Episode 38: The Epic Anti-Hero (Apollonius' Jason and the Argonauts)
Jason and the Argonauts, Books 1-2. Journey with Jason to find the Golden Fleece, and learn about the Greco-Egyptian writer, Apollonius of Rhodes. Episode 38 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/qui...
22 Mars 20171h 51min
Episode 37: The New Comedy (Menander's Old Cantankerous)
Menander's Old Cantankerous (316 BCE), produced during the New Comedy period, shows theater beginning to take on its modern form. Episode 37 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-037/ Episode ...
3 Mars 20171h 37min
Episode 36: War and Peace and Sex (Aristophanes' Lysistrata)
Aristophanes' Lysistrata, with all of its nudity, sex, and explicit language, was nonetheless his most powerful salvo against the Peloponnesian War. Episode 36 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/q...
22 Feb 20171h 31min
Episode 35: The Great Thundercrap (Aristophanes' The Clouds)
Aristophanes' The Clouds is a dazzling satire on Athenian philosophy, showing a very different Socrates than Plato's. Episode 35 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-035/ Episode 35 Transcrip...
7 Feb 20171h 31min
Episode 34: The Traditions of Our Forefathers (Euripides' Bacchae)
Euripides' The Bacchae, one of the darkest and bloodiest works of Ancient Greek tragedy, is about the spread of cult religions during the late Peloponnesian War. Episode 34 Quiz https://literatureand...
24 Jan 20171h 53min
Episode 33: Woman the Barbarian (Euripides' Medea)
Euripides' Medea is Ancient Greece's most famous play. But what did it mean to the Athenians in 431 BCE who watched it on the Acropolis? Episode 33 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-033/ E...
5 Jan 20171h 38min
Episode 32: Trees Bending to the Torrent (Sophocles' Antigone)
Sophocles' Theban Plays, 3 of 3. Antigone is a timeless and dark story about a clash of wills. But it's also fascinating snapshot of the philosophical brawls of 5th-century BCE Athens. Episode 32 Qui...
21 Dec 20161h 38min
Episode 31: The Requiem at Athens (Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus)
Sophocles' Theban Plays, 2 of 3. Oedipus at Colonus, out of the ashes of the Peloponnesian War, is a story about a man who has lost everything but his own dignity. Episode 31 Quiz https://literaturea...
7 Dec 20161h 18min
