Alexander Schmid Podcast

In this conversation, Mr. Wes Schantz and I have the pleasure of being joined by Mr. Benjamin Kozlowski. We consider the Temple at Snowfall (Temple 2/4); the themes of "dark shadows" and the cyclical ...

26 Touko 201951min

In this final lecture on Virgil's "Aeneid", we discuss (a) the vitriolic hate which Juno (through Allecto) spreads into the hearts of Queen Amata, Turnus, and the Latin people en masse; (b) we witness...

22 Touko 201932min

In this lecture we conclude Shakespeare's tragic masterpiece, "Macbeth". We specifically consider (a) the theme of nature itself rising against Macbeth's unnatural deeds, (b) the role of imagination a...

21 Touko 201936min

In this lecture we discuss, (a) the portentous arrival of the Trojans to Latium (Ausonia, Hesperia), (b) the omens which gather about the Trojan visit and which prefigure the specter of war, and (c) w...

20 Touko 201926min

In this lecture we consider (a) the differing sounds emitted from Elysium (singing) and Tartatus (screams) and their connections to Dante's "Inferno"; (b) we meet Anchises again, in memory, and from h...

16 Touko 201930min

In this lecture, we consider (a) the burning of Aeneas' ships and several connections between his "Aeneid" and Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey"; (b) Aeneas' "golden ticket" (golden-bough) into the underw...

15 Touko 201928min

In this lecture, we discuss: (a) The murder of King Duncan and its immediate after-effects; (b) the clumsy cover-up attempt of Macbeth and additional murder of Banquo; and (c) the increasingly obvious...

15 Touko 201935min

In this lecture, we continue to observe (a) Dido's descent into madness; (b) Aeneas' lame attempts at excusing his "escape at night" from Dido, and (c) the ability for deceit and emotion run rampant t...

13 Touko 201932min