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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-032
Episode 32 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-032-trees-bending-to-the-torrent
Episode 32 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-031
Episode 31 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-031-the-requiem-at-athens
Episode 31 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-030
Episode 30 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-030-two-legs-in-the-afternoon
Episode 30 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-029
Episode 29 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-029-the-mound-and-the-furies
Episode 29 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-028
Episode 28 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-028-a-mothers-curse
Episode 28 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-027
Episode 27 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-027-the-bloody-king
Episode 27 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-026
Episode 26 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-026-ancient-greek-theater
Episode 26 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-025
Episode 25 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-025-lyrical-ballistics
Episode 25 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-024
Episode 24 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-024-god-may-relent
Episode 24 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-023
Episode 23 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-023-love-desire-exegesis
Episode 23 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-022
Episode 22 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-022-fatalism
Episode 22 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-021
Episode 21 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-021-the-bibles-magic-trick
Episode 21 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-020
Episode 20 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-020-the-problem-of-evil
Episode 20 Song:
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.
Episode 19 Quiz:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-019
Episode 19 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-019-the-one-who-struggles-with-god
Episode 19 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-018
Episode 18 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-018-the-613-commandments
Episode 18 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-017
Episode 17 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-017-roots-of-the-pentateuch
Episode 17 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-016
Episode 16 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-016-four-main-parts
Episode 16 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-015
Episode 15 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-015-canaan
Episode 15 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-014
Episode 14 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-014-the-autumn-leaves
Episode 14 Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBnFA5pOAcc
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The Odyssey, Books 9-16. The most famous part of Homer’s Odyssey sees Odysseus through perilous adventures and begins to give us a sense of who he is.
Episode 13 Quiz:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-013
Episode 13 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-013-his-mind-teeming
Episode 13 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-012
Episode 12 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-012-kleos-and-nostos
Episode 12 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-011
Episode 11 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-011-who-was-homer
Episode 11 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-010
Episode 10 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-010-homers-gods
Episode 10 Song:
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:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-009
Episode 9 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-009-glittering-bronze-men
Episode 9 Song:
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 a single entity sovereign over the cosmos.
Episode 8 Quiz:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-008
Episode 8 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-008-before-orthodoxy
Episode 8 Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC91eGoigNg
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