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EPISODE · Apr 7, 2025 · 14 MIN

08 - Self and Stranger

from Beyond the Marble - Season 1 · host Galleria Borghese

In this episode of “Beyond the Marble”, we investigate how the classical culture approached identity through its interactions with the Other.From the clash between Romans and barbarians depicted on a sarcophagus in the museum’s Portico to the unsettling sensuality of the Sleeping Hermaphrodite, we uncover the coexistence of opposing identities.What does it really mean to "be different"? Are we capable of overcoming the prejudices that have long hindered us from building harmonious relationships with strangers?  

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