DC Classics

That’s a (doner) wrap! A fitting end to the Turkey Trip 2024: lentil soup, iskender kebabs, chicken tawook and salad ⁦@DCol_Classics⁩

The benefits (?) of having your birthday on a school trip. Happy birthday Rosie! ⁦@DCol_Classics⁩

Delighted that we are keeping the flame of Classics alive @DubaiCollege here on Mount Chimaera in Southern Turkey @DCol_Classics

Happy World Theatre Day @DCol_Drama from @DCol_Classics visiting Antalya Archaeological Museum 🎭

What a dump! 16 children sitting on the Roman latrine at the entrance to Pamukkale ⁦@DCol_Classics⁩

The ⁦@DubaiCollege⁩ ski trip? No, the travertine terraces at Pamukkale at the site of the ancient town of Hieropolis ⁦@DCol_Classics⁩

A young Dionysus enters the West on the back of a lion @DCol_Classics

The once great theatre at Miletus now pushing up daisies @DCol_Classics

I just love this collapsed column at the great Temple of Apollo at Didyma - the segments look like a pile of gigantic backgammon pieces flicked over by some dispassionate god ⁦@DCol_Classics⁩

Nothing lasts forever. The once great city of Miletus reclaimed by nature ⁦@DCol_Classics⁩

The theatre at Pergamum, the steepest in the classical world, gives a whole new meaning to being seated in the gods @DCol_Classics

Exit stage left pursued by a … big white dog!

A feast for the gods as the ⁦@DCol_Classics⁩ trip gets underway in Turkey. Chicken breast pudding anyone?! It’s like rice pudding but with finely chopped chicken that you cannot taste!

Tea time at Troy ⁦@DCol_Classics⁩

After 3500 years the marauding hordes have finally invaded the impenetrable walls of Troy! ⁦@DCol_Classics⁩

Now I know why the Greek gods chose to live at the top of a mountain. What a view from Assos ⁦@DCol_Classics⁩

The great bard himself! No, not Shakespeare. Homer! ⁦@DCol_Classics⁩

Keeping her strength up en route to the Temple of Athena at Assos @DCol_Classics

Athena: goddess of wisdom. And yoga. ⁦@DCol_Classics⁩

It is the end of tour award ceremony and the winner is . . . everyone who studies Classics! Your understanding and appreciation of the world is forever amplified ⁦@DCol_Classics⁩