It was such an honour to be asked to talk in front of 64 year 5 children at St Mary\u2019s Academy in Folkestone. All of the children were very attentive and they all seemed very eager to learn more about Greek mythology and its importance to Greek society. They all had some really interesting questions for me which showed just how much they had actually listened at taken on board the things that I taught them. The myths that they were most interested in were \u2018The Labours of Hercules\u2019 and \u2018Theseus and the Minotaur\u2019 and for both of them, I had a variety of activities lined up, including a re-enactment of \u2018Theseus and the Minotaur\u2019 with all of the children standing up to be the labyrinth and one child being Theseus and another being the Minotaur. I also did a variation of Chinese Whispers with them to explain the concept of Oral Tradition, which they seemed to enjoy. I left the school with a new love for mythology and a confirmation that a career in classics is definitely what I want to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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