Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria

Lecturer: Prof. Alastair Blanshard
Entry: Free 

Synopsis

This lecture explores why the concept of beauty became such an important one in ancient Greece.

Poets, philosophers, and artists all competed to offer the most complete and compelling definition of beauty. In doing so, they effectively created the western canon of aesthetics. This lecture also considers some of the reasons why the Greek definition of beauty became so persuasive.

Biography

Professor Alastair Blanshard holds the Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Queensland.

He is the author of Hercules: A heroic life and Sex: Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity. He also co-wrote Classics on Screen: The representation of Greece and Rome in cinema.

He has taught at Merton College, Oxford, The University of Reading, and Sydney University and has held fellowships at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, Cincinnati University, and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Sponsors

We would like to thank Leonidas Vlahakis for sponsoring this lecture.

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