The Greek World: A Study of History and Culture

<p>Take a fresh look at the phenomenal legacy of the ancient Greeks and immerse yourself in the spectrum of Greek achievements that have so deeply imprinted Western civilization.</p>

• By This Professor
• 01: Why Study the Greek World?
• 02: Bronze Age Greece: Minoans and Myceneans
• 03: Dark Age and Archaic Greece
• 04: Classical Greece: The Age of Pericles
• 05: Alexander the Great: Greek Culture Spreads
• 06: Greece, Rome, Byzantium, and Baghdad
• 07: Modern Ideas of Ancient Greece
• 08: The Birth of the Greek Nation-State
• 09: Greek Mythology: Monsters and Misfits
• 10: Greek Religion: Dangerous Gods, Tricky Heroes
• 11: The Sensuality of Greek Sculpture
• 12: The Perfection of Greek Architecture
• 13: The Monumentality of Greek Painting
• 14: Homer’s Humanity: The Epic Experience
• 15: Greek Theater: Producing and Staging Plays
• 16: Greek Drama: Laughter and Tears
• 17: Greek Politics, Law, and Public Speaking
• 18: Greek Historians: The Birth of History
• 19: Greek Philosophy: Man and Nature
• 20: Greek Science: Discovery and Controversy
• 21: The Greek Way of Waging War
• 22: Greek Language, Literacy, and Writing
• 23: Eating and Drinking among the Greeks
• 24: What Does Greece Mean to Us Today?