Series 2: The Greek Sun Episodes

Pyrrhus, Greek king and general, fights the Roman tide that threatens to wash over the entire Greek world. The Seleucid Empire and Ptolemaic Egypt flourish and endure. The Maccabees revolt in Judea and start the Hasmonean dynasty of kings in Jerusalem.

Alexander the Great dies and leaves behind a fragmented world of multi-cultural states led by Greek soldiers. The Hellenistic period which follows brings western ideas in to East. More than anything, it paves the way for Eastern religions, like Judaism, Buddhism and Christianity, to infiltrate the West.

Alexander the Great at the Battle of Granicus, the Battle of Issus and at Gaugamela. Jerusalem and Gaza. The Temple of Ammon in Egypt. His horse Bucephalus. His strategos Parmenio. Darius III flees to the East. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The youth of Alexander the Great. His strange mother Olympias. His friends Ptolemy, Nearchus and others. Cleopatra , Darius III and the fall of Thebes. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Phillip II of Macedonia. Alexander the Great. The Sacred Band of Thebes. A brief digression on Greek sexuality. Olympias. Leuctra, Mantinea, Chaeronea. Epaminondas. Pelopidas RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The philosophical works of Aristotle. Metaphysics, Ethics and Politics. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The next step up in sophistication with regard to note-taking.

Pythagoras, Euclid, Archimedes and more. Over the centuries, the ancient Greeks separate Mathematics and other fields of study from philosophy. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The Aristotelian contribution to Greek Science. Defining first principles. Substance, Accidents and the nature of being. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Socrates envisions a just society in which men and women are equals, and all are suited perfectly for their station in life. But is the cost of this just society too high? Censorship, lies and eugenics in the philosophy of Plato. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

From his jail cell in Athens, Socrates makes his last argument in defense of the immortal soul. Death as separation of body and soul. The essences of Beauty, Justice and more. The perfection and purity of the soul. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Xenophon disregards the advice of Socrates and joins the army of Cyrus the Younger. When Cyrus dies in combat against his brother, Artaxerxes, King of Persia, Xenophon and others lead ten thousand Greek soldiers on a long retreat home. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Aristophanes mocks and derides the latest developments in Athenian society, and lambasts the motives for the seemingly endless Peloponnesus War. His play, The Clouds, takes aim at Socrates and all philosophers. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Introduction to Socrates and Plato and the tetralogies of dialogues. First Principles. Post-war Athens. Analysis of Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link: WATCH ON YOUTUBE

Alcibiades finally comes to power. Lysander leads Sparta to victory. The long walls of Athens come tumbling down. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The mystery religions of Ancient Greece: Eleusis, Orphism and Christianity. From the Kykeon of Demeter to the Eucharist of Jesus. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The proud Athenians invade Sicily only to suffer inglorious defeat and annihilation. Nicias and Demosthenes executed. Alcibiades in exile. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

One quarter of our food keeps us alive. The rest keeps doctors alive. Medical science in Classical Era Greece. The works of Hippocrates. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The Spartans surrender at Pylos The rise and fall of Brasidas and Cleon. The Peace of Nicias. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

All is the one. All is a perfect sphere of being and we are all a part of this One, as is all matter and all time and thought and sensation. All is the One, whom forever exists, born from out of eternity, changeless and infinite.

Everywhere treachery, bloodshed, fury and destruction. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The playwrights Sophocles and Euripides. Focus of tragedy on the Trojan War and Heracles. The role of women in Greek tragedy. A review of Medea, a play by Euripides. The catharsis of Greek tragedy and its impact on Western Civilization. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Greek drama. Aeschylus and some of his plays: Agamemnon, The Persians and Prometheus Bound. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

It begins at Epidamnus but only after conflicts at Potidaea and Plataea are all the cities of Greece brought into general warfare. The Plague of Athens. Pericles’ Funeral Oration. The death of Pericles. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link: