Interested in enriching your knowledge of the English language and its roots? We start on Tuesday 5th November at 7.30pm GMT. Find out more at helenmcveigh.co.uk/product/ancien… #ClassicsTwitter #Onlineclasses

Anyone Helen McVeigh et al able to provide insight into this enquiry about water leftover from a secluded female's ritual ablutions being no longer purifying for a male? Please RT. #AncientGreece #ClassicalStudies #Classics #Assyrian #Persian #Babylonian

Great to see #TheHeirofVenus on prominent display at Waterstones, Jersey today, and #TheHeroines available in paperback too

Ralph Fiennes Is the John Wick of Ancient Greece in 'The Return' Trailer collider.com/the-return-tra…

Who is YOUR fave celuloid Odysseus? 33 Movies based on The Odyssey (and Adaptions)  greekgodsparadise.com/2020/02/29/33-…

A fig was unearthed from an excavation in #Drumanagh, where an important trading post with the #RomanEmpire was located. Other evidence includes metal & ceramic objects from #RomanSpain & #Gaul. Sarah James H Helen McVeigh thejournal.ie/fig-dating-bac…

More hopeful for Paul as Lucius than I was for Colin as Alexander … #SharksInTheColosseum #Gladiator2 #AncientRome #Rome #ClassicalCivilization #ClassicalStudies James H Sarah Helen McVeigh

Archaeologists state that they have now identified the exact location of the Battle of the #Granicus, which was the first major engagement between the Persian Army and #AlexanderTheGreat and his forces. archaeologymag.com/2024/12/locati… Sarah Helen McVeigh #Turkey #Classics

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Helen McVeigh Helen McVeigh Kerry 💥Day 1 of the Classics Academy trip to Greece a success!💥 Acropolis 8am on a beautiful sunny morning, leisurely visit to the Athenian Agora, some wonderful food & Acropolis Museum #HelleneSchoolTravel doing a brilliant job💕🙏

Helen McVeigh Kerry Helen McVeigh Helen McVeigh Yesterday we had the best day ever in Sparta, visiting the Spartan Acropolis, theatre and Agora💥 We said Μολων λαβε at the statue Leonidas, and climbed to the Mycenaean palace of…

…of Helen and Menelaus (at least, that's what I want to believe!). Delicious lunch at the recommendation of our bus driver Vassilly. Thanks to Kerry , Sarah and all at #HelleneSchoolTravel for another great day!💕👏👍🙏

Helen McVeigh 💕🙏 Another day to remember: Sunday we visited Epidaurus, Nafplio & Mycenae. A sacrifice of (rubber) chickens in the sanctuary of Asclepius & some of us climbed all the way to the cheap seats in the theatre! Mycenae was as wonderful as we hoped.

The Treasury of Atreus brought tears to our eyes & the view from the ruins of the palace was stunning. We calculated the location of Agamemnon's bathroom, visited the tombs of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. 💕🙏

For one day I believed the myth! Thanks again to the organisational expertise of Kerry, Sarah Thomason and #HelleneSchoolTravel. 🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👍👍👍💕

Monday in Delphi. I have always wanted to stay overnight in Delphi and I couldn't get enough of the amazing view over the valley from our balcony. We arrived at the Delphi site as it opened at 8am on a perfect morning.

The highlights of the site included the Athenian Treasury, the serpent column and the temple of Apollo. There was a short climb to the theatre, which had a capacity of 5000 spectators: it was much smaller than the theatres we visited in Epidaurus and Sparta.

Farther up the hill was the stadium & well worth the climb. The museum held more treasures, eg the two kouroi, Cleobis and Biton, who you can read about in Herodotus 1.31, and the extra-large sphinx which was much bigger than I realised. Huge thanks to #HelleneSchoolTravel!

The Helen McVeigh Belfast Summer School is celebrating its 10th year in 2025 with its biggest programme yet! For more information on signing up for the Greek and Latin classes, check out the Classics Academy website: helenmcveigh.co.uk/belfastsummers…

And for more on the 10(!) free-to-attend Helen McVeigh online and in-person lectures and workshops... classicalassociationni.wordpress.com/2025/06/15/bel…