Agamemnon
Stunning room with frescoes from the Trojan War revealed at Pompeii by new archaeological excavation
A new archaeological excavation reveals the discernible murals of Helen of Troy, Paris, Cassandra and Apollo - The 15-metre-long and 6-metre-wide hall belonged to a wealthy family
Troy Museum gets European Museum Academy award
Turkey's Troy Museum has been deemed worthy of the European Museum Academy Special Award.
Culture and Tourism Ministry said in a statement on Sept. 19 that the museum, in the northwestern Çanakkale province, also received the 2020 European Museum of the Year Special Appreciation Award.
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Ancient Tenea’s enduring fascination
The broader vicinity of Tenea in southern Corinth has always been of interest to archaeologists, but also to antiquities smugglers. The Kouros of Tenea, for example, is a masterpiece of Hellenistic sculpture that has been at a Munich museum since 1854 after being illegally taken out of the newly established Greek state.
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Historians examining ancient sarcophagus find depictions of Trojan War
A marble sarcophagus believed to date back to the second century Roman Empire era and unearthed in 2015 in an olive garden in the northwestern province of Bursa's İznik district has been determined to be telling the story of the Trojan War.
Oresteia | Epidaurus | June 28 & 29
The Greek National Theater presents a bold new production of the entirety of Aeschylus' "Oresteia," the only extant example of an ancient Greek theater trilogy, with each part staged by a different director, each making their debut at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus.
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Mosul’s Greek tragedy
The mythical figure of Agamemnon lies dead against the backdrop of the ruins of the war-torn Iraqi city of Mosul during rehearsals of an adaptation of the 'Oresteia,' a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Athenian dramatist Aeschylus in the 5th century BC.
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Exhibition in Germany celebrates Mycenaean civilization
The Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe, Germany, is dedicating a major exhibition to the Bronze Age civilization of the Mycenaeans.
Titled "Mycenae - The Legendary World of Agamemnon," the exhibition runs to June next year and aims to provide comprehensive insights into the Mycenaean era, which stretched from 1600 to 1200 BC.
Orestes | Epidaurus | August 3 & 4
First presented in 408 BC, Euripides' "Orestes," which follows the events after Orestes has killed his mother, Clytemnestra, to avenge the death of his father Agamemnon at her hands, will be staged at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus on August 3 and 4, starting at 9 p.m.
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Agamemnon | Epidaurus | July 6-7
Aeschylus' "Agamemnon" takes center stage next weekend at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus as part of the Athens and Epidaurus Festival. Plotting, unfortunate fates and morality loom large in the first play of the "Oresteia" trilogy, which focuses on the return of Agamemnon to his kingdom and family. The play will be in Greek with English surtitles. Both performances begin at 9 p.m.
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Ancient Greek tragedy tells timeless story of Syrian flight
A group of Syrian women are adapting the Euripides' tragedy "Iphigenia," using a a play set during an ancient war to bring Berlin audiences closer to the plight of women driven from their homeland by conflict.