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Odyssey of the West : part 1, Hebrews and Greeks

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  • Contributor: Cline, Eric H.; Hartswick, Kim J.; Meineck, Peter; Schiffman, Lawrence H.; Shutt, Timothy Baker
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2011
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    Copyrighted
    2007
    Summary:

    This course is an interdisciplinary series of connected lectures delivered by eminent scholars. The lectures address, in chronological order, a series of major works that have shaped the development of Western thought.

    Contents:
    • From Sumer to Athens
    • The epic of Gilgamesh
    • The Hebrew Bible: historical background and Genesis
    • The Hebrew Bible: Exodus and the Covenant
    • The Hebrew Bible: Psalms, Prophets, The Song of Songs, and Job
    • Greece: from the Bronze Age to the Archaic Age
    • The Iliad
    • Homer: The Odyssey
    • Hesiod and lyric poetry
    • Greek tragedy: Aeschylus
    • Greek tragedy: Sophocles
    • Greek tragedy: Euripides
    • Herodotus of Halicarnassus
    • Greek art.
    Genre:
    History and geography, Instructional and educational works
    Subject(s): Civilization, Western | Classical influences | Literature, Modern | Mythology, Classical | Mythology, Greek
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD, Recorded Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781456101619