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Getting started on ancient Greek
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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Jeremy Taylor, with contributions from Christine Plastow and James Robson.

This free course was written by Jeremy Taylor, with contributions from Christine Plastow and James Robson.

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Introduction

Activity 1: Maps illustrating the spread of the Greek language: 700 BCE–end of the classical era. (Adapted from Taplin, O. (ed.) (2000) Literature in the Greek and Roman Worlds, Oxford, Oxford University Press, pp. 7–11.)

Session 1

Figure 1: CM Dixon/Heritage Images

Figure 2: © The Trustees of the British Museum; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Session 2

Figure 1: Photo: Antikensammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz; Photographer: Johannes Laurentius; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/de/deed.en

Figure 2: Leemage; Getty Images

Activity 6: Cuckoo: Rajukhan Pathan; Pexels; Sheep: Pixabay; Pexels; Dog: Pixabay; Pexels; Owl: Pixabay; Pexels; Frog: Mali Maeder; Pexels

Session 3

Figure 1: © British Library Board: Origin: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=add_ms_34186_f001r

Figures 3 and 5: © The Trustees of the British Museum; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Figure 4: Science History Images; Alamy Stock Photo

Figure 6: DEA PICTURE LIBRARY; Getty Images

Figure 7: Arterra; Universal Collection; Getty Images

Session 5

Figure 1: Science History Images; Alamy Stock Photo and : © The Trustees of the British Museum; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Figure 2: CM Dixon/Heritage Images

Figure 3: ASCSA.net; Museum Guide (2014), p. 67, fig. 39. Guide (2010), p. 55, fig 26.

Figure 4: Alinari Archives, Florence

Figure 5: Josephine Powell, Rome; Encyclopædia Britannica

Session 6

Figure 1: © The Trustees of the British Museum; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Figure 2: Leemage; Getty Images

Figure 3: Josephine Powell, Rome; Encyclopædia Britannica

Session 7

Figure 1: ASCSA.net; Museum Guide (2014), p. 67, fig. 39. Guide (2010), p. 55, fig 26.

Figure 2: © The Trustees of the British Museum; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Session 8

Figure 1: © The Trustees of the British Museum; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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