Ancient Greek Civilization

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

Course Description

Overview

<p>Discover why the ancient Greeks occupy such a prominent place in Western culture and identity in this engrossing course taught by a historian and archaeologist.</p>

Syllabus

By This Professor
01: Greece and the Western World
02: Minoan Crete
03: Schliemann and Mycenae
04: The Long Twilight
05: The Age of Heroes
06: From Sicily to Syria-The Growth of Trade and Colonization
07: Delphi and Olympia
08: The Spartans
09: Revolution
10: Tyranny
11: The Origins of Democracy
12: Beyond Greece-The Persian Empire
13: The Persian Wars
14: The Athenian Empire
15: The Art of Democracy
16: Sacrifice and Greek Religion
17: Theater and the Competition of Art
18: Sex and Gender
19: The Peloponnesian War, Part I
20: The Peloponnesian War, Part II
21: Socrates on Trial
22: Slavery and Freedom
23: Athens in Decline?
24: Philip, Alexander, and Greece in Transition

Taught by

Jeremy McInerney

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