From Greece to India and back: following the steps of Alexander the Great

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Duration

1 h

Audience

Adults

Organised by

Museo Romano Oiasso

Language

Spanish

What's it about

This course reviews the relations between Greece, Persia and India in Antiquity, a bond that transformed the art, religion and science of all these regions. Beginning with the first contacts with the Persian Empire in the 6th century BC, the program examines Alexander the Great's military campaign in 326 BC and the subsequent diplomacy between the Hellenistic kings and the Indian emperor Chandragupta Maurya. The rise of the Indo-Greek Kingdom and the birth of Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, where Buddha was first represented with the aesthetics of the Hellenic gods, will also be studied. Finally, the exchange of ideas through Emperor Ashoka's missionaries and the parallels between Greek skepticism and Eastern philosophy will be explored. An ideal proposal to understand the first great cultural globalization in history. Teacher: Elena Torregaray Pagola, PhD, Full Professor of Ancient History (EHU) Dates (Mondays): 21 and 28 of SEPTEMBER 5 and 26 of OCTOBER 2, 9 and 30 of NOVEMBER 14 of DECEMBER 18 and 25 of JANUARY Morning shift: 11:00 -12:00 Afternoon shift: 18:00 - 19:00 Registration form (pdf)

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