This blog has been created for the purpose of studying and discussing ancient history, philosophy and literature. It will be organized in a class-like setting to be used for students or personal enrichment.
Course Objective: To create an understanding of the history, philosophy, politics, and religion of ancient Greece and Rome as the foundations of western thought. The student will develop an understanding of these concepts through reading, discussion, and writing.
Course Format: The student will be responsible for completing a reading from an original work every week. Every week the student will be required to participate in an online discussion of the work, answering questions that will deepen the students understanding of the work and how it relates to the history and philosophy of the time.
Curriculum:
Week 1 Metamorphoses by Ovid - Selections
Week 2 Medea by Euripides
Week 3 The Oresteia by Aeschylus
Week 4 The Persian War by Heroditus - Selections
Week 5 History of the Peloponesian War by Thucydides - Selections
Week 6 The Birds by Aristophanes
Weeks 7-12 Symposium by Xenophon, Lives of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius. Selections of Plato and Aristotle.
Birth of Athena
About Me
- katiewoo13
- The story of Her is a story of light, How it grew, how it faded, how She kept it alive. She felt and She saw, and was guided by light, She learned and She grew, and She followed Her sight. As a child She played games and shared what was Hers, She learned what was right, and to feel from Her heart. She sensed very strongly and followed Her light, But was sometimes too forward, oft Her manners did not mind. As a girl She was weighted with all the world's worries, She could not see through them and Her path was not clear. She yearned to help Allman, but found only darkness, and Her light quickly faded, with Her cares and the world's. As a woman She soon found Her own saving grace, In the light of Her soul which She nurtured and loved. And that light, as it grew, guided others to Her, As together they walked towards their own inner peace. Now She lives, and She loves, and She often is weary, For Her duties are great, and Her burden is heavy. But Her soul still shines forth, from the dark ocean depths, And She strives to help others find their light even so.
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