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The Greek revival style in Australian architecture and the reception of classical Greek ideas in Australia, Europe and globally, particularly in the built

OPERA star Sir Thomas Allen is bowing out of his role as Chancellor of Durham University with a final Congregation at Durham Cathedral.

The demonstration marked the 13th anniversary of the opening of the Acropolis Museum in Athens designed by the architect Bernard Tschumi.

"After Melina Mercouri's global campaign in the 1980s for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, the Greek Prime Minister continues the campaign today."

“After Melina Mercouri’s global campaign in the 1980s for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, the Greek Prime Minister continues the campaign today.”

“After Melina Mercouri’s global campaign in the 1980s for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, the Greek Prime Minister continues the campaign today.”

Mythologically descended from the hero Herakles, the Agiad dynasty of ancient Sparta reigned alongside the Eurypontids almost since the beginning of the city-state. When war was on the borders of their land, and that of their neighboring city-states, it was to the current Heraklean descendent that those city-states turned.

Indignant that women in the 'digging sciences' had been left to the wayside, four women built up a community celebrating women’s achievements.

Thomas Hennessy talks to Edith Hall about Aristotle, classism in Classics and the meaning of life.

In ‘All We Want,’ author Michael Harris seeks out a new story ‘beyond the grand fairy tale of consumer culture.’