Join our introductory lectures on Greek history, culture, and philosophy, perfect for beginners and self-learners.
This course is a friendly and engaging introduction to Greek history, culture, and philosophy, designed especially for beginners.
A series of lectures for beginners in Greek history, culture, and philosophy.
Over the years, I've taught many different kinds of classics courses to all kinds of different audiences. This class on Udemy is a distillation of the topics that students have responded to most positively and have most often asked about. We start with a look at the physical world of the Greeks, and then take up the Iliad of Homer. After that we look in detail how Herodotus presents the beginning of the great conflict between Greece and Persian, and finish up with an overview of the various Greek philosophers.
If you're taking a class in Greek culture somewhere and need a little help, or if you are a motivated autodidact, I'm sure you'll find these lectures a good step forward in your understanding and appreciation of the world of the Greeks.
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Dr. Lugosch taught all areas of classical studies at the undergraduate and graduate level, and published scholarly articles on Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, and Homer. Recently retired, Dr. Lugosch still leads small private tours to Italy, Greece, Turkey and France that explore artifacts of classical antiquity. These lectures help support his money-losing hobby farm in Kentucky where he raises organic pigs,...
I am gaining a deeper understanding of Ancient Greece and the history of it.
It was a good course. Sometimes the sound does cut out - I think in Epicureanism I, I noticed part of the sound missing.
Having no prior knowledge of Greek Culture, the course is both informative and interesting. I look forward to learning more about the Historical periods of Greece which follow this introduction. Thank you.
Fantastically detailed structure to the course. Interesting conversational delivery of the material; I can definately understand that (1) The instructor is educated on the subject matter, and (2) This course goes over a much better developed span of information than is available on average online courses.
very good lectures and got a good information about Greek Culture and History.
It was a very informative course. My favorite parts dealt with the Trojan war. While it was long, there was a lot information to cover. Regardless, one is bound to get something out of it. Thank you.
Wonderful course and just what I was looking for! Great lessons on geography, history, art and philosophy. Instructor is very knowledgeable and clear when explaining things, and I appreciate that he includes some review to make sure we are comprehending the lesson before moving on to next topic.
Yes I love to find out about history as it pertains to art. Thank you so much for offering these reasonable classes!
SÃ, fue una excelente elección. Me hubiera gustado que tuviera más volumen
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Thomas C.
Just finished the entire course. It's a pretty good introduction course to ancient greek society. However there were also some downsides to it; that being production quality wasn't always good, the material wasn't given chronologically, some videos are just missing (I noticed one episode in the Iliad was), the teacher caves to woke terminology sometimes when he replaces 'men' with people, and I found some of his illustrations inappropriate using stuff which provokes lust etc. Having previously read the Iliad I still found it helpful, he gave the cultural setting in which it was written and why the greeks thought the way they did.
Overall, I would say it was worth my time. Thanks for posting it here.