General Resources

3.1 Athenian Political and Social Culture

Useful Websites

Dēmos
A superb resource on all aspects of Athenian democracy, with clickable links to sources. 

JACT Teachers’ Notes
These notes date to a previous (legacy) qualification, but are still extremely well written and helpful for this component.

Omnibus
Omnibus is a magazine written for students of Classics. Since 1980, a number of useful articles on democracy have been written, in issues 14, 15, 17, 19, 23, 26, 28, 33, 35, 49, 51, 53, 55.

Podcasts

The following BBC Radio 4 In Our Time episodes might be of interest:

• Democracy
• Thucydides
• Xenophon

BBC Radio 4's Democracy on Trial - three episodes

BBC World Service's What is Democracy? - History of Democracy

Additional Audiovisual Material

Athens: the Truth about Democracy (The Ancient World with Bettany Hughes) - YouTube video

Classics Confidential videos

BBC Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth - Democrats (YouTube video)
A documentary episode exploring the relationship between Athenian democracy and drama.

3.2 The Influence of New Thinking and Ideas on Athenian Society

General Weblinks

Classics Confidential: Socrates on Trial (YouTube video) 

Podcasts

Episodes of BBC Radio 4's In Our Time programme that are of interest for this topic:

• Socrates
• Plato's Symposium
• Plato's Republic
• Rhetoric

3.3 Art and Architecture and their Significance in the Culture of Athens

General Weblinks

A BBC article on the Elgin Marbles debate.

A detailed documentary about the building of the Parthenon.

Podcasts

Parthenon Sculpture: Centaur and Lapith (BBC Radio 4 A History of the World in 100 Objects) 

Museums and Archaeological Sites

The Acropolis at Athens

The new Acropolis Museum at Athens 

The National Museum in Athens 

The Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum

3.4 Drama and Dramatic Festivals and their Significance in the Culture of Athens

General Weblinks

Attending the Theatre in Athens (Open University video)

National Theatre: Greek Theatre (YouTube video series)

Cambridge Greek Plays: Aristophanes’ Frogs
A modern performance of the play in Greek, but with subtitles available. 

Short videos by Edith Hall discussing Euripides’ Hippolytus:

• Edith Hall on Euripides' Hippolytus
• Characterization
• Hyppolytus and Language

A documentary episode exploring the relationship between Athenian democracy and drama.

Podcasts

Episodes of BBC Radio 4's In Our Time programme that are of interest for this topic:

• Tragedy
• The Oresteia
• Aristotle's Poetics
• Comedy in Ancient Greek Theatre

Others:

Simon Armitage on Greek Tragedy (BBC Radio 4 Start the Week)

3.5 Religion and its Significance in the Culture of Athens

Many of the weblinks cited above will of course be helpful for thinking about Athenian religion. 

The Gods in Greek Tragedy (Video by Edith Hall)