Overview
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<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>
Topics Covered:- 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?
