Lecture on Ancient Greece and Indigenous Australia to be held in Sydney

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A lecture titled Cross Hatchings between Ancient Greece and Indigenous Australia is being held on Wednesday, March 8 at the University of Sydney’s Madsen Building from 6pm.

The lecture event is co-hosted by the Consulate General of Greece in Sydney and the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens.

Vassilis Adrahtas will be giving the lecture. He holds a PhD in Studies in Religion (USyd) and a PhD in the Sociology of Religion (Panteion University, Athens). He teaches Islamic Studies at Western Sydney University and Ancient Greek Religion and Myth at UNSW.

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Artwork: Maban Dreaming, Katerina Todorovic

The lecture will focus on how although they are geographically and historically far apart, ancient Greece and Indigenous Australia present an amazing array of similarities in their underlying hierophanics.

Ancient Greek myths are based upon and reflect the all-embracing reality of Physis (Nature), while the innumerable Indigenous Australian dreamings signify the all-encompassing nexus of what has been dubbed the Dreaming. Moreover, the Hellenic dialectics between Being and Becoming find their experiential equivalent in the Indigenous dialectics between the Visible and the Invisible.

Perhaps even more importantly, narrative, song, dancing, music and art, all of them serve so profusely both worldviews and their respective everyday practices.

The lecture is a free event at the CCANESA Boardroom, Madsen Building, University of Sydney. Those who are interested in attending can reserve their spot here.


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