The story was developed by pupils from Kendrick School, Reading as part of the Ure View project. The girls at Kendrick School focused on the central character on this vase and they were inspired in their interpretation by their recent reading of The Odyssey. They recalled an episode in which Odysseus competes in the Phaeacian Games and tells the story of his adventures. The central character in this piece receives a victory wreath before heading to a symposium, or dinner-party. There he tells the tale of his sporting victories in running, javelin and boxing. He isn't happy when he realises that no one's listening and he’s been upstaged by a juggler. His reaction shows that his love of honour has gone too far.
This is the storyboard created by the pupils from Kendrick School.
The music for The Love of Honour was created by ancient music specialist Stefan Hagel. www.oeaw.ac.at/kal/agm/index.htm
The Ure View animations were made within an Arts Council funded ‘Stories of the World’ project at the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology in 2012. Local teenagers worked with the project team to interpret vases in the museum and develop stories and storyboards from them. We then transformed the storyboards into animations. The animations have since been shown in Westminster Palace as part of an Arts in Parliament exhibition. They’ve also been included on a digital trail at the Museum of English Rural Life and in a special exhibition in Reading Museum.
