The talk will also feature many images of potsherds and detailed photographs of some of the most exquisite paintings from the sixth century BC.

Anne Mackay teaches courses in mythology, Greek art and society, and the art of the Bronze Age Aegean, as well as Greek and Latin literature. Her interests are archaic Athenian pottery and early Greek oral traditional epic (particularly the Homeric poems).

Supper in the ANU Classics Museum (AD Hope Building) will follow, where Friends of the Classics Museum items of merchandise will be on sale. All proceeds help with the acquisition of further items for the Museum.

Contact: School of Cultural Inquiry on 61253708, Neville Potter