Being Human 1 | Where do ancient texts come from?

Being Human is a university preparation programme for Year 12s at state schools in Greater Manchester and Bradford and West Yorkshire, asking big questions about humanities subjects by looking back to the ancient world. The programme involves a residential, which has had to be rescheduled due to the outbreak of COVID-19. In response, the student ambassadors have made a short video for each day of the original three day residential period, asking the big questions they had when they started studying Classics, and having a go at answering them.
For the next three days, Worcester College's Outreach team will post a different big question video each day. Each of the videos will be accompanied by a suggestion of two sources - freely available online - that students could read if they would like to think more about the topics discussed. The students who made these videos would love to know what you think, so please comment below with any thoughts or follow-up questions you have!
First up, Leo and Serena discuss: Where do ancient texts come from?
Want to read more about this topic?
- 'Arabic translators did far more than just preserve Greek philosophy', Peter Adamson in Aeon Magazine: aeon.co/ideas/...
- 'Authors of Classical Greece', Mark Joyal for the British Library: www.bl.uk/gree...
To find out more about the Being Human programme: www.worc.ox.ac...
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