about it)