Greek of the Week Season One: Mythology of Gods, Beasts and Heroes

Enter the Outschool Olympus! You can join us whenever you like!

In each of our weekly classes, we explore a different story or figure from Ancient Greece. Some of them you will know - like the Gorgon Medusa and Apollo - but some you might not know, like Niobe and Nike. This class is designed to be fun, conversational, rich and challenging.

Ancient Greece has so many myths, and there are so many ways we can explore them - as storytellers, poets, artists, sculptors, archaeologists, historians and just as funny people noticing Greek things around us in our daily lives. 

Our Outschool Olympus is the place for Greekery and Geekery. You are warmly invited.

In each session, there will be a topic that I have chosen to share, which will be listed below for each week.

CHECK OUT THE LESSONS AND YOUR  CLASS SCHEDULE HERE

1 - Sunday 26 Jan - HOW IT ALL BEGAN

2 - Sunday 9th Feb - 'ORRIBLE CRONUS and the OLYMPIANS

3 - Sunday 16th Feb - PERSEPHONE EATS SOME SEEDS

4 - Sunday 23rd Feb - PROMETHEUS LOVES HUMANS TOO MUCH

5 - Sunday 2nd MarchDAEDALUS ENCOURAGES HIS SON TO FLAP

6 - Sunday 9th March = ARACHNE LEARNS A LESSON ABOUT ARROGANCE

7 - Sunday 16th March -  WHO WAS SOCRATES?

8 - Sunday 23rd March - WHY ALL THE 'MONSTROUS' WOMEN IN MYTH?

9 - Sunday 30th March - GIANT MURDEROUS FOX


11	WHAT CAN WE SEE IN MODERN ATHENS?
12	THE MYTHS ALL AROUND US
13	MEET THE MUSES
14	GRIM WAYS TO DIE IN ANCIENT GREECE
15	NYX AND HER CHILDREN
16	THE ODD LIFE OF APHRODITE

The one responsibility we have to each other is to be respectful and make space for everybody to share. We are all equally important and we are all unique - I want you to enjoy the class in the way that works for you, and I want you to build friendships with other Greeky fans.

I prefer the stories that are a bit weird and wonderful, and I like for us to find the humour in these odd tales. I believe that we can have a lot of laughter and a lot of learning.