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"Scenes from daily life in antiquity"
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The permanent exhibition on the 4th floor of the Main Building tries to transform our knowledge about daily life in antiquity (as provided by ancient texts and archaeological objects) into vivid images.
Visitors are invited into a virtual tour in time and space: the tours starts from the world of the supernatual (gods) and the myth (heroes), goes through the realm of Eros, follows the activities of everyday women and men in their private and public life, explores their religious behaviour, and concludes with their attitudes against death and their beliefs about afterlife and the Underworld. | |
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The exhinition is supported by ample graphics, which are meant both to increase the overall aesthetic effect and to enhance public understanding of the various artifacts and their function.
Each showcase has a frieze of drawings accompanied by explanatory texts which provide as much information as possible about the particular subject . | |
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In order to increase the educational character of the exhibition, two short movies have been made, using advance shooting and sound-recording techniques. |
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In the first movie, we see scenes from the life of a man, named Leon: his birth and childhood, his involvement in sporting activities, his military training, his participation in public affairs, the preparations for his marriage to Melite, and, finally, his departure for war.
The second movie focuses on the death of the protagonist, as his relatives pay him the customary honours at his funeral. |
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The tour concludes with a hypothetical painted reconstruction of an ancient 5th c. BC town (demos) on the coast of Attica, where the hero was born, lived and died, according to the scenario of the films. | |
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The exhibition is accompanied with a booklet in Greek and English languages, which contains rich illustrations and detailed information about all artifacts and topics presented in the gallery.
Attached to the booklet is a DVD with the two movies of the exhibition. |
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Curators
Nicholas Chr. Stampolidis
Yorgos Tassoulas
Designer
GPD Exhibitions @ Museums
Boris Micka | |
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