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Prof. John Camp on The Persian destruction of 480/479 BC: the literary and archaeological evidence

The Persian destruction of 480/479 BC: the literary and archaeological evidence A lecture by Professor John Camp, moderated by Professor Loren J. Samons II (Boston University) This online presentation took place via Zoom on October 6, 2021. John Camp is the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Classics at Randolph-Macon College and since 1994 has served as Director of the Athenian Agora Excavations at the American School for Classical Studies in Athens. This event was broadcast via Zoom as a commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the Greek War for Independence and the 2,500-year anniversary of the end of the Persian Wars. Exactly 2500 years ago, in the years 480 and 479 B.C., the Persian forces invading Greece attacked and devastated the city of Athens. The destruction of the city at that time led to many developments, including construction on the Acropolis and, eventually, the Parthenon. Memories of these events and the remnants of that devastation, and the reconstruction that followed, arguably left a permanent mark on the physical and psychological image of Greece. The event was sponsored by the Consulate General of Greece in Boston, the Boston University Philhellenes and Department of Classical Studies, and the Institute for Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts at The American College of Greece.