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...OU A219 Course team. Bookmark this article and come back to review the questions, once you have spent some time looking at the other resources and exploring the map. [Fragment from Herodotus' Histories, Book VIII on Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 2099, dated to early 2nd century AD] Fragment from Herodotus' 'The Histories', Bk 8 on papyrus, early 2nd century AD How to read...

...OU honorary graduate Jackie Kay. Jackie was born in Glasgow in 1961. Her mother was a white Scottish woman and her father was a black Nigerian student. She has written extensively about the subject of identity in the context of her own experience – for example, of being an adopted child, brought up in Glasgow. So you think I'm a mule? ‘Where do you come from?’...

...OU 219 Course Team...Who, where and when: getting to know Classical terms This first introductory article provides a brief overview to help people who may not be familiar with studying the Classical world feel more ‘at home’ with references to dates, names, places and terms. If you’re familiar with these aspects, use the menu below to take a look at the intermediate...