Lectures on Greek History and Culture

Name: Lectures on Greek History and Culture
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A series of lectures for beginners in Greek history, culture, and philosophy.

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Created by Ben Lugosch

Last updated 2/2020

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Over the years, I've taught many different kinds of classics courses to all kinds of different audiences. This class on Udemy is a distillation of the topics that students have responded to most positively and have most often asked about. We start with a look at the physical world of the Greeks, and then take up the Iliad of Homer. After that we look in detail how Herodotus presents the beginning of the great conflict between Greece and Persian, and finish up with an overview of the various Greek philosophers.

If you're taking a class in Greek culture somewhere and need a little help, or if you are a motivated autodidact, I'm sure you'll find these lectures a good step forward in your understanding and appreciation of the world of the Greeks.

Thanks for having a look!

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17 sections • 103 lectures • 32h 35m total length

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Statuary of the Archaic Style
33:44
Statuary of the Severe or Transitional Style
13:12
Statuary of the Classical Period
13:00
Statuary of the Late Classical and Hellenistic Periods
47:58
Pottery Shapes Part 1
12:23
Pottery Shapes Part 2
05:20
Pottery Shapes Part 3 (Review)
02:19
Dating Pottery by Styles Part 1
20:48
Dating Pottery by Styles Part 2
11:31
Greek Temples Part 1
41:36
Greek Temples Part 2
17:44
Greek Temples Part 3
09:52

Introductory Comments on Greek Philosophies
13:08
The Milesians
40:09
Parmenides And Heraclitus
19:19
The Sophistic Movement
29:37
Socrates
36:20
Execution Of Socrates
12:15
Plato Phaedo 1 Of 7
13:33
Plato Phaedo 2 Of 7
07:59
Plato Phaedo 3 Of 7
12:30
Plato Phaedo 4 Of 7
10:29
Plato Phaedo 5 Of 7
14:00
Plato Phaedo 6 of 7
13:03
Plato Phaedo 7 Of 7
17:02
Aristotle Introduction
24:17
Aristotle "The Ethics"
29:54
Aristotle "Hard" Teachings
10:20
Epicureanism I
44:52
Epicureanism II
25:45
Epicureanism III
26:17

Ben Lugosch

Retired Classics Professor

4.6 Instructor Rating
1,523 Reviews
10,956 Students
10 Courses

Dr. Lugosch taught all areas of classical studies at the undergraduate and graduate level, and published scholarly articles on Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, and Homer. Recently retired, Dr. Lugosch still leads small private tours to Italy, Greece, Turkey and France that explore artifacts of classical antiquity.

These lectures help support his money-losing hobby farm in Kentucky where he raises organic pigs, grass fed beef, pastured chickens, Californian rabbits, and all manner of vegetables.

Lectures on Greek History and Culture

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Course content

Outlines of Greek History6 lectures • 5hr 6min

Greek Material Culture: A Survey of Pottery, Statuary, and Temples12 lectures • 3hr 49min

Homer and Homer's Iliad11 lectures • 6hr 10min

The Persian Threat5 lectures • 2hr 26min

Greek Philosophers19 lectures • 6hr 41min

Greek Language Chapter 12 (Not for the Greek History Class)4 lectures • 33min

Greek Language Chapter 13 (Not for the Greek History Class)5 lectures • 48min

Greek Language Chapter 14 (Not for the Greek history class)4 lectures • 30min

Greek Language Chapter 15 (Not for the Greek history class)5 lectures • 41min

Greek Language Chapter 16 (Not for the Greek history class)4 lectures • 52min

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