Western Culture 1-2: Greek Drama & Lyric - My Compass Classroom

Age: 14+ Middle School, High School Half Credit

Drama and Lyric covers the beginning of drama and some of the earliest comedies and tragedies known to the Western world.

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Introduction to Drama & Lyric Sample Lesson

Lesson 1: Background of Greek Drama: Development of Theater 1 Step Sample Lesson

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Lecture 1: Background- The Development of Theater (23 min video)

Lesson 2: Background of Greek Drama: The Period, the Poets, and the Presentation 1 Step

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Lecture 2: Background: The Period, the Poets, and the Presentation (29 min video)

Lesson 3: Aeschylus’ Oresteia: The Agamemnon 1 Step

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Lecture 3: Aeschylus’ Oresteia: Agamemnon (25 min video)

Lesson 4: Aeschylus’ Oresteia: The Libation-bearers and The Eumenides 1 Step

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Lecture 4: Aeschylus’ Oresteia: The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides (14 min video)

Lesson 5: Sophocles’ Oedipus the King 1 Step

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Lecture 5: Sophocles’ Oedipus the King (32 min video)

Lesson 6: Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus 1 Step

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Lecture 6: Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone (25 min video)

Lesson 7: Euripides’ Medea and Trojan Women 1 Step

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Lecture 7: Euripides’ Medea and The Trojan Women (34 min video)

Lesson 8: Aristophanes’ The Frogs and The Clouds 1 Step

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Lecture 8: Aristophanes’ The Frogs and The Clouds (22 min video)

Lesson 9: Lyric Poetry: Sappho and Pindar, and Theocritus 1 Step

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Lecture 9: Lyric Poetry: Sappho, Pindar, and Theocritus (37 min video)

Lesson 10: Lyric Poetry: Hesiod 1 Step

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Lecture 10: Lyric Poetry: Hesiod (23 min video)

Lesson 11: Lesser Epics: Quintus of Smyrna, The Fall of Troy 1 Step

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Lecture 11: Lesser Epics: Quintus of Smyrna’s The Fall of Troy (28 min video)

Lesson 12: Lesser Epics: Apollonius of Rhodes, The Argonautica 1 Step

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Lecture 12: Lesser Epics: Apollonius of Rhodes’ The Argonautica (33 min video)

About Instructor

Wes Callihan

Wes Callihan grew up on a farm in Idaho and earned a BA in history from the University of Idaho in 1983. He has taught at Logos School and New Saint Andrews College, both in Moscow, Idaho, as well as Veritas Academy in Lancaster, PA. Wes is the founder of Schola Classical Tutorials, where he teachers online classes in the great books and other classical subjects. He is the primary instructor in the Old Western Culture series by Roman Roads Press.

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