In the continuing absence of in-person events in Athens and London, The British School at Athens has organised a special online event to bring our community together at the end of the year – and to say thank you for your generous support over recent months.
We are delighted to invite you to the BSA Virtual Christmas Lecture on Thursday 17 December at 6pm (UK) / 8pm (Athens). You can participate in the event live online via Zoom.
In Search of the Goddess of Love – by Land and Sea
Bettany Hughes (historian, author and broadcaster)
Registration is required to participate in this event. Please see below for details.
Abstract: In conversation, award-winning historian and author Bettany Hughes shares her research and journeys in the field to track down the archaeology, history and mythical impact of the goddess Aphrodite and Venus through time and across continents. Asking what the Goddess of Love really represents she investigates evidence from the Middle East and Cyprus as well as Greece and Rome. Bettany will also reveal the behind the scenes stories of her Greek Island Odyssey.
Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. Her previous books – ISTANBUL: A Tale of Three Cities (2017), HELEN OF TROY: Goddess, Princess, Whore (2005) and THE HEMLOCK CUP: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life (2010) – were published to great critical acclaim and worldwide success. Bettany is a Research Fellow of King’s College London, a Tutor at Cambridge University’s Institute for Continuing Education and a Visiting Professor of History at the New College of the Humanities and has been honoured with numerous awards including the prestigious Norton Medlicott Medal for History.