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Get ready for an exciting event that blends ancient Greek tradition with modern Australian creativity! The eighth Lysicrates Play Competition is back, and you’re invited to be part of the action. With three exceptional finalists vying for the top prize, it’s an afternoon of entertainment, culture, and community you won’t want to miss.
Journey through Ancient Athens at the Acropolis Museum. Explore timeless artifacts, marvel at the Parthenon sculptures, and experience Greek history firsthand. Plan your visit, explore online collections, or take a virtual tour.
Analysing one of the greatest speeches in history: Pericles’ funeral oration in 430 BC. The…
The annual Lysicrates Prize competition – where the audience votes for the winning playwright who receives a $15,000 commission to complete the full play – takes place tomorrow and you could be part of it and witness the birth of a new Australian classic!
The Lysicrates Prize is an annual competition that showcases some of Australia’s most exciting playwriting talent and awards the commission of that play. The 7th Lysicrates Prize will be held on Saturday 29th April 2023 at the Conservatorium of Music and tickets are now available.
The chief adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed on television that today’s Greeks…
Analysing one of the greatest speeches in history: Pericles’ funeral oration in 430 BC. The…
Walking through the streets of Athens, you come across buildings from bygone eras, great monuments and attractions that take you back in time and invite you to get to know their history, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles.
The Parthenon is an ancient Greek temple built on the Acropolis hill of Athens, Greece.…
A video on YouTube shows the faces of Ancient Greeks in a realistic way like…
The Parthenon frieze which captured the passion and glory of the Panathenaic procession in Ancient Athens is now divided essentially between Athens and London courtesy of the notorious exploits of Lord Elgin. There are, however, several fragments in other museums and one of those pieces, from the East Frieze, is finally coming home.
Meet Agnodice (Αγνοδίκη,) the first female midwife in ancient Athens according to the Roman author…
A 2,300-year-old ceramic jar filled with the bones of a dismembered chicken was found beneath…
The days of Ancient Greece may have been the golden age of Democracy, but for comic playwrights, it was the age of ‘Rude Talk’. Mixing history, literary criticism, and dirty jokes, Mark Haskell Smith pays tribute to a slew of forgotten Greek writers in his latest book ‘Rude Talk in Athens’ that will feed the intellect as well as tickle the funny bone.
Victoria’s Health Minister has issued an extraordinary apology as an independent inquiry examines her state’s…
As visitors won’t be able to celebrate International Museum Day in person this year due…
If you ever wondered what Ancient Athens looked like, Greek artist Dimitrios Tsalkanis has crafted…
In 2015, John and Patricia Azarias established the Lysicrates Foundation to raise funds towards the restoration of the Lysicrates monument and to honour it by holding an annual Lysicrates Play Competition nearby.
The Lysicates Foundation aims to take the ancient Athenian mould to give a platform to world-class theatrical talent, making the Lysicrates Prize the People’s Choice and an iconic event in Sydney’s cultural calendar.
