BGS Classics Podcast
A podcast designed to help you learn and revise for your Latin, Greek and Class Civ courses.
So far, we have:
1. GCSE Class Civ: Myth and Religion
2. GCSE Class Civ: Homeric World
3. A level Class Civ: Love and Relationships
4. A level Class Civ: Invention of the Barbarian
5. "Jumping off points": special guests join us to talk about Classical Civilisation and the multiplicity of links to the rest of history, literature, religion, and society.
BGS Classics Podcast
Latest Episodes
Special Guest: Charlie Pearson on the Persian Wars, the Crusades, and the role of conflict in shaping cultural identity
In this episode of the Bristol Grammar School Classics Podcast, Andy Keen and Dan Watkins are joined by historian and educator Charlie Pearson for a rich and thought-provoking discussion exploring the Persian Wars, the Crusades, and the ...
Special Guest: Colin Wadey on the nature of religion in the ancient and modern world
In this episode of the Bristol Grammar School Classics Podcast, Andy Keen and Dan Watkins are joined by Colin Wadey, teacher of Philosophy and Ethics, for a wide-ranging discussion on the nature of religion in the ancient and modern world.<...
Special Guest: Eva Yemenakis on Sappho, Ovid, meaning and context in literature
In this episode of the Bristol Grammar School Classics Podcast, Dan Watkins and Andy Keen are joined by Eva Yemenakis, an English teacher, to explore Sappho and Ovid—two of the most intriguing and influential poets of the ancient world.T...
Special Guest: David Briggs on Homer's Odyssey and The Odyssey Complex
In this episode of the BGS Classics Podcast, Mr. Watkins and Mr. Keen welcome poet and teacher David Briggs to discuss his latest collection, The Odyssey Complex and Other Poems. The conversation delves into Homer’s Odyssey, midlife reflections...
Fan Mail
Hi, thanks for the great podcast. My name is Gem and I am starting teaching Class.Civ next year (currently teaching RS but fancied a new challenge). I am really on the scrounge and hoping to play on principles of xenia and see if you might help me out with schemes of work. You guys really seem to know your stuff. I have mapped the content into my timetabled lessons but I am kind of guessing how much to give each section. So if you are up for sharing a program of study/medium term plan that would really help. Obviously it's the hols so you might not want to think about till September- no worries. I really like your Mycenaean episodes- very useful. Best wishes Gem
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