Episode 30: Two Legs in the Afternoon (Sophocles' Oedipus the King)
Sophocles' Theban Plays, 1 of 3. Oedipus the King is one of literature's great stories. It's also a haunting window into the fears of war torn Athens in 429 BCE. Episode 30 Quiz https://literatureand...
23 Nov 20161h 41min
Episode 29: The Mound and the Furies (Aeschylus' The Eumenides)
Aeschylus' Oresteian Trilogy, 3 of 3. Pursued all the away to Athens by the monstrous Furies, will Orestes prevail, or be torn apart? Episode 29 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-029/ Epis...
11 Nov 20161h 18min
Episode 28: A Mother's Curse (Aeschylus' The Libation Bearers)
Aeschylus' Oresteian Trilogy, 2 of 3. The infernal House of Atreus had witnessed almost every imaginable act of depravity. Except for one. Episode 28 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-028/ ...
27 Okt 20161h 22min
Episode 27: The Bloody King (Aeschylus' Agamemnon)
Aeschylus' Oresteian Trilogy, 1 of 3. A terrible family curse. A wronged queen. The Trojan War was only the start of the bloodshed. Episode 27 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-027/ Episod...
14 Okt 20161h 35min
Episode 26: Ancient Greek Theater (The History of 5th-Century BCE Athenian Drama)
Masks. Choruses. Huge prosthetic penises. Before you read Sophocles, Euripides, and company, it's a good idea to know a bit about Ancient Greek theater. Episode 26 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.c...
30 Sep 20161h 29min
Episode 25: Lyrical Ballistics (Sappho, Pindar, Archilochus, and Greek Lyric Poetry)
The work of Sappho, Pindar, and other remarkable Greek lyric poets makes us question everything we think we know about poetry, what it is, and what it does. Episode 25 Quiz https://literatureandhisto...
15 Sep 20161h 52min
Episode 24: God May Relent (The Bible's Prophetic Books)
The Old Testament, Part 10 of 10. The seventeen Prophetic Books, produced during war and diaspora, are both despairingly bleak and searingly hopeful. Episode 24 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/...
1 Sep 20161h 53min
Episode 23: Love. Desire. Exegesis. (The Song of Songs/Solomon)
The Old Testament, Part 9 of 10. What's the Song of Songs doing in the Bible? Is it a pious hymn to God, or just a couple of horny lovers talking to each other? Episode 23 Quiz https://literatureandh...
25 Aug 20161h 17min
