For the love of Knowledge

Ancient Greek culture has had a profound influence upon the world of the present day, so I think it behooves us to gain a better understanding into just who these people were and what motivated them. This course into the Religion of those Greeks helps do that. It is not just a broad overview but often gets down to granular level detail into the beliefs and ritual practices of the individual so I highly recommend the course to anyone interested in comparative religion, the social studies, ancient cultures or even primitive people of faith who still believe in modern gods.
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<br/>The course is comprised of video lectures by the topic smitten Professor who engagingly draws you into the subject matter in a relaxed casual manner. This Professor is also active and responsive to questions and comments posed by students in the comment section which is of immense value in clearing up misunderstandings we students may have given the largely occulted nature of much of this material. One wishes for pointers to additional reading lists, charts, slides, recommended articles or even more extraneous references to multimedia material, video documentaries and the like, but the course is yet new and will no doubt be more fully fleshed out over time as the Professor gets more feedback. This course is being offered free of charge to whosoever wishes to obtain the knowledge so it is seems to me to be presented as a labour of love for the ancient Greek culture as well as a give something back higher duty to mankind in the true way of the Greek Philosophers which is to say for the love of knowledge. I for one deeply appreciate this course and I can't recommend it highly enough to any and all.
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<br/>I suggest that as you progress through this course do keep in mind that the Gods of Olympus were never proven to not exist, but have merely gone out of fashion as is the fate of all Gods and Goddesses over time, so do not judge the ancient Greeks to have been any more foolish for believing in and propitiating their Gods than you, your fellows, comrades, family and friends are for believing in and praying to whatever Gods you think are real now. Your present day God, and your worship of it will look just as silly in the fullness of time to some future student looking back at our long past weird cultural practices, so as you proceed do try to put yourself in the shoes of the ordinary citizen of the day and maintain a semblance of respect for the old Gods.
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<br/>Indeed to be on the safe side perhaps we should avail of the knowledge passed on to us in this course through the knowledgeable Professor to hedge our bets when it comes to praying to present day Deities just in case our fashionable present day God of the desert is the fake, and the real gods are the ones still cavorting and carrying on as they always did up on Mt. Olympus. They will no doubt well appreciate the rarefied shout-out from time to time and may in turn bestow their favour, or at the least spare us their wrath.
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<br/>Happy Learning
<br/>Jim
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Well Done!

I feel like I've taken a Intro to Ancient Greek Religion - only without having to go into debt first. While there will always be shortcomings in learning in video format (particularly, the inability to stop and ask questions), the quality and substance of the lectures was clear and to the point, with excellent examples. For someone with a slightly-more-than-layman's knowledge on ancient Greece, this course proved to be an great source of knowledge and insight. I can now read classic Greek literature and philosophy with a deeper understanding of the personal, day-to-day life of the authors. In addition, it has helped in my study of other ancient religions, particularly those of the Native Americans (which has some striking similarities). Thank you for taking the time to create and share this course!

Lecture

I think the commentary/lecture is interesting, however I do think that visuals in the form of slides, movie clips, power point presentations would go much further in inspiring the imagination and keeping the attention of the viewer.