Classical Studies

Classical Mythology 45

• Lesson1.1
  In the beginning 30 min
• Quiz1.1
  Creation myths 1 question
• Quiz1.2
  Before the Olympians 1 question
• Quiz1.3
  Family Tree 1 question
• Lesson1.2
  Source 1 – The Creation – Hesiod 30 min
• Lesson1.3
  Source 2 – The Creation – Ovid 30 min
• Lesson1.4
  Source 3 – Typhoeus 30 min
• Lesson1.5
  Source analysis – sources 1 to 3 30 min
• Lesson1.6
  Research task 30 min
• Lesson1.7
  Source 4 – Pandora 30 min
• Lesson1.8
  Source 5 – The Punishment of Prometheus 30 min
• Lesson1.9
  Source analysis – sources 4 & 5 30 min
• Lesson1.10
  Research task 30 min
• Lesson1.11
  Source 6 – The Ages of the World 30 min
• Lesson1.12
  Source 7 – After the Flood 30 min
• Lesson1.13
  Source analysis – sources 6 & 7 30 min
• Lesson1.14
  The Underworld 30 min
• Lesson1.15
  Visiting the Underworld 30 min
• Lesson1.16
  Underworld Source 1 – Circe’s Instructions to Odysseus 30 min
• Lesson1.17
  Source Analysis – source 1 30 min
• Lesson1.18
  Underworld Source 2 – Pausanias (ekphrasis) 30 min
• Lesson1.19
  Research 30 min
• Lesson1.20
  Underworld Source 3 – Dionysus visits the Underworld 30 min
• Lesson1.21
  Underworld Source 4 – The punishment of the wicked 30 min
• Lesson1.22
  Source Analysis – source 3 (Aristophanes) 30 min
• Lesson1.23
  Source Analysis – source 4 (Plato) 30 min
• Lesson1.24
  Underworld Source 5 – Lucretius 30 min
• Lesson1.25
  Source Analysis – source 5 30 min
• Lesson1.26
  Underworld Source 6a – The Entrance to Hades 30 min
• Lesson1.27
  Underworld Source 6b – The Ferry across the River Styx 30 min
• Lesson1.28
  Underworld Source 6c – The Sibyl helps Aeneas cross the Styx 30 min
• Lesson1.29
  Underworld Source 6d – Tartarus 30 min
• Lesson1.30
  Underworld Source 7 – Orpheus & Eurydice 30 min
• Lesson1.31
  Source Analysis – sources 6 & 7 30 min
• Lesson1.32
  Names and characters from Classical Mythology 30 min
• Lesson1.33
  Reading 1 – Interpretation and definition of classical mythology 30 min
• Lesson1.34
  Reading 2 – historical background to Greek mythology 30 min
• Lesson1.35
  Reading 3 – myths of creation 30 min
• Lesson1.36
  Reading 4 – Zeus’ rise to power 30 min
• Lesson1.37
  Reading 5 – the twelve Olympians 30 min
• Lesson1.38
  Reading 6 – the nature of the gods 30 min
• Lesson1.39
  AUDIO – classical mythology 1-6 30 min
• Lesson1.40
  AUDIO – classical mythology 7-12 30 min
• Lesson1.41
  VIDEO – Overview of Ancient Greek history, religion and culture 05 h
• Lesson1.42
  VIDEO – Overview of Greek art – warning – mature content and nudity 30 min

Classical Literature - Course Guide 2

• Lesson2.1
  Overview 30 min
• Lesson2.2
  Caveat 30 min

Classical Drama 9

• Lesson3.1
  The concept of drama 30 min
• Lesson3.2
  Tragedy 30 min
• Lesson3.3
  Comedy 30 min
• Lesson3.4
  Sophocles 30 min
• Lesson3.5
  Euripides 30 min
• Lesson3.6
  Aristophanes 30 min
• Lesson3.7
  VIDEO – tragedy, religion, myth and rituals 30 min
• Lesson3.8
  VIDEO – Greek drama – overview 01 h
• Lesson3.9
  VIDEO – The chorus in Greek drama 30 min

Classical Literature - Antigone 5

• Lesson4.1
  Introduction – Antigone 30 min
• Lesson4.2
  Leadership 30 min
• Lesson4.3
  Conflict 30 min
• Lesson4.4
  Heroism 30 min
• Lesson4.5
  VIDEO – Antigone 03 h 30 min

Classical Literature - Medea 4

A study of Euripides' tragedy, Medea. A play performed in Athens, based upon the myth of Medea, Jason and the Argonauts and the aftermath of the quest for the Golden Fleece.

• Lesson5.1
  Introduction 30 min
• Lesson5.2
  Women in society 30 min
• Lesson5.3
  Conflict 30 min
• Lesson5.4
  VIDEO – Medea 02 h 30 min

Classical Literature - Aeneid 6

• Lesson6.1
  Heroism 30 min
• Lesson6.2
  Leadership 30 min
• Lesson6.3
  Fate versus free will 30 min
• Lesson6.4
  Women in society 30 min
• Lesson6.5
  VIDEO – The Aeneid 01 h
• Lesson6.6
  VIDEO – Aeneas visits the underworld (book VI) 30 min

Life in Classical Greece - Power and Freedom 1

• Lesson7.1
  Athenian Democracy

Life in the Roman World - Power and Freedom videos 1

• Lesson8.1
  Videos

Life in the Roman World - Religion & Belief - Introduction 11

• Lesson9.1
  Public and private religion 30 min
• Lesson9.2
  Domestic religion (religion of the household) 30 min
• Lesson9.3
  The household gods 30 min
• Lesson9.4
  Belief in the Lares 30 min
• Lesson9.5
  Janus and the spirits of the door 30 min
• Lesson9.6
  The genius of the paterfamilas 30 min
• Lesson9.7
  Giving birth 30 min
• Lesson9.8
  Infancy 30 min
• Lesson9.9
  Coming of age & marriage 30 min
• Lesson9.10
  Source analysis 30 min
• Lesson9.11
  Archaeological source analysis 30 min

Life in the Roman World - State Religion 8

• Lesson10.1
  The nature of religion – contractual, ritualistic 30 min
• Lesson10.2
  The nature of the gods – polytheism, anthropomorphism and no moral code 30 min
• Lesson10.3
  Rituals of worship – prayer, sacrifice, libation and votive offerings 30 min
• Lesson10.4
  Festivals – Lupercalia and the Saturnalia 30 min
• Lesson10.5
  Divination and interpretation – omens, birds, entrails, weather signs, dreams, Sibylline books and associated priesthoods: the augurs, quindecemviri and haruspices 30 min
• Lesson10.6
  Vestal Virgins 30 min
• Lesson10.7
  Imperial Cult 30 min
• Lesson10.8
  Importance of state religion 30 min

Life in the Roman World - Domestic Religion 5

• Lesson11.1
  Role and worship of Vesta, the Lares, the Penates, Janus, and genius 30 min
• Lesson11.2
  Religious rituals associated with birth and coming of age 30 min
• Lesson11.3
  Rituals at birth — Juno Lucina, father’s acceptance of child, name giving and the bulla 30 min
• Lesson11.4
  Rituals to mark coming of age — religious rites at lararium for boys and girls, the age at which the ritual took place, dedication of bulla, presentation of adult toga and dedication of toys 30 min
• Lesson11.5
  Importance of domestic religion to Roman life 30 min

Life in the Roman World - Mystery Religions 6

• Lesson12.1
  Cult of Bacchus 30 min
• Lesson12.2
  Cult of Mithras 30 min
• Lesson12.3
  Cult of Isis 30 min
• Lesson12.4
  Cult of Cybele Magna Mater 30 min
• Lesson12.5
  Attractions of the cults 30 min
• Lesson12.6
  Attitudes of Romans to the cults 30 min

Life in the Roman World - Religious tolerance in the Roman world 3

• Lesson13.1
  Attitudes towards Judaism 30 min
• Lesson13.2
  Attitudes towards Christianity 30 min
• Lesson13.3
  Attitudes towards Druidism 30 min

Life in the Roman World - Philosophical attitudes to religious beliefs 3

• Lesson14.1
  Stoicism 30 min
• Lesson14.2
  Epicureanism 30 min
• Lesson14.3
  Impact of philosophical thought on Roman beliefs 30 min

Life in Classical Greece - Religion & Belief - Introduction 21

• Lesson15.1
  General introduction 30 min
• Lesson15.2
  VIDEO – Introduction to Greek Religion 03 h 30 min
• Lesson15.3
  Sources of knowledge for Greek religion 30 min
• Lesson15.4
  What religion meant to the Athenians 30 min
• Lesson15.5
  Recap questions 30 min
• Lesson15.6
  The main principles of Greek religion 30 min
• Lesson15.7
  Athens – the Main Gods 30 min
• Lesson15.8
  Embeddedness 30 min
• Lesson15.9
  Recap questions 30 min
• Lesson15.10
  Polytheism and piety 30 min
• Lesson15.11
  Recap question 30 min
• Lesson15.12
  The limitations of the Olympian gods 30 min
• Lesson15.13
  Divine justice 30 min
• Lesson15.14
  The gods and morality 30 min
• Lesson15.15
  The gods and pity 30 min
• Lesson15.16
  Source analysis – sources 30 min
• Lesson15.17
  Source analysis – questions 30 min
• Lesson15.18
  Source analysis – note on sources 30 min
• Lesson15.19
  Source analysis – making comparisons 30 min
• Lesson15.20
  VIDEO – Anthropomorphism 30 min
• Lesson15.21
  The origins of Greek religion – Homer and Hesiod 30 min

Life in Classical Greece - State Religion 23

• Lesson16.1
  Contact with the gods – Introduction 30 min
• Lesson16.2
  RITUALS OF WORSHIP 30 min
• Lesson16.3
  Contact with the gods – Prayer 30 min
• Lesson16.4
  Contact with the gods – Sacrifice 30 min
• Lesson16.5
  Contact with the gods – Libation 30 min
• Lesson16.6
  Contact with the gods – Votive offerings 30 min
• Lesson16.7
  BUILDING OF WORKSHIP – The Parthenon 30 min
• Lesson16.8
  DIVINATION & INTERPRETATION 30 min
• Lesson16.9
  Divination & interpretation – Oracles 30 min
• Lesson16.10
  Divination & interpretation – Omens 30 min
• Lesson16.11
  Divination & interpretation – Entrails 30 min
• Lesson16.12
  Divination & interpretation – Weather signs 30 min
• Lesson16.13
  Divination & interpretation – Dreams 30 min
• Lesson16.14
  Divination & interpretation – Delphi 30 min
• Lesson16.15
  Divination & interpretation – Dodona 30 min
• Lesson16.16
  SELECTION & ROLE OF PRIESTS 30 min
• Lesson16.17
  Contact with the gods – Priests 30 min
• Lesson16.18
  Contact with the gods – Temples 30 min
• Lesson16.19
  Contact with the gods – Essay and extracts 30 min
• Lesson16.20
  FESTIVALS 30 min
• Lesson16.21
  Festivals – Panathenaia 30 min
• Lesson16.22
  Festivals – City Dionysia 30 min
• Lesson16.23
  VIDEO – hero cults 30 min

Life in Classical Greece - Mystery Religions 7

• Lesson17.1
  Contact with the gods – Incubation, Asclepius and healing 30 min
• Lesson17.2
  The cult of Dionysus 30 min
• Lesson17.3
  Eleusinian Mysteries 30 min
• Lesson17.4
  The attraction of the mystery cults 30 min
• Lesson17.5
  Attitudes towards cults 30 min
• Lesson17.6
  The Afterlife and Mystery Religions – Essay and extracts 30 min
• Lesson17.7
  VIDEO – mystery cults 30 min

Life in Classical Greece - Domestic Religion 17

• Lesson18.1
  Religion in the home – Introduction 30 min
• Lesson18.2
  Religion in the home – Household gods 30 min
• Lesson18.3
  Religion in the home – The Herm 30 min
• Lesson18.4
  Religion in the home – Hekate 30 min
• Lesson18.5
  Religion in the home – Apollo of the Streets 30 min
• Lesson18.6
  Ceremonies connected with the family: 30 min
• Lesson18.7
  Birth 30 min
• Lesson18.8
  Coming of age 30 min
• Lesson18.9
  Marriage 30 min
• Lesson18.10
  Death 30 min
• Lesson18.11
  Domestic Religion – Essay and extracts 30 min
• Lesson18.12
  Religion in the countryside 30 min
• Lesson18.13
  Festivals – Monthly & Agricultural 30 min
• Lesson18.14
  Festivals – In honour of the dead 30 min
• Lesson18.15
  Festivals – Stages in a person’s life celebrated 30 min
• Lesson18.16
  Festivals – Essay and extracts 30 min
• Lesson18.17
  Contact with the gods – Ecstatic cult – Dionysus 30 min

Life in Classical Greece - Gender Roles within Religious Worship 11

• Lesson19.1
  Parthenoi – virgins 30 min
• Lesson19.2
  Priestesses 30 min
• Lesson19.3
  Priestesses – Pythia, priestesses of Athena 30 min
• Lesson19.4
  Participation in cults 30 min
• Lesson19.5
  Midwives 30 min
• Lesson19.6
  Tending corpse and grave 30 min
• Lesson19.7
  The role of women in festivals – Skira 30 min
• Lesson19.8
  The role of women in festivals – Thesmophoria 30 min
• Lesson19.9
  The role of women in festivals – Haloa 30 min
• Lesson19.10
  The role of women in festivals – Panathenaia 30 min
• Lesson19.11
  The impact of women on religion 30 min

Greek and Roman Views on the After-Life section 1 8

Treatment of the dead

• Lesson20.1
  Evidence from burial practices 30 min
• Lesson20.2
  Cremation and inhumation 30 min
• Lesson20.3
  The trappings of burial 30 min
• Lesson20.4
  Festivals of the dead 30 min
• Lesson20.5
  Death and burial in Athens 30 min
• Lesson20.6
  Death in Rome 30 min
• Lesson20.7
  Provision for the dead 30 min
• Lesson20.8
  Dead men walking 30 min

Greek and Roman Views on the After-Life section 2 13

The mythological Underworld and the attitude of philosophers to the Underworld

• Lesson21.1
  The Mythological Underworld 30 min
• Lesson21.2
  The Attitude of Philosophers to the Underworld 30 min
• Lesson21.3
  Alternative Views or Lack of Them 30 min
• Lesson21.4
  The Mystery Religions 30 min
• Lesson21.5
  Eleusinian Mysteries 30 min
• Lesson21.6
  Bacchic Mysteries 30 min
• Lesson21.7
  Orphism 30 min
• Lesson21.8
  Morality and Good Conduct 30 min
• Lesson21.9
  Pythagoreanism 30 min
• Lesson21.10
  Cybele 30 min
• Lesson21.11
  Isis 30 min
• Lesson21.12
  Mithras 30 min
• Lesson21.13
  Christianity 30 min

Life in Classical Greece - Death and the Afterlife 11

• Lesson22.1
  The Afterlife 30 min
• Lesson22.2
  Hades – the traditional view 30 min
• Lesson22.3
  Other beliefs – Plato 30 min
• Lesson22.4
  Other beliefs – Conversion of dead into stars 30 min
• Lesson22.5
  Other beliefs – Transmigration of souls 30 min
• Lesson22.6
  Other beliefs – Orphism 30 min
• Lesson22.7
  Burial customs – recap 30 min
• Lesson22.8
  Traditional beliefs about the afterlife including reward and punishment — Elysian fields, Asphodel plains and Tartarus 30 min
• Lesson22.9
  Remembrance of the dead — funeral rites, Genesia and Anthesteria 30 min
• Lesson22.10
  Alternative beliefs — Orphism and Pythagoreanism 30 min
• Lesson22.11
  Attitudes towards the dead 30 min

Life in Classical Greece - Challengers of traditional beliefs 3

• Lesson23.1
  philosophical attitudes towards the nature of the gods, for example Plato and Xenophanes 30 min
• Lesson23.2
  philosophical attitudes towards beliefs about the dead and the afterlife, for example Plato and Democritus 30 min
• Lesson23.3
  Impact on belief 30 min