34 Circe Salon -- The Parallax Podcast
1) Classical Studies 101 - The Aeneid - Book II
The Trojan Horse. One of the most iconic figures, images and stories in the history of the world. It is neither in The Iliad nor The Odyssey that we learn its story. We learn it in Book II of The Ae...Show More
2) Code 12: Sacred Symbolic Numbers-- Encore Presentation
Is there a secret number system hidden in The Iliad and The Odyssey? Did Homer convey secret ancient mystery teachings in his great epics? Join this encore presentation as Dr. Gary Stickel regales us ...Show More
3) Classical Studies 101 - The Aeneid - Book I
And so we begin the greatest epic of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Virgil's Aeneid, the epic tale of the founding of the Roman Empire. The Aeneid tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan h...Show More
4) Classical Studies 101 - Sophocles - Ajax
Still haunting millennia later, Sophocles' "Ajax" is one of the extraordinary works of world Drama. Join us as we discuss the tragic story of a the Trojan War hero Ajax and the psychological rupture ...Show More
5) Classical Studies 101 - Euripides - The Bacchae
One of the great works of world drama, Euripides "The Bacchae" has mesmerized audiences for over 2000 years. In the play, the god Dionysus returns to Thebes, his mortal mother’s city, to introduce hi...Show More
6) Classical Studies 101 - The Odyssey - Cha 24
The end... or an anti-climax? Some scholars think this may have been a later add-on after Homer was long gone. Listen in as Dr. Gary Stickel and Sean Marlon Newcombe discuss.
7) Classical World at the Movies - The Warriors (1979)
"Warriors, come out and play!" So goes the iconic line from this legendary violent retelling of an Ancient Greek tale. Based on "The Anabasis" by Xenophon which tells the story of a band of Greek mer...Show More
8) Classical World at the Movies - Xanadu (1980)
A reboot of the 1947 film "Down To Earth" and starring the incandescent Olivia Newton-John and the inimitable Gene Kelly, "Xanadu" (1980) seemed destined to be a hit. Instead, it's renown as one of t...Show More
9) Classical World at the Movies - Down To Earth (1947)
Featuring a goddess of the silver screen, 1947's "Down To Earth" tells the story of a goddess who comes down to earth to act as a muse for a struggling playwright. Cinema deity Rita Hayworth stars as...Show More
10) Classical Studies 101 - The Odyssey - Cha 23
Penelope and Odysseus reunite. Nothing more need be said.Join the discussion with Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dr. Gary Stickel