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From Tyranny to Athenian Democracy

When – and how – did Athenian democracy begin? There...

A silhouette of an athlete holding a flaming torch against a sunset sky

Shakespeare’s Musical Fairies

Written in the era of the founding of Gresham College...

Fairy dancing in forest under full moon

The Great God Pan: Lord of the Wild

Pan started as a shepherds’ god in a wild and...

Drawing of Pan against yellow background

'Hymn to Pan': A Dramatic Reading by Professor Ronald Hutton

In this clip from his lecture 'The Return of the...

An illustration depicting a robed woman with red hair and a torch standing before a satyr-like creature with horns and hooves, who is seated and holding a folded paper

The Virtues of Music

This dialogue presents the what and why of Ancient Greek...

Banned Books and Freedom of Expression

The right to free expression is severely threatened in many...

a book bound in metal chains

Divine Law, Human Prophet: Moses in Hebrew and Greek

The Hebrew lawgiver Moses was compared to ancient Greek lawgivers...

Engraving of Moses holding the ten commandements before his brethren

Writing Laws: Hammurabi to Solon

When and why do written laws emerge in ancient societies...

Etching of Greek scribes

Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times

Shakespeare lived in a period of exciting mathematical innovations –...

Statue of Shakespeare with open book, with maths symbols rising out of it

Singing the Laws: Ancient Greek Lawgivers in History and Legend

While Lycurgus of Sparta and Solon of Athens are now...

Painting of Lycurgus of Sparta holdaing scroll