Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Helen King, a Professor of Classical Studies at The Open University, with support from Laurence Totelin and Patty Baker. It was first published in August 2019.

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Week 1

Figures

Course image: Museo della Civilta Romana, Rome, Italy/Bridgeman Images/Bridgeman Art Library

Figure 1: Howard Cheng. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike Licence https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 2.0/

Figure 2: Nina Aldin Thune; http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 3.0/

Figure 3: Wellcome Library, London - This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 4.0/

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Figure 6: Wellcome Collection; https://wellcomeimages.org/ https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 4.0/

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Figure 8: Wellcome Collection; https://wellcomeimages.org; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Figure 9: © Ralph Shephard

Figure 10: © iStock.com / RTimages

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Figure 13: Wellcome Collection; https://wellcomeimages.org;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Audio-visual material

Video 2: Taking your pulse: courtesy © The British Heart Foundation

Week 2

Figures

Figure 1: CARINE VAISSIERE / Alamy Stock Photo

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

Figure 3: WolfgangRieger; John R. Clarke: Ars Erotica. Darmstadt: Primus 2009- https://upload.wikimedia.org/ wikipedia/ commons/ a/ ac/ Antiochia_-_House_of_the_Evil_Eye.jpg

Figure 4: Giovanni Dall'Orto; taken from https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:Istanbul_-_Museo_archeologico_-_Mostra_sul_colore_nell%27antichit%C3%A0_08_-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006.jpg

Figure 5: Marsyas; taken from https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:ACMA_679_Kore_2.JPG

Figure 6: Relief depicting an oculist exam... Roman, (2nd century AD) Credit: Museo della Civilta Romana, Rome, Italy/Bridgeman Images/Bridgeman Art Library

Figure 7: © Mark Robinson

Figure 8: Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester

Figure 9: taken from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:Alexander_the_Great_mosaic.jpg

Figure 10: VRoma Project. http://www.vroma.org/

Week 3

Figures

Figure 1: ©Louis-François Charon / Wellcome Library, London; https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 4.0/

Figure 2: Clermont-Ganneau Mission, 1898; Rama; https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 2.0/ fr/ deed.en

Figure 3: Giuseppe Arcimboldo / Skokloster Castle - Public domain

Figure 4: Brendan Routledge; gallery.nen.gov.uk/

Figure 5: By Pompeian painter around 70 AD (Public domain) via Wikimedia Commons

Figure 6: © Werner Forman / Getty Images.

Figure 7: Science Museum, London; http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 4.0/

Figure 8: The British Museum; https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc/ 4.0/

Figure 9: Laurence Totelin

Figure 10: © jimdphoto / Getty Images.

Figure 11: ©Carole Raddato; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

Figure 12: taken from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:William_Harvey_(1578-1657)_Venenbild.jpg

Figure 13: Wellcome Library, London; http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 4.0/

Figure 14: photographer Yann Forget; from Le Musée absolu, Phaidon, 10-2012

Week 4

Figures

Figure 1: Santiago Lopez-Pastor; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/

Figure 2: taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyds_Bank_coprolite; https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 3.0/

Figure 3: John Greim / LightRocket / Getty Images

Figure 4: Ancient Roman latrines / latrinae, Ostia Antica. Fubar Obfusco

Figure 5: Gift of Edward Perry Warren, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Figure 6: The Vroma Project; http://www.vroma.org/

Figure 7: ilbusca/Getty Images

Figure 8: © Joseph Kuhn-Regnier/art.com

Figure 9: Stefano Bolognini; https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 3.0/

Figure 10: smartstock; iStockphoto.com

Figure 11: Wenjie Zhang; https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 2.0/

Week 5

Figures

Figure 1: The Discovery of the Child Erichthonius, Peter Paul Rubens, taken from the Web Gallery of Art

Figure 2: Everett - Art / Shutterstock

Figure 3: TheresaTibbetts / DigitalVision Vectors / Getty Images

Figure 4: wragg; iStockphoto.com

Figure 5: Wellcome Library, London; http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 4.0/

Figure 6: Courtesy of the RISD Museum, Providence, RI.

Figure 7: Wellcome Library, London; http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 4.0/

Figure 8: Phil Perkins

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Figure 10: Wellcome Library, London; http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 4.0/

Figure 11: British Museum; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Figure 12: ©Jackie and Bob Dunn www.pompeiiinpictures.com

Figure 13: Greek photonews / Alamy Stock Photo

Figure 14: DEA / V. PIROZZI / De Agostini / Getty Images

Figure 15: mettus; iStockphoto.com

Figure 16: Jonathan Blair / Corbis Documentary / Getty Images

Week 6

Figures

Figure 1: © so_illustrator / iStock / Getty Images Plus

Figure 2: Wellcome Library, London; http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 4.0/

Figure 3: Wellcome Library, London; http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 4.0/

Figure 4: (c) Leni Riefenstahl taken from 1936 Film Olympia/ Tobis-Filmverleih

Figure 5: (a) Livioandronico2013; https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 4.0/ deed.en; (b) jmax@flickr.This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 2.0/ deed.en;(c) Greg Willis on flickr; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ (d) taken from Wikimedia; Wai Laam Lo; https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 3.0

Figure 6: Carole Raddato on flickr.com, https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 2.0/

Figure 7: Mattgirling; https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 3.0/ deed.en

Figure 8: Randolph Rogers, 1825-1892; Nydia, the Blind Girl of Pompeii, 1856; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Figure 9: (c) Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle upon Tyne

Figure 10: Aaron Atsma/theoi.com

Figure 11: The Kleophon Painter (Greek, Attic), Skyphos, Side A, detail of Hephaistos, about 420 B.C., wheel thrown, slip decorated earthenware, H: 11 13/16 in. (30 cm); Diam (rim): 13 1/16 in. (33.2 cm); Diam (with handles): 18 13/16 in. (47.8 cm); Diam (foot): 8 15/32 in. (21.5 cm). Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, Ohio), Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, 1982.88.

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Figure 13: PHOENIX ANCIENT ART S.A.

Figure 14: Egisto Sani; http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc-sa/ 2.0/

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Figure 16: Leemage / Corbis / Getty Images

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Figure 21: Giorgio Sommer

Audio-visual material

Video 2: © BBC (2015) extract from Treasures of Ancient Greece 21 April 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/ programmes/ p02pnvm5 

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