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Press Release
Date & Time: Wednesday, 8 October 2025, 18:30–20:00 (followed by a reception)
Venue: Liszt Institute, Treurenberg 10, 1000 Brussels
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The legacy of Ancient Greece – once celebrated as the foundation of Western civilisation – is under scrutiny. From critiques of Athens’s slavery and “toxic masculinity” to charges of Eurocentrism, classical Greece is often recast as a problematic past rather than a source of inspiration. Yet the achievements of Greek democracy, philosophy, art, and literature remain central to our cultural imagination.
This timely debate brings together philosopher Dr. Benedict Beckeld, historian Dr. Alexander Meert, and cultural critic Dr. Maren Thom to ask: why the contemporary hostility toward Ancient Greece, and what does it reveal about the West’s crisis of confidence today?
