The 3 Best Alexander Schmid Podcast Episodes
1) Episode 007: Intro to Iliad
In Episode 007, we provide an introduction to Homer's Iliad. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/supp...Show More
2) Episode 009: Iliad Book I Pt 2
In this episode, I account for the second half of the Iliad: Achilleus and Agamemnon argue; Achilleus leaves the war effort; Briseis is taken; Thetis requests of Zeus for Achilleus; Drama in Heaven be...Show More
3) Homer's Iliad 2019: Lecture 1: The Causes of the Trojan War Pt. 1
In this lecture we discuss: the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the Apple of Eris, and the Judgment of Paris. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this pod...Show More
4) Lecture 6: Introduction to Sophocles, Athenian Tragedy, and Antigone (Lines 1-1352)
In this lecture, we cover the major plot-points of Sophocles' "Antigone." We consider (a) its chronology in relation to the other two plays from "The Theban Trilogy" which was never meant to be a tril...Show More
Lecture 6: Introduction to Sophocles, Athenian Tragedy, and Antigone (Lines 1-1352)
30:01 | Mar 11th, 2020
5) Dante's The Divine Comedy 2019/2020 Lecture 40: Dante's Paradiso Review Lecture: Cantos 1-33
In this review lecture, we review (a) major characters, (b) quotes, and (c) themes from each sphere of the final canticle of Dante's "The Divine Comedy." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor...Show More
6) Dante’s The Divine Comedy 2019/2020 Lecture 39: Paradiso's Empyrean: Cantos 30-33
In this lecture, we observe (a) Dante drink from a river of light and witness the majesty of heaven; (b) Beatrice's disappearance and replacement by Dante's final guide, St. Bernard, and then we concl...Show More
7) Lecture 5: Introduction to Sophocles, Athenian Tragedy, and Oedipus the King (Lines 983-1531)
In this lecture, we consider (a) Oedipus' final revelation that he has lived out his fate; (b) witness Oedipus blind himself and what that means; and (c) we conclude by observing Oedipus' final abdica...Show More
8) Lecture 4: Introduction to Sophocles, Athenian Tragedy, and Oedipus the King (Lines 462-982)
In this lecture, we consider (a) both Freudian theory and Motivation Theory in order to understand Oedipus' cognitive dissonance; we observe: (a) Creon address Oedipus' accusations of treachery and Jo...Show More
9) Dante’s The Divine Comedy 2019/2020 Lecture 38: Paradiso's The Primum Mobile and Entry to Empyrean: Cantos 27-30
In this lecture we consider (a) the nature of space and time and how "the roots" of all the universe are contained in the Primum Mobile; (b) we think over several cosmological/theological questions: t...Show More
10) Lecture 3: Introduction to Sophocles, Athenian Tragedy, and Oedipus the King
In this lecture we ask: (a) does Oedipus truly care for his people or is he full of overweening hubris? (b) Using psychoanalysis as a standard, is this a play about being both willing and unwilling to...Show More
Lecture 3: Introduction to Sophocles, Athenian Tragedy, and Oedipus the King
37:22 | Mar 3rd, 2020