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Where the arts, literature & ideas of Ancient Greece, Rome and beyond are interpreted by exciting artists today | 30 Jan- 1 Feb 2026 | Funded by @artscouncil_ie

Save the Date! Our sixth festival is on its way, in Dublin and online. Keep 30 January ‐ 1 February free and look out for exciting programme announcements here in the coming weeks. @ClassicalAssoc1 @ClassicsUCD @TCDClassics @MU_Classics @ClassCivAncHist classicsnow.ie


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'The Odyssey, with its stinks and stenches, its pigsties and drugged dinner parties, its beggars and bards, is not so high-flown as the Iliad.' A. E. Stallings: The epic of homecoming in a new translation the-tls.com/classics/greek…


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Fantastic time talking the continuing power of ancient myth and literature to help us think about modern anxieties with interviewer Vincent Woods and author Yiannis Gabriel last night in Dublin. The city went wild because Ireland won the rugby !

edithmayhall's tweet image. Fantastic time talking the continuing power of ancient myth and literature to help us think about modern anxieties with interviewer Vincent Woods and author Yiannis Gabriel last night in Dublin. The city went wild because Ireland won the rugby !

Opening this weekend! Join us in Dublin for discussions and performances. Limited tickets available for some events. @YiannisGabriel @edithmayhall #ClarePollard #FerdiaLennon #RaphaelKhouri #Myth #Epic @ClassicalAssoc1 @IFI_Dub Funded by @artscouncil_ie classicsnow.ie

ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. Opening this weekend! Join us in Dublin for discussions and performances. Limited tickets available for some events. @YiannisGabriel @edithmayhall #ClarePollard #FerdiaLennon #RaphaelKhouri #Myth #Epic @ClassicalAssoc1 @IFI_Dub Funded by @artscouncil_ie 
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ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. Opening this weekend! Join us in Dublin for discussions and performances. Limited tickets available for some events. @YiannisGabriel @edithmayhall #ClarePollard #FerdiaLennon #RaphaelKhouri #Myth #Epic @ClassicalAssoc1 @IFI_Dub Funded by @artscouncil_ie 
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ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. Opening this weekend! Join us in Dublin for discussions and performances. Limited tickets available for some events. @YiannisGabriel @edithmayhall #ClarePollard #FerdiaLennon #RaphaelKhouri #Myth #Epic @ClassicalAssoc1 @IFI_Dub Funded by @artscouncil_ie 
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ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. Opening this weekend! Join us in Dublin for discussions and performances. Limited tickets available for some events. @YiannisGabriel @edithmayhall #ClarePollard #FerdiaLennon #RaphaelKhouri #Myth #Epic @ClassicalAssoc1 @IFI_Dub Funded by @artscouncil_ie 
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Join us for new episodes of Gavin Kostick's dynamic version of Homer's #Odyssey: In the House of Alcinous with composer Andrew Synnott, Gavin Kostick and dance artist Megan Kennedy, on Sunday, February 2nd, 12.30pm @RIAMDublin #Myth #Epic Booking here: riam.ie/whats-on/the-o…

ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. Join us for new episodes of Gavin Kostick's dynamic version of Homer's #Odyssey: In the House of Alcinous with composer Andrew Synnott, Gavin Kostick and dance artist Megan Kennedy, on Sunday, February 2nd, 12.30pm @RIAMDublin #Myth #Epic Booking here: 
riam.ie/whats-on/the-o…

Set in Chicago among rival gangs, Spike Lee's urgent Chi-Raq will be introduced by @KerryLPhelan, Lecturer @MU_Classics, on Sunday February 2nd, 3.40pm @IFI_Dub #StrikeAgainstViolence #Lysistrata #Aristophanes #GreekDrama @ClassicalAssoc1 Booking here: ifi.ie/film/ifi-class…

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IFI & CLASSICS NOW: CHI-RAQ

When an eleven-year-old girl is killed in the crossfire of a shootout between rival gangs the Trojans and Spartans, Lysistrata (Teyonah Parris), girlfriend to Spartan leader Chi-Raq (Nick Cannon),...

Spike Lee's powerful film, Chi-Raq, set in Chicago in 2015, is an impassioned plea to end gun crime. Incorporating rap and hip-hop, it's a flamboyant version of Aristophanes' comedy, #Lysistrata. @IFI_Dub. Sunday February 2nd, 3.40 pm. Booking open here: ifi.ie/film/ifi-class…

ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. Spike Lee's powerful film, Chi-Raq, set in Chicago in 2015, is an impassioned plea to end gun crime. Incorporating rap and hip-hop, it's a flamboyant version of Aristophanes' comedy, #Lysistrata. @IFI_Dub. Sunday February 2nd, 3.40 pm.  Booking open here:
ifi.ie/film/ifi-class…


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Our colleague Rebecca Usherwood talking to Newsweek about the significance of this spectacular find of late Roman gold coins. newsweek.com/rare-roman-gol…


The Odyssey: In the House of Alcinous continues playwright Gavin Kostick's dynamic version of #Homer's epic of homecoming, performed with composer Andrew Synnott and dance artist Megan Kennedy. #Myth Sunday February 2nd, 12.30 @RIAMDublin. Booking here: classicsnow.ie/2025-events/th…

ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. The Odyssey: In the House of Alcinous continues playwright Gavin Kostick's dynamic version of #Homer's epic of homecoming, performed with composer Andrew Synnott and dance artist Megan Kennedy. #Myth Sunday February 2nd, 12.30 @RIAMDublin. Booking here:
classicsnow.ie/2025-events/th…
ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. The Odyssey: In the House of Alcinous continues playwright Gavin Kostick's dynamic version of #Homer's epic of homecoming, performed with composer Andrew Synnott and dance artist Megan Kennedy. #Myth Sunday February 2nd, 12.30 @RIAMDublin. Booking here:
classicsnow.ie/2025-events/th…

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Bookings now open for Classics Now 2025 @MU_Classics @ClassicsUCD @TCDClassics @ClassAssocNI @GalwayClassics

Booking open now for @edithmayhall and @YiannisGabriel discussing their fascinating books on new interpretations of Homer's #Iliad, tragedy, ecology and Greek #myths. Chaired by Vincent Woods. Saturday February 1st, 6.30 pm. @ClassicalAssoc1 Tickets here: eventbrite.ie/e/113253116419…

ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. Booking open now for @edithmayhall and @YiannisGabriel discussing their fascinating books on new interpretations of Homer's #Iliad, tragedy, ecology and Greek #myths. Chaired by Vincent Woods. Saturday February 1st, 6.30 pm. @ClassicalAssoc1 Tickets here: 
eventbrite.ie/e/113253116419…
ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. Booking open now for @edithmayhall and @YiannisGabriel discussing their fascinating books on new interpretations of Homer's #Iliad, tragedy, ecology and Greek #myths. Chaired by Vincent Woods. Saturday February 1st, 6.30 pm. @ClassicalAssoc1 Tickets here: 
eventbrite.ie/e/113253116419…


Booking open now for @edithmayhall and @YiannisGabriel discussing their fascinating books on new interpretations of Homer's #Iliad, tragedy, ecology and Greek #myths. Chaired by Vincent Woods. Saturday February 1st, 6.30 pm. @ClassicalAssoc1 Tickets here: eventbrite.ie/e/113253116419…

ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. Booking open now for @edithmayhall and @YiannisGabriel discussing their fascinating books on new interpretations of Homer's #Iliad, tragedy, ecology and Greek #myths. Chaired by Vincent Woods. Saturday February 1st, 6.30 pm. @ClassicalAssoc1 Tickets here: 
eventbrite.ie/e/113253116419…
ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. Booking open now for @edithmayhall and @YiannisGabriel discussing their fascinating books on new interpretations of Homer's #Iliad, tragedy, ecology and Greek #myths. Chaired by Vincent Woods. Saturday February 1st, 6.30 pm. @ClassicalAssoc1 Tickets here: 
eventbrite.ie/e/113253116419…

Booking now open for Ferdia Lennon and @poetclare, discussing war, history and prophecy in their brilliant début novels #GloriousExploits and #Delphi with dramaturg Tanya Dean. Saturday February 1st, 4pm. @ClassicalAssoc1 #Tragedy #Myth Book tickets here: eventbrite.ie/e/113251486544…

ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. Booking now open for Ferdia Lennon and @poetclare, discussing war, history and prophecy in their brilliant début novels #GloriousExploits and #Delphi with dramaturg Tanya Dean. Saturday February 1st, 4pm. @ClassicalAssoc1 #Tragedy #Myth
Book tickets here: 
eventbrite.ie/e/113251486544…
ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. Booking now open for Ferdia Lennon and @poetclare, discussing war, history and prophecy in their brilliant début novels #GloriousExploits and #Delphi with dramaturg Tanya Dean. Saturday February 1st, 4pm. @ClassicalAssoc1 #Tragedy #Myth
Book tickets here: 
eventbrite.ie/e/113251486544…

Spike Lee's powerful film, Chi-Raq, set in Chicago in 2015, is an impassioned plea to end gun crime. Incorporating rap and hip-hop, it's a flamboyant version of Aristophanes' comedy, #Lysistrata. @IFI_Dub. Sunday February 2nd, 3.40 pm. Booking open here: ifi.ie/film/ifi-class…

ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. Spike Lee's powerful film, Chi-Raq, set in Chicago in 2015, is an impassioned plea to end gun crime. Incorporating rap and hip-hop, it's a flamboyant version of Aristophanes' comedy, #Lysistrata. @IFI_Dub. Sunday February 2nd, 3.40 pm.  Booking open here:
ifi.ie/film/ifi-class…

Booking open for Prometheus Off-Grid: Excerpts and Explorations. Dance artist Luke Murphy presents excerpts from his compelling series of installations reimagining the myth of the fire-stealing god, #Prometheus. With @AtticProjects. Sunday Feb 2nd, 6.30 pm smockalley.com

ClassicsNowFest's tweet image. Booking open for Prometheus Off-Grid: Excerpts and Explorations. Dance artist Luke Murphy presents excerpts from his compelling series of installations reimagining the myth of the fire-stealing god, #Prometheus. With @AtticProjects. Sunday Feb 2nd, 6.30 pm smockalley.com

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Screening next February as part of @ClassicsNowFest - Spike Lee's CHI-RAQ takes the bones of Aristophanes’ comedy Lysistrata, in which women go on a ‘sex strike’ in protest against a prolonged war. Tickets on sale now 🎟 ifi.ie/film/ifi-class…

IFI_Dub's tweet image. Screening next February as part of @ClassicsNowFest - Spike Lee's CHI-RAQ takes the bones of Aristophanes’ comedy Lysistrata, in which women go on a ‘sex strike’ in protest against a prolonged war.

Tickets on sale now 🎟 ifi.ie/film/ifi-class…

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