Sophocles’ Theban Plays, 3 of 3. Antigone is a timeless and dark story about a clash of wills. But it’s also fascinating snapshot of the philosophical brawls of 5th-century BCE Athens.
Episode 32 Quiz:
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Episode 32 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-032-trees-bending-to-the-torrent
Episode 32 Song: "Yes, Socrates"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwFjCe1JkVk
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Sophocles’ Theban Plays, 2 of 3. Oedipus at Colonus, out of the ashes of the Peloponnesian War, is a story about a man who has lost everything but his own dignity.
Episode 31 Quiz:
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Episode 31 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-031-the-requiem-at-athens
Episode 31 Song: "An Unpersuasive Call to Arms"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z388AMTL9bE
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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:
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Episode 30 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-030-two-legs-in-the-afternoon
Episode 30 Song: "Oedipus the King"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MroDLpX9Osg&t=257s
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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:
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Episode 29 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-029-the-mound-and-the-furies
Episode 29 Song: "Flap Flap Flap, They're the Furies"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1lNfUyKceE
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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:
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Episode 28 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-028-a-mothers-curse
Episode 28 Song: "The Oresteian Hoedown"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3i2bnVuvks
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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:
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Episode 27 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-027-the-bloody-king
Episode 27 Song: "Hello, My Name is Agamemnon"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJwm-oSAVdo
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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:
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Episode 26 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-026-ancient-greek-theater
Episode 26 Song: "Golden Age Athens"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IPMk-r9QEw
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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:
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Episode 25 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-025-lyrical-ballistics
Episode 25 Song: "Pindar and the Charioteer"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO7YW3l7I8g
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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:
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Episode 24 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-024-god-may-relent
Episode 24 Song: "Happy Lambs and Doom"
https://youtu.be/uSNJJuH7J5Y
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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:
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Episode 23 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-023-love-desire-exegesis
Episode 23 Song: "Your Hair Is Like Goats"
https://youtu.be/F3GTebN2ANU
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The Old Testament, Part 8 of 10. If there is one Biblical book that explains all of life, thick and thin, love and anguish, that book is probably Ecclesiastes.
Episode 22 Quiz:
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Episode 22 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-022-fatalism
Episode 22 Song: "Modern Day Ecclesiastes"
https://youtu.be/Ay1d0QTLVbM
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The Old Testament, Part 7 of 10. In the Book of Psalms, a single, fascinating, familiar linguistic device propels the world’s most famous poems.
Episode 21 Quiz:
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Episode 21 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-021-the-bibles-magic-trick
Episode 21 Song: "Ancient Hebrew FM"
https://youtu.be/kstguwXR1Ao
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The Old Testament, Part 6 of 10. If God is so good, then why do the good and innocent suffer? The Book of Job’s aim is to answer this question.
Episode 20 Quiz:
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Episode 20 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-020-the-problem-of-evil
Episode 20 Song: "Boom Boom Boom Sea Monster"
https://youtu.be/h9603n09bug
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The Old Testament, Part 5 of 10. The Historical Books tell of Israel’s conflicts with Syria, Assyria, Egypt, and finally, exile to the corridors of Babylon.
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Episode 19 Quiz:
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Episode 19 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-19-the-one-who-struggles-with-god
Episode 19 Song: "Rolling Into Canaan"
https://youtu.be/4QWkszvhg6g
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The Old Testament, Part 4 of 10. Eden, the Flood, the Commandments– all fine. But what’s with all the stuff about tents, sacrifices, and – uh – testicles?
Episode 18 Quiz:
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Episode 18 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-018-the-613-commandments
Episode 18 Song: "The 613 Commandments"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Rh2OONnxM
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The Old Testament, Part 3 of 10. Hear the Biblical story of creation and the first founders of Israel, and the texts that may have influenced this story.
Episode 17 Quiz:
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Episode 17 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-017-roots-of-the-pentateuch
Episode 17 Song: "The Creation of the World"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1uBUw1jEnw
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The Old Testament, Part 2 of 10. There are tons of books, thousands of proper nouns, and many versions of the Old Testament. But all of it fits into four main parts.
Episode 16 Quiz:
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Episode 16 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-016-four-main-parts
Episode 16 Song: "It's Long"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTOi9p0NkO4
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The Old Testament, Part 1 of 10. 1207 BCE. Two world empires. And between them, an unassuming strip of seacoast land that has been at the center of history, ever since.
Episode 15 Quiz:
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Episode 15 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-015-canaan
Episode 15 Song: "It's Time to Read the Bible"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsd53FrHRPY
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The Odyssey, Books 17-24. As we reach the violent climax of Odysseus’ great adventures, it’s time to spend some time considering Homer’s worldview.
Episode 14 Quiz:
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Episode 14 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-14-the-autumn-leaves
Episode 14 Song: "Odysseus Comes Home"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBnFA5pOAcc
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The Odyssey, Books 9-16. We know Odysseus and Achilles well. But what motivates, and distinguishes these two great Ancient Greek heroes?
Episode 13 Quiz:
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Episode 13 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-13-his-mind-teeming
Episode 13 Song: "Eumaeus the Swineherd"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t37bGTVsyQk
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The Odyssey, Books 1-8. Adventure, monsters, temptresses, and a whole lot of wine-dark Aegean. Learn all about the world of Homer’s Odyssey.
Episode 12 Quiz:
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Episode 12 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-012-kleos-and-nostos
Episode 12 Song: "Trapped on the Island of Calpyso"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJifP09BwU0
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The Iliad, Books 17-24. As the Iliad reaches its spectacular climax, it’s time to ask a big question. Who wrote it?
Episode 11 Quiz:
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Episode 11 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-011-who-was-homer
Episode 11 Song: "Trojan War Epic Rap Battle"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX29MfZlMlU
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The Iliad, Books 9-16. The violent and spellbinding middle books of the Iliad leave us with questions about Homer’s theology.
Episode 10 Quiz:
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Episode 10 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-010-homer-s-gods
Episode 10 Song: "What Happened to the Weasel Hat?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkHXYs8Irl8
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The Iliad, Books 1-8. Homer’s Iliad is the Tyrannosaurus Rex of ancient epics. And at the core of its 24 books is one shiny metal.
Episode 9 Quiz:
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Episode 9 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-009-glittering-bronze-men
Episode 9 Song: "History's First Mullets"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP6JmLa7hck
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Elementals, giants, titans and gods! Hesiod's Theogony chronicles a great war - one which would leave one entity sovereign over the cosmos.
Episode 8 Quiz:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-8-quiz
Episode 8 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-008-before-orthodoxy
Episode 8 Song: "It Is Time for Zeus to Have Sex"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC91eGoigNg
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