Greek Mythology

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The primordial struggle between the Apollonian and Dionysian that still haunts the human condition. 

Lectures

1. Introduction: Myth, Religion, and Culture

2. Creation Myths: Zeus' Rise to Power

3. Origins and the Olympian Gods

4. The Nature of the Gods

5. The Human Condition: Greece and the Irrational

6. Moira and Aporia

7. Poseidon

8. Athena

9. Aphrodite and Eros

10. Artemis

11. Apollo

12. Hermes

13. Dionysus

14. Demeter and the Eleusinian Mysteries

15. The Realm of Hades

16. Orpheus and Orphism

17. Perseus and the Legend of Argos

18. Heracles

19. Theseus and the Legend of Attica

20. Jason, Medea, and the Argonauts

21. The Theban Saga

22. The Mycenaean Saga

23. The Trojan Saga and the Iliad

24. The Odyssey