THE HEROIC AGE OF GREECE
Few generations of any age, in any culture have had such
an impact that their deeds continued to be celebrated in
poetry, painting, music, and sculpture millennia after that
generation had passed away. The exploits of the heroes of
ancient Greece were such that they defined the very
concept of heroism itself for Greece and Rome. Yet in
recent times as historians and archaeologists began to
critically examine the literary accounts and material artifacts
of Bronze Age Greece, discrepancies began to emerge
between the literature that celebrated that heroic period
and the physical remains. Some came to doubt even the
existence of the greatest exploit of that era, the Trojan War.
This series of lectures will examine in detail the
archaeological sites and artifacts of Bronze Age Greece
(ca. 2700-1000 BC), what the evidence tells us of the
Heroic Age, the creation of the myths of the Heroic Age, and
the tradition of the Heroic Age in western culture.
LECTURES:
- When Crete Ruled the Waves.
- Minoan Religion and Society.
- The Arrival of the Greeks in the
Aegean.
- The Trojan War.
- Creation of the Legend.
601 DVD. 5 lectures on DVD $40.00.
602 CD. 5 lectures on audio CD $25.00.
603 Tape. 5 lectures on audio tape $25.00.
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