Lectures on literature and mythology; only the Roman episodes are indexed

Expanding Eyes: A Visionary Education

17 episodes indexed · 10 hours · Expanding Eyes: A Visionary Education

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Periods · The kings, The Republic, The late Republic, The Pax Romana, The third-century crisis, Christian Rome, The fall of the west

Themes · Myth and legend

A podcast for a non-specialist audience, drawn from courses in literature and mythology; only the Roman episodes are here, 17 of 285, 2 eras, 10 hours.

Where to start. The earliest indexed episode is 'Ep. 39: The Great Visionary System of Virgil’s Underworld in Book 6 of the Aeneid.' (2021); 17 episodes of this show are in the section.

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Carthage and the Punic Wars 814 – 146 BC · 1

36mEp. 34: Virgil’s Aeneid and Its Providential Vision of History. Two Exiles: Aeneas and Dido, Queen of Carthage, and Their Tragic Destiny. Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast

Roman Life, Army and Culture across the centuries · 16

40mEpisode 273: The Bible and Greek Mythology. The Fall of Love: Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Ovid the Great Psychologist of Love, Especially Obsessive Love. Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast
38mEpisode 277: The Bible and Greek Myth. Fallen Love as Seen in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The myths of Demeter and Persephone, Artemis and Diana, Myrrha. Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast
38mEpisode 276: Greek Myth and the Bible. Forms of Fallen Desire: the Myths of Venus and Adonis, Jupiter and Ganymede, Apollo and Hyacinthus, Narcissus and Echo, Demeter and Persephone. Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast
38mEpisode 274: The Bible and Classical Mythology. The Fall of Love. Ovid’s Theme of Obsessive Love, the Pursuit of the Inaccessible Object. For Men, the Lost Feminine. Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast
38mEp. 37: The Tragic Love Affair of Dido and Aeneas. The Aeneid: Cyclical Pessimism vs. the Hopeful Vision of Possible Progress Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast
37mEp. 40: The New World, and Juno as the Spirit of Negation. Queen Amata and Turnus Possessed by the Fury Allecto. Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast
37mEp.38: The Quest to Reach Italy. The Entrance to the Underworld and the Cumaean Sibyl. Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast
37mEp. 36: The Wanderings of Aeneas after the Fall of Troy Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast
37mEp. 32: Introduction to Virgil’s Aeneid: The Story Continues Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast
36mEpisode 275: Biblical and Classical Mythology. Fallen Love: Ovid’s Tales of Pan and Syrinx, Jove and Io, Atalanta and Hippomenes, Tereus and Philomela. Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast
36mEp. 43: The Climactic Episodes of Virgil’s Aeneid: The Showdown between Turnus and Aeneas Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast
36mEp. 42: The Hope of Breaking the Ironic Cycle of History. But the Price Paid for that Achievement. Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast
36mEp. 41: The Aeneid’s Complex Vision: The Wish for a Just War and a Just Peace Versus the Tragic Realities. Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast
36mEp. 39: The Great Visionary System of Virgil’s Underworld in Book 6 of the Aeneid. Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast
36mEp. 35: The Trojan Horse and the Fall of Troy Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast
36mEp. 33: The Opening and Book 1 of Virgil’s Aeneid: The Quest for a New Home Expanding Eyes: A Visionary EducationPodcast