Name: Divine Dialogues | The Roots of Rituals: Greek Mythology's Bronze Age Origins
Start: 2025-10-18T04:00:00+11:00
End: 2025-10-18T05:00:00+11:00
Location: Hellenic Museum, 280 William Street, Melbourne

Divine Dialogues | The Roots of Rituals: Greek Mythology's Bronze Age Origins

For many years the Greek Bronze Age (3000–1100 BCE) could only be spotted in tantalising glimpses: names without Greek etymologies, strange details in Homeric poems, and myths describing palaces that couldn’t be found.
However, modern archaeology has uncovered a faraway Greek past that is at once unfamiliar, and yet intrinsically connected to the later periods of Archaic and Classical Greece. The lives of the inhabitants of this period of Greek history—now known to us as the ‘Mycenaeans’ and ‘Minoans’—were not forgotten, but were instead incorporated into the myths, legends and stories that still inspire the modern world today.
Join Hellenic Museum presenter Natasha Marinopoulos for a guided tour exploring the Mycenaean and Minoan practices and beliefs that persisted beyond the collapse of Bronze Age Greece, as observed through the precious artefacts of Rituals: Gifts for the Gods.
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Further details:
✨ 60-minute guided tour of the 'Rituals' exhibition, including opportunities for questions
✨ Tickets include Hellenic Museum general entry to continue exploring remaining galleries before or after the session
✨ No prior knowledge required
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Visit the Hellenic Museum website to book your place or explore other sessions in 'Divine Dialogues', a series of talks and tours celebrating the 'Rituals: Gifts for the Gods' exhibition.