Classical Reference Library
Explore the historical settings, societies, institutions, and cultural traditions that shaped the ancient world, from political life and warfare to religion, education, daily life, and the development of classical civilization.
TEACHER’S GUIDE · MODERN PHILOSOPHY & MORALITY
A practical teaching guide to Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil, exploring philosophical truth, moral values, the will to power, and the philosopher of the future. Includes close-reading suggestions, discussion questions, and classroom activities.
Read resource →TEACHER’S GUIDE · MODERN PHILOSOPHY & GREEK TRAGEDY
A teaching guide to Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy, exploring Apollonian and Dionysian artistic forces, the origins of Greek tragedy, Socrates, Euripides, and the philosophical significance of art. Includes discussion questions, close-reading suggestions, and classroom activities.
Read resource →GREEK LITERATURE & CULTURE
Ian Johnston explores how Greek ideas of justice, divine power, and human freedom shaped the heroic and tragic vision of ancient Greek literature.
Read resource →THE WORLD OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS
A concise guide to the geography, history, political life, and cultural development of ancient Greece, from the Bronze Age civilizations of Crete and Mycenae through the rise of the city-states, Classical Athens and Sparta, and the age of Alexander the Great.
Read resource →THE ODYSSEY
You may never have sailed past the Sirens or faced a Cyclops, but you probably speak Homer's language more often than you realize. From odyssey and mentor to siren song, lotus-eater, and between Scylla and Charybdis, discover how a 3,000-year-old poem still lives on in the words and expressions we use today.
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