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14 March 2015

9:00 AM

14 March 2015

9:00 AM

Nowadays we don’t often look to modern Greece for inspiration except for its physical beauty and the charm of its people. But the Ancients were another matter, still providing inspiration in art, philosophy and culture. One of them has inspired a new playwriting competition: The Lysicrates Prize. The inspiration comes via the Lysicrates Monument in Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens.

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