The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & Icarus
The inventor Daedalus and his son Icarus flee from the wicked King Minos with the aid of Daedalus's man-made wings, but will Icarus heed his father's advice?
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The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon
The hero Perseus faces the Gorgon, Medusa.
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Orpheus & Eurydice
The musician Orpheus descends to Hades to bring back his dead wife, Eurydice.
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Theseus & the Minotaur
Theseus, with help from a beautiful princess, versus the savage Minotaur, half-man half-bull.
Greek Myths: Tales of Travelling Heroes
Eminent classical historian Robin Lane Fox embarks on a journey in search of the origins of the Greek myths. He firmly believes that these fantastical stories lie at the root of western culture, and yet little is known a
The Greek Myths: The Second Heroic Age
With the abduction of Helen from Sparta, the Greeks (Agamemnon, Menelaos, Odysseus, Ajax, Diomedes and Achilles) battled the Trojans and their allies (Hector, Paris, Priam, Penthesileia, and Memnon) for ten years before
The Greek Myths: The Nature of the Myth
We will review ancient Greek and modern theories about what a myth is, then analyze three myths as examples of these theories: the Minotaur and the Labyrinth, the role of Hermes in the Orpheus and Eurydice story, and the
The Greek Myths: Athena, Poseidon and Zeus
The odd manner in which Athena and Poseidon were worshipped and depicted in classical Greece is only explicable by their strange origins in the Bronze Age. In this lecture Dr. William J. Neidinger examines the origins an
The Greek Myths: Dionysos: Ecstasy and Enthusiasm
To relegate Dionysos to simply "the god of wine" is to miss the tremendous impact the primordial cult of the god had on Greek religion. Far from bringing only the gift of wine to mankind, Dionysos promised salvation, a b
Great Greek Myths: Psyche - Beauty and the Beast
Psyche is the Beauty. Concerned that his daughter did not have a suitor, Psyche's father consulted Pythia, who announced grave news: Psyche's father must leave her on a hilltop, from where a monster would come take her a