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Classics News

Cranleigh Classics Abroad

15th June 201223rd February 2017 | Academic

Cranleigh Classics took its place among illustrious company over the June Bank holiday, at an international conference on Greece and…
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Cicero’s Oratory

29th November 201123rd February 2017 | Academic

The lecture titled ‘Staging a Prosecution: Cicero, Against Verres’ attracted a strong number of Latinists from various schools in the…
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Cleopatra at Cranleigh

16th November 201223rd February 2017 | Academic

On Wednesday night, Cranleigh hosted over eighty pupils from schools around Surrey and Sussex for a talk by Professor Chris…
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Classics Trip to Cambridge

6th February 201323rd February 2017 | Academic

On Tuesday the LVIth Classical Civilisation group went on a trip to Cambridge. And while the trip there was an…
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Oxford Lecturer Discusses “The Iliad”

12th February 201323rd February 2017 | Academic

On Friday February 8th, VIth Form Classicists were given the opportunity to welcome Mr Guy Westwood, lecturer at Magdalen College,…
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Classics Trip to the British Museum

26th February 201323rd February 2017 | Academic

On February 13th, just before Long Leave, LVth pupils of Latin, Ancient Greek and Classical Civilisation went on a day…
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Greek Trip to ‘Lysistrata’

16th March 201323rd February 2017 | Academic

On Tuesday March 12th the Greek students from all the years went to ‘Lysistrata’, performed at Riverside Studios, London. ‘Lysistrata’…
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Augustus & ‘The Aeneid’: Dr Katherine Clarke Addresses Sixth Form Classicists

27th April 201323rd February 2017 | Academic

Despite the somewhat disrupted start of Thursday April 25th‘s CC lecture by Dr Katherine Clarke of St Hilda’s College Oxford,…
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CC Students Explore the British Museum

27th February 201427th February 2014 | Classics

On Wednesday 26 February, the LV Classical Civilisation pupils went to explore the 100 most significant objects in the British…
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Greek Theatre Comes Alive!

6th March 201423rd February 2017 | Classics

On Wednesday the 12th February, LVth and UVth Greek students got a chance to see ancient Greek in its full…
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CC Trip to Euripides’ Medea

13th March 201423rd February 2017 | Classics

On Tuesday 11th March, members of  Cranleigh’s U5th Classical Civilisation class went to London for a showing of Euripides’ Medea, put…
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Classics in Cambridge

19th March 201423rd February 2017 | Academic

On Tuesday 18th of March, the L6th classics students visited Cambridge to help further their understanding of free standing sculpture in…
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A Greek Experience

9th April 201423rd February 2017 | Academic

Between 28 March and 2 April, 28 fifth form Latin, Ancient Greek and Classical Civilisation pupils toured the greatest sites…
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Archaelogical Dig Offers Students New Perspective

4th August 201423rd February 2017 | Academic

We embarked on the archaeological dig to Thornton Abbey on Saturday afternoon in very good spirits, and, after navigating our…
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Ancient Atheism

17th September 201423rd February 2017 | Classics

This week saw the latest incarnation of Cranleigh Classics’ September Lecture. We welcomed Professor Tim Whitmarsh, the newly-appointed Professor of…
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Odysseus as an epic hero

6th November 201423rd February 2017 | Classics

On Tuesday 4th November there was a plentiful crowd gathered in the ALT awaiting the arrival of Adrian Kelly, the lecturer…
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Exploring Classics

30th January 201523rd February 2017 | Academic

Recent Old Cranleighans, Angus McConnell-Wood and Tom Taylor, visited the Classics Society last week to talk about the Persian Wars.…
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Greek Tragedy Comes to Life

13th February 201523rd February 2017 | Academic

On Thursday, the LV and UV Hellenists went to UCL’s Bloomsbury Theatre to watch a production of Euripides’ Bacchae. This…
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Classicists in Cambridge

27th February 201523rd February 2017 | Classics

On Thursday 26 February 2015, the L6 Classical Civilisation students went to Cambridge to visit the Classics Faculty’s cast museum. After…
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Classical Treat

11th March 201523rd February 2017 | Academic

On Tuesday 11 March, His Excellency the Hellenic Ambassador to the UK, Mr Konstantinos Bikas, came to Cranleigh school to…
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Classical Italy

20th April 201523rd February 2017 | Classics

During the Easter break, Classics pupils from the lower fifth through to the upper sixth went to Italy. After a…
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Visit to a Roman Palace

25th June 201523rd February 2017 | Academic

On Wednesday a band of Lower Fifth Latinists made King Tiberius Claudius Togidubnus’ journey down Stane Street to Fishbourne Roman…
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Exploring Roman Civilisation

16th November 201523rd February 2017 | Academic

Last Friday the fourth form Classical Civilisation classes went to the British Museum to explore different aspects of Roman Civilisation…
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Classical Poetry Comes to Life

5th March 201623rd February 2017 | Academic

On Thursday, the U6 Latinists went to the Cranleigh Arts Centre to watch a performance of Ovid’s Heroides. The poems…
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Historical novelist visit

9th November 20169th November 2016 | Academic

The Fifth Form were treated to a stimulating talk on the Roman army by award-winning novelist, Ben Kane, last week.…
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Lower Sixth Classical Civilisation Students Visit the Cast Gallery

3rd February 201723rd February 2017 | Classics

The Lower Sixth Classical Civilisation set visited the Cast Gallery within the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Classics on Wednesday.…
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Roman Mosaics Tour

23rd June 201723rd June 2017 | Academic

This week 31 Lower Fifth pupils took a tour of the Roman mosaics of Sussex. The pupils, a mixture of…
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Acclaimed Author Visits Cranleigh Classics

28th June 201728th June 2017 | Classics

GCSE and A level pupils in Cranleigh Classics were entertained and enthralled by a visit from acclaimed author Emily Hauser…
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Trip to the Bacchae at Oxford Playhouse

2nd November 20172nd November 2017 | Academic

At the end of a very busy first half term, GCSE and A Level classicists enjoyed watching a performance of…
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Ben Kane Classics Talk

9th November 20179th November 2017 | Classics

On Tuesday evening the fourth form were informed and entertained by bestselling historical author Ben Kane. Ben, wearing full Roman…
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Actors of Dionysus

23rd November 201723rd November 2017 | Classics

Last night the Classics and Drama departments co-hosted a blistering new production of Sophocles’ Antigone, presented by the professional touring…
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Classicists Enjoy Imperium

10th January 201810th January 2018 | Classics

On the final day of the Michaelmas term, a small group of Classicists were treated to a spectacular performance of…
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Classicists Enjoy New Setting for Medea

20th February 201820th February 2018 | Classics

Upper Fifth and Upper Sixth Classicists were treated to an intriguing and thought-provoking piece of drama when they attended King’s…
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Greece or Rome?

16th November 201815th November 2018 | Academic

Wednesday night saw the latest iteration of the Cranleigh-Reed’s Classics debate. 18 intrepid Classicists made their way up the A3…
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A photo taken by Lillian Spibey entitled: Cranleigh UV Form Lecture Ben Kane & the Roman Army-1189

The Roman Army visits Cranleigh

31st January 202031st January 2020 | Classics

On Monday evening Cranleigh Classicists were treated to a talk by Ben Kane, author of best-selling historical novels Spartacus and…
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Classics with a twist

13th November 202013th November 2020 | Classics

On Thursday evening the Cranleigh Classics Sixth Form took part in their annual debate with Reed’s School – but this…
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