The Hellenic Society

04/06/2026

'Greek theatrical mask found in Croatian cave points to ancient Illyrian sanctuary rituals'

https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/greek-theatrical-mask-found-in-croatian-cave

Ancient Greek theatrical mask found in a Croatian cave sheds light on Illyrian rituals and contact with Greek culture.

03/06/2026

'Introducing children to the toys of ancient Greece'

Across European classrooms, ancient Greek toys are finding new life through Greektoys, a program created by Sofia Pavlaki (photo), her husband Luis Santos and her sister Fotini.

02/06/2026

'UNESCO Adds Six Minoan Palace Centres to World Heritage List'

Greece celebrated UNESCO’s inscription of six Minoan palace centres in Crete onto the World Heritage List, highlighting the island’s rich archaeological heritage and the importance of the ancient Minoan civilisation.

01/06/2026

Reminder: our members AGM is on 20 June at 2pm, Room G22/26 at Senate House, London WC1E 7HU.

It's followed by a colloquium to which you are warmly invited.

Join us for an afternoon devoted to the ancient Greece of one of Britain's foremost verse writers, Tony Harrison (1937-2025), with an emphasis on his film poems, including The Gaze of the Gorgon (1992), Prometheus (1998), and Metamorpheus (2000). The programme will explore how Harrison’s classicism—shaped by his lifelong engagement with Greek literature—finds urgent modern expression in these works, where tightly wrought verse meets stark visual imagery.

The event is co-organized by the SPHS and the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD).

2.30-3.00 Agata Handley (Lodz): ‘It is not in the hereafter . . .’: Death and Ekphrasis in Tony
Harrison’s Film Poetry
3.00-3.30 Henry Stead (St Andrews): The barbed-wire lyre
3.30-3.45 questions
3.45-4.15 tea and cake
4.15-4.45 Edith Hall (Durham): Framing the Rhythm in Tony Harrison’s Film Poems
4.45-5.15 Oliver Taplin (Oxford) in conversation with TV executive producer and editor Peter
Symes
5.15-5.30 questions
5.30 reception

21/05/2026

'Nymphomaniacs and s*x droughts: what I learned while studying women’s pleasure'

In antiquity, women were considered the more s*xual s*x – hornier, more libidinous and lust-fuelled than men. Why did that perception change?

21/05/2026

'Beneath Alexandria, a Greek and Roman city resurfaces with fascinating remains'

Two buildings, three civilisations The most prominent find is a circular public bath built in the tholos form, a round architectural plan rooted in Greek tradition, dating to the late Ptolemaic period when Alexandria served as both Egypt‘s capital and one of the Mediterranean’s leading intellect...

20/05/2026

'The mummy, the Iliad, and a mysterious death ritual'

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed a sealed packet of the epic poem resting atop a Roman-era mummy, suggesting they may have been used as a magical ward for the afterlife.

20/05/2026

'New Thessaloniki Museum Showcases 300,000 Metro Excavation Finds'

From Greek necropolises to Byzantine mosaics, the new Thessaloniki museum puts its metro excavation finds on display for the first time.

19/05/2026

'Archaeologists Discover Mummy Buried With Lines From Homer’s Iliad'

Found in Egypt, the papyrus confirms that Homer was everywhere in the ancient Mediterranean.

19/05/2026

'UMDS’ Eurydice: A playfully haunting take on a Greek classic'

https://mancunion.com/2026/05/14/eurydice-review-umds