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Introduction to Ancient Greece

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.

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Bacchae Book Trailer

A visual introduction to Euripides’ Bacchae, a Greek tragedy about reason, ecstasy, divine power, and the consequences of denying the irrational.

GREEK LITERATURE & CULTURE

Greek Literature and the Tragic Vision

Ian Johnston explores how Greek ideas of justice, divine power, and human freedom shaped the heroic and tragic vision of ancient Greek literature.