ancient Greek pottery

Visiting Scholars

Open House | The Social Networks of Athenian Potters, with Eleni Hasaki and Diane Harris Cline

We were pleased to welcome Eleni Hasaki, Associate Professor at the School of Anthropology and Department of Religious Studies and Classics of University of Arizona and Diane Harris Cline Associate Professor of History of George Washington University for a discussion on The Social Networks of Athenian Potters. The event was recorded. You can watch the event on our YouTube channel or in the frame below. For further videos please visit… Read more

Gallery,  Travel

Pottery and artefacts

Fragment of a marble statue (Early 400 BCE) The pictures in this Gallery were taken in Athens, at the Museum of Cycladic Art. The Museum specializes in the Cultures of the Aegean and Cyprus. For a better understanding, the different periods are listed underneath. You may find the information at the Museum internet site. Cycladic Period 3200–2000BCE Early Bronze Age 2500–1900 BCE Early Cypriot Ι   2500–2075 BCE Early Cypriot ΙΙ… Read more

Topic for Discussion,  Word Study

Connections: Dice Games, Ajax, and an Epic Loss

Achilles and Ajax playing a game, Exekias, circa 530 BC, [Public domain, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia CommonsMany community members have been reading Gregory Nagy’s “A Roll of the Dice for Ajax” on Classical Inquiries, which explores how “Ajax dooms himself to an eternity of angry frustration over losing a chance to become the best of the Achaeans.”  We are happy to share a curated selection of resources designed to help readers… Read more