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SUMMARY:Is it really a model for Western Europe? Understanding the politic
 al and religious realities of ancient Greece - Dr. Michael Scott\, Mary an
 d Moses Finley Research Fellow in Ancient History\, Darwin College
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CONTACT:Miss Clare Buckley
DESCRIPTION:In a year where the Olympics heads to Beijing\, the question o
 f the legacy of\nthe ancient world rests heavily on our minds. Ancient Gre
 ece is often\nconsidered as symbolising everything that the Western world 
 holds dear. Yet\nthe ancient Greek example has also often been used and ab
 used to support\nideas and actions which the western world finds emminentl
 y distasteful. The\nquestion becomes\, just what was ancient Greece really
  like and what kind of\nmodel does it provide in the modern world and more
  particularly for whom?\n\nIn this paper\, I undertake a brief overview of
  how the Greek world worked\,\nfocusing on the links between politics and 
 religion\, warfare\, trade and\nsport. I will then look at one example in 
 detail\, the international\nsanctuary of Delphi\, which provided the ancie
 nt world with its first talking\nshop\, a kind of protoype UN. I will look
  at the ways in which Delphi has\nbeen understood in the past and present 
 original research to argue for a\nvery different picture of how the sanctu
 ary worked. In conclusion\, I shall\nargue that ancient Greece could actua
 lly play a key role in understanding\nnot so much ourselves\, but rather t
 he parts of this world currently thought\nof as the antithesis of Western 
 Europe.
LOCATION:Nihon Room\, Pembroke College
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