{"id":14988,"date":"2018-12-06T11:19:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T19:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classic.powertactics.com\/?post_type=product&p=14988"},"modified":"2022-06-07T20:40:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T03:40:13","slug":"the-greeks-the-complete-course","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/classic.powertactics.com\/product\/the-greeks-the-complete-course\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greeks: The Complete Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

Set Includes<\/h3>\n

The Greeks: The Epics DVD<\/a>
\nThe Greeks: Drama and Lyric DVD<\/span><\/a>
\nThe Greeks: The Histories DVD<\/a>
\nThe Greeks: The Philosophers DVD<\/a><\/p>\n

The Greeks: Drama and Lyric Paperback Reader<\/span><\/a>
\nThe Greeks: The Histories Paperback Reader<\/span><\/a>
\nThe Greeks: The Philosophers Paperback Reader<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Greeks: The Epics Workbook<\/span><\/a>
\nThe Greeks: Drama and Lyric Workbook<\/a>
\n<\/span>The Greeks: The Histories Workbook<\/a>
\n<\/span>The Greeks: The Philosophers Workbook<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Epics<\/b><\/h3>\n

Lecture 1 \u2013 Introduction to Old Western Culture
\nLecture 2 \u2013 The Backdrop to the Iliad.
\nLecture 3 \u2013 The Anger of Achilleus. (Iliad I-IV<\/i>)
\nLecture 4 \u2013 The First Critical Turning Point. (Iliad V-IX<\/i>)
\nLecture 5 \u2013 The Deception of Zeus. (Iliad X-XV<\/i>)
\nLecture 6 \u2013 The Second Critical Turning Point. (Iliad XVI-XXI<\/i>)
\nLecture 7 \u2013 The Death of Hektor. (Iliad XXII-XXIV<\/i>)
\nLecture 8 \u2013 The Telemachy. (Odyssey I-IV<\/i>)
\nLecture 9 \u2013 The Court of Alkino\u00f6s. (Odyssey V-VIII<\/i>)
\nLecture 10 \u2013 Odysseus Tells of his Wanderings. (Odyssey IX-XII<\/i>)
\nLecture 11 \u2013 The Homescoming of Odysseus & The Judgement of the Suitors. (Odyssey XIII-XXIV<\/i>)
\nLecture 12 \u2013 he Legacy of Homer in Western Civilization.<\/p>\n

Drama and Lyrics<\/b><\/h3>\n

Lecture 1 \u2013 Background of Greek Drama: Development of Theater
\nLecture 2 \u2013 Background of Greek Drama: The Period, the Poets, and the Presentation
\nLecture 3 \u2013 Aeschylus\u2019 Oresteia:\u00a0The Agamemnon<\/i>
\nLecture 4 \u2013 Aeschylus\u2019 Oresteia:\u00a0The Libation-bearers<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0The Eumenides<\/i>
\nLecture 5 \u2013 Sophocles\u2019\u00a0Oedipus the King<\/i>
\nLecture 6 \u2013 Sophocles\u2019\u00a0Oedipus at Colonus<\/i>
\nLecture 7 \u2013 Euripides\u2019\u00a0Medea and Trojan Women<\/i>
\nLecture 8 \u2013 Aristophanes\u2019\u00a0The Frogs<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0The Clouds<\/i>
\nLecture 9 \u2013 Lyric Poetry:\u00a0Sappho and Pindar<\/i>, and\u00a0Theocritus<\/i>
\nLecture 10 \u2013 Lyric Poetry: Hesiod
\nLecture 11 \u2013 Lesser Epics: Quintus of Smyrna,\u00a0The Fall of Troy<\/i>
\nLecture 12 \u2013 Lesser Epics: Apollonius of Rhodes,\u00a0The Argonautica<\/i><\/p>\n

The Histories<\/b><\/h3>\n

Lecture 1 \u2013 Overview of Greek History
\nLecture 2 \u2013 Herodotus 1: Introduction and Croesus
\nLecture 3 \u2013 Herodotus 2: Stories of Egypt and the other nations
\nLecture 4 \u2013 Herodotus 3: The Beginning of the Persian Wars and the Battle of Marathon
\nLecture 5 \u2013 Herodotus 4: The Battle of Thermopylae
\nLecture 6 \u2013 Herodotus 5: The Battle of Salamis, and the End of the Persian Wars
\nLecture 7 \u2013 Thucydides 1: Introduction, Thucydides\u2019 Philosophy of History, and the Beginning of the Peloponnesian War
\nLecture 8 \u2013 Thucydides 2: The Early Years, Pericles, and the Great Plague
\nLecture 9 \u2013 Thucydides 3: Mytiline, Exile, Revolution, and Melos
\nLecture 10 \u2013 Thucydides 4: The Sicilian Campaign, and the Downfall of Athens
\nLecture 11 \u2013 Xenophon: The March of the Ten Thousand
\nLecture 12 \u2013 The Lessons of Greek History<\/p>\n

The Philosophers<\/b><\/h3>\n

Lecture 1 \u2013 Overview of Greek philosophy, introduction to Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
\nLecture 2 \u2013 Plato: The Apology: Socrates, St. Paul, and The Doctrine of Wisdom
\nLecture 3 \u2013 Plato: The Crito and Phaedo: Socrates, Christianity, and the doctrine of body and soul
\nLecture 4 \u2013 Plato: The Phaedrus: Socrates, Augustine, Dante, C. S. Lewis, and the Dialectic of Desire; True teaching
\nLecture 5 \u2013 Plato: The Republic: understanding morality
\nLecture 6 \u2013 Plato: The Republic: The Forms and the influence on Medieval Christendom
\nLecture 7 \u2013 Aristotle: The Metaphysics: Aristotle, Aquinas, and the Doctrine of Wisdom
\nLecture 8 \u2013 Aristotle: The Metaphysics: the Cosmos in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
\nLecture 9 \u2013 Aristotle: The Ethics: Happiness the Chief End of Man
\nLecture 10 \u2013 Aristotle: The Ethics: Friendship
\nLecture 11 \u2013 Aristotle: The Poetics: Stories, Oedipus, and Jane Austen
\nLecture 12 \u2013 The Lessons of Greek Philosophy<\/p>\n

<\/h3>\n