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SUMMARY:Wolfson (Ancient) Warfare Wednesdays — Greek Warfare and Mytholo
 gy - Dr Cezary Kucewicz (NCN Postdoctoral Fellow\, University of Gdańsk\;
  Junior Research Fellow\, Wolfson College)
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CONTACT:Julian Siebert
DESCRIPTION:Mythological stories are one of our richest sources for the cu
 ltural\, social and political life of the ancient Greeks. A substantial pa
 rt of the vast corpus of Greek mythology concerned stories about war. Thes
 e include most famously the Trojan War\, enshrined in the Iliad and countl
 ess other works\; and the Seven Against Thebes\, the final part of the tra
 gic story of king Oedipus. Despite the richness of the material\, spreadin
 g across many artistic genres (literature\, poetry\, pottery\, sculpture\,
  architecture)\, mythology has rarely featured in scholarly studies of Gre
 ek warfare\, which tend to dismiss its relevance for the actual practices 
 and realties of combat. In this talk\, Cezary will argue that mythological
  stories stood at the forefront of everyday discourses about war\, being m
 odelled on the ideals and cultural values most relevant to their audiences
 .\n\nSince Greek myths were by their nature extremely fluid and susceptibl
 e to change\, their representations of war were subject to constant re-eva
 luation. This process was particularly profound in the classical era\, whe
 n writers\, artists and politicians came up with modified versions of myth
 s about war inherited from the archaic past. A study of these changes\, as
  Cezary will demonstrate\, offers us important insights into the developme
 nt of warfare from the archaic to the classical periods. He will focus pri
 marily on a small case study of mythological scenes depicted on the straps
  of hoplite shields (shield-bands)\, leading him to some larger conclusion
 s about the potential of mythology for modern studies of Greek warfare. \n
 \nRegister "here":https://wolfson-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/92159
 11717003/WN_4jPWEfOYSBKW76pt91BLmw
LOCATION:Zoom webinar
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