Thinking of trying something new this year? 

 

Then why not come along to the History Group? 

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The History Group meet on the fourth Friday of every month except December at 10:00am at the Grafton Centre. We’re a lively, friendly group who enjoy learning together about the past. Our programme is determined by the interests of the group and we decide together what we will study. 

Having completed our study of Spanish history we have chosen to study the history of Greece from Ancient Greece to Modern Day Greece.

  January 28th

Introduction and background

The Minoans

The Mycenaeans

The Oracle at Delphi

Major Greek Gods and Goddesses

 

February 25th

Brief recap of January meeting

The Trojan War

Olympic Games

First Messenian War

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Meeting on Friday, April 22nd
Brief recap of March meeting

Peloponnesian War

Democracy restored

Sophocles

Heredotus and Thucydides

Socrates

Plato

Aristotle

Philip ll and the League of Corinth

 

 

Meeting on Friday, May 27th

Brief recap of April meeting

Alexander the Great

Aristotle

Euclid

Archimedes

The Roman Empire and the Battle of Corinth

10 Great Greek Inventions

 

    Volunteers will have prepared information on each of the topics to present to the group as a basis for further discussion.

Please come along and join us… no prior knowledge is needed but we’re sure you will learn something new. 

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Anyone who would like to join our group is very welcome to get in touch through the website.

 

The charge is £2.00 per session when attending.