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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea. Why the Greeks Matter (so much). The Greek World. Preface. The Apologia of Professor Lerch Kudos to Mr. Thomas Cahill Puzzle of fragments, not a coherent narrative Why are we only spending one day on the Greeks?

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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea

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  1. Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea Why the Greeks Matter (so much)

  2. The Greek World

  3. Preface • The Apologia of Professor Lerch • Kudos to Mr. Thomas Cahill • Puzzle of fragments, not a coherent narrative • Why are we only spending one day on the Greeks? • AP Program’s prejudice vs. Western historians (like Cahill and Professor Lerch)

  4. Introduction The Way They Came

  5. The Way They Came • Hook: Demeter and Persephone • Indo-Europeans • Minoans • Bronze Age Greece • Significance: Mythology

  6. Part I. The Warrior How to Fight

  7. How to Fight • Hook: The Judgment of Paris • History: Trojan War and oral tradition • Homer’s Iliad • The Rage of Achilles • Helen on the wall • Hector and Andromache • Shield Passage • Death of Hector • Significance: Dual View of Warfare • Glory and Brutality

  8. Part II. The Wanderer How to Feel

  9. How to Feel • Hook: Odysseus in the Underworld • History: Greek Alphabet • Homer’s Odyssey • In Phaecia • Naasica • Trojan War • Home • Argus • Telemachus • Penelope • Significance: Power of Fiction

  10. Part III. The Poet How to Party

  11. How to Party • Hook: The Muses • History: Festivals • Sappho’s Poetry • Bridal song • Love Poetry • History: Symposia • (Sensored: X-rated poetry) • Significance: The Binge Lifestyle

  12. Part IV. The Politician and Playwright How to Rule

  13. How to Rule • Hook: The Fall of the House of Atreus • History: Solon • Athenian Politics • Ecclesia; Ostracism; Agora • History: Drama • “Big 3” • Aeschylus: Oresteia • Sophocles: Oedipus • Euripides: Medea • Significance: Popular government and public opinion

  14. Part V. The Philosopher How to Think

  15. How to Think • Hook: The Allegory of the Cave • History: Pre-Socratic Philosophy • Plato • Republic, Book 1 • Symposium • Significance • Dialogue: “Two Words”

  16. Part VI. The Artist How to See

  17. How to See • Hook: Daedalus and Icarus • History: Kouros • Greek Art • Discobulus • Laocoon and his sons • Significance: Idealism vs. Realism in art

  18. Part VII. The Way They Went Greco-Roman Meets Judeo-Christian

  19. How Greek became Christian • Hook: Cupid and Psyche • Pericles’s Funeral Oration • History: Mystery Religions • Cult of Demeter at Eleusis • Significance: Christianity is a blend of the Jewish and Greek worldview

  20. Coach Lerch’s Final Thoughts • The impact of Greek culture and thought on the way we see the world should not be underestimated • However, the relationship between our civilization and theirs is more than a few similar institutions - it is a way of seeing life and the mediums used to make sense of it

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