Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea

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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea

• Why the Greeks Matter (so much)

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The Greek World
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Preface

• The Apologia of Professor Lerch
• Kudos to Mr. Thomas Cahill
• Puzzle of fragments, not a coherent narrative
• Why are we only spending one day on the Greeks?
• AP Programs prejudice vs. Western historians
  (like Cahill and Professor Lerch)

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Introduction

• The Way They Came

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The Way They Came

• Hook Demeter and Persephone
• Indo-Europeans
• Minoans
• Bronze Age Greece
• Significance Mythology

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Part I. The Warrior

• How to Fight

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How to Fight

• Hook The Judgment of Paris
• History Trojan War and oral tradition
• Homers Iliad
• The Rage of Achilles
• Helen on the wall
• Hector and Andromache
• Shield Passage
• Death of Hector
• Significance Dual View of Warfare
• Glory and Brutality

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Part II. The Wanderer

• How to Feel

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How to Feel

• Hook Odysseus in the Underworld
• History Greek Alphabet
• Homers Odyssey
• In Phaecia
• Naasica
• Trojan War
• Home
• Argus
• Telemachus
• Penelope
• Significance Power of Fiction

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Part III. The Poet

• How to Party

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How to Party

• Hook The Muses
• History Festivals
• Sapphos Poetry
• Bridal song
• Love Poetry
• History Symposia
• (Sensored X-rated poetry)
• Significance The Binge Lifestyle

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Part IV. The Politician and Playwright

• How to Rule

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How to Rule

• Hook The Fall of the House of Atreus
• History Solon
• Athenian Politics
• Ecclesia Ostracism Agora
• History Drama
• Big 3
• Aeschylus Oresteia
• Sophocles Oedipus
• Euripides Medea
• Significance Popular government and public
  opinion

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Part V. The Philosopher

• How to Think

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How to Think

• Hook The Allegory of the Cave
• History Pre-Socratic Philosophy
• Plato
• Republic, Book 1
• Symposium
• Significance
• Dialogue Two Words

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Part VI. The Artist

• How to See

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How to See

• Hook Daedalus and Icarus
• History Kouros
• Greek Art
• Discobulus
• Laocoon and his sons
• Significance Idealism vs. Realism in art

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Part VII. The Way They Went

• Greco-Roman Meets Judeo-Christian

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How Greek became Christian

• Hook Cupid and Psyche
• Pericless Funeral Oration
• History Mystery Religions
• Cult of Demeter at Eleusis
• Significance Christianity is a blend of the
  Jewish and Greek worldview

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Coach Lerchs Final Thoughts

• The impact of Greek culture and thought on the
  way we see the world should not be underestimated
• However, the relationship between our
  civilization and theirs is more than a few
  similar institutions - it is a way of seeing life
  and the mediums used to make sense of it