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Greek Mythology 3500 BC to AD 2014

Video recording of Professor Ken Dowden's Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association's New Year lecture.

University of Birmingham Aston Webb building

Professor Ken Dowden delivered the Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association's New Year lecture on 30 January 2014.

  • Where do Greek myths come from? 
  • How, and when, are they created? 
  • What is the point of them?
  • Why haven't they passed away like the Ancient Greeks themselves?
  • Are there modern 'mythologies' in the same sense as Greek mythology?