Socrates & King » Ancient Greece http://socratesking.net An Introduction to Philosophy Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:13:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 My first PHIL 101 video! http://socratesking.net/2009/09/04/my-first-phil-101-video/ http://socratesking.net/2009/09/04/my-first-phil-101-video/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:27:38 +0000 profpam http://socratesking.net/?p=115

Share/Bookmark]]> http://socratesking.net/2009/09/04/my-first-phil-101-video/feed/ 0 The “myth” of Anicent Greece http://socratesking.net/2009/02/18/the-myth-of-anicent-greece/ http://socratesking.net/2009/02/18/the-myth-of-anicent-greece/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:59:41 +0000 profpam http://socratesking.net/?p=32 In my last lecture I sketched out the history of “ancient Greece”. I don’t think I peddled these “myths“. I do want to contextualize the ancient world of Socrates and Plato for students. Certainly we need to do a much better job at highlighting the genuine multicultural aspects of the region.

Paul Cartledge, the first ever professor of Greek culture at the University of Cambridge, aims to promote the public understanding of the Greek world.

On the Guardian post, they have a photo from the film 300. I had mentioned that film in class. I’ve only seen a tiny bit of the movie on TV. Waaaaaaay to gorey for me. See!

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