Mary Beard has given a series of lectures in the annual "prestigious Gifford Lectures series" at Edinburgh University entitled "Professor Mary Beard - The Ancient World and us: from fear and loathing to enlightenment and ethics". I found them entertaining and illuminating.
They are available here
https://www.ed.ac.uk/arts-humanities-so ... mary-beard
Professor Mary Beard - The Ancient World and us
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Professor Mary Beard - The Ancient World and us
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Re: Professor Mary Beard - The Ancient World and us
Thanks for sharing this! I've listened to the first lecture on gladiator games and learned a lot. I plan to listen to the rest soon.
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Re: Professor Mary Beard - The Ancient World and us
fantastic lecture series: I love how she glosses "great conquerors" as "genocidal maniacs" lol
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Re: Professor Mary Beard - The Ancient World and us
A phrase she quite possibly borrowed from English history i.e. the jocular "genocidal maniac" theory of Anglo-Saxon conquest.
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