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  • 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 hour
    • 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 hour
    • 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 hour 30 min
  • Classical Literature - Medea

    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.

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

    Treatment of the dead

    8
    • 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

    The mythological Underworld and the attitude of philosophers to the Underworld

    13
    • 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
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