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ANCIENT GREECE

HISTORY OF IDEAS: Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece 101 (National Geographic)

Introduction to Ancient Greek History (Yale)

Art of Ancient Greece (Rick Steves' Europe)

Ancient sculptures reveal their true colors (CBS)

Athena Reveals Her True Colors (MFA Boston)

The greatest conspiracy in ancient art (BBC)

An Introduction to Greek Vases (Christie's)

Figures in Red: Red-figure technique in ancient vase painting (MFA Boston)

Killing time during the Trojan War with Ajax and Achilles (The British Museum)

Athenian Vase-Painting in the Early Fifth Century BC (CMA)

The Story of an Ancient Greek Pot (The Fitzwilliam Museum)

Carving Marble with Traditional Tools (Getty)

A day in the life of an ancient Greek architect (Mark Robinson & TED-ED)

A visit to the Acropolis Museum (Acropolis Museum - Μουσείο Ακρόπολης)

Athens, Greece: Ancient Acropolis and Agora (Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide)

A day in the life of an ancient Athenian (Robert Garland & TED-ED)

Athens, Greece: National Archaeological Museum (Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide)

The Parthenon regains its colors! 

Why The British Museum Has The Parthenon Marbles (Nerdwriter)

Rescued or seized? Greece’s long fight with UK over Parthenon Marbles (PBS)

Parthenon Battle (National Geographic)

The ancient origins of the Olympics (Armand D'Angour & TED-ED)


History of the Olympics (National Geographic)

What did democracy really mean in Athens? (Melissa Schwartzberg & TED-ED)

This is Sparta: Fierce warriors of the ancient world (Craig Zimmer & TED-ED)

Delphi, Greece: Spectacular Ancient Site (Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide)

A day in the life of the oracle of Delphi (Mark Robinson & TED-ED)

What is Greek Theatre? (Gresham College)

Epidavros, Greece: Perfect Acoustics (Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide)

Ancient Greek Theater (Untold History)

The Greatest Theatre (Discovery)

The battle of the Greek tragedies (Melanie Sirof & TED-ED)

Medea: An Ancient Greek Tragedy (The Open Universiy)

Antigone: The Ancient Greek Chorus (National Theatre)

Antigone (Parodos)

Music and creativity in Ancient Greece (Tim Hansen & TED-ED)

Sophocles' Antigone in ancient Greek (SEIKILO)

Alexander the Great (Crash Course World History)

Was Alexander the Great really that great? (Stephanie Honchell Smith & TED-ED)

Vestiges of an ancient Greek art form, preserved by catastrophe (PBS)

Installation of the Statue of Athena Parthenos (The MET)