Shining a Spotlight On Lesser-Known Ancient Theatres in Greece with Aristophanes’ “Plutus”
Aiming to shine a spotlight on Greece’s lesser-known ancient theaters, a new cultural initiative...
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Tag: ANCIENT GREECE
Aylon Lyceum opens its gates
Aylon Lyceum is a new cultural space which opens its gates to the public in November; its first exhibition, “Democracy and Eudemonia”, invites visitors to explore Greek philosophical thinking and the ways to live well in a state, through an interactive experience where each exhibit is also a challenge.
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Freud visiting the Acropolis: the father of psychoanalysis’ “disturbance of memory” and his relation to ancient Greek thought
Sigmund Freud was already 48 when he travelled to Athens in 1904. He experienced a feeling of astonishment and disbelief that puzzled him and which he described in a text, titled ‘A Disturbance of Memory on the Acropolis’ is now considered a key point of reference. We examine the relation of Freud and his psychoanalytic theories to Ancient Greek thought and the myths of Narcissus and Oedipus
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Rethinking Greece |Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. on Hellenism as a vast archive of cultural experience and a foundation for modern cosmopolitanism
Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. is the inaugural holder of the William M. Suttles Chair of Religious Studies...
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