Social Studies
The fall of the House of Cadmus
Lesson duration 04:51
When Cadmus walked the Earth, just a few generations separated him from his divine ancestors....
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Literature & Language
The Greek myth of Demeter's revenge
Lesson duration 05:54
Mestra, princess of Thessaly, was far from home. She had watched her father, King Erysichthon,...
Literature & Language
The myth of Loki’s monstrous children
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Odin, the king of Asgard, was plagued by nightmares. Three fearsome figures haunted his dreams: a...
Literature & Language
The tragic myth of the Sun God's son
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Every morning, Helios unleashed his golden chariot, and set out across the sky. As the Sun God...
Literature & Language
The myth of Arachne
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From sailors who were turned into pigs, nymphs that sprouted into trees, and a gaze that...
Literature
The myth of Prometheus
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Before the creation of humanity, the Greek gods won a great battle against a race of giants...
Social Studies
Greek mythology’s greatest warrior
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Born to a sea nymph and a king, and trained by the legendary centaur Chiron, Achilles was a...
The Arts
Why should you read "Hamlet"?
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“Who’s there?” Whispered in the dark, this question begins a tale of conspiracy, deception and...
Literature & Language
The myth of Zeus' test
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It was dark when two mysterious, shrouded figures appeared in a hillside village. The strangers...
Literature & Language
The myth of Pandora's box
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Pandora was the first mortal woman, breathed into being by Hephaestus, god of fire. The gods gave...
Literature & Language
The wicked wit of Jane Austen
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Whether she’s describing bickering families, quiet declarations of love, or juicy gossip, Jane...
Literature & Language
Why should you read “Fahrenheit 451”?
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Ray Bradbury’s novel imagines a world where books are banned- and possessing, let alone reading...
Literature
Why should you read Virginia Woolf?
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How best can we understand the internal experience of alienation? In both her essays and her...
Literature & Language
Why should you read Flannery O’Connor?
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Flannery O’Connor scribbled tales of outcasts, intruders and misfits staged in the world she knew...
Literature & Language
Why should you read “Midnight’s Children”?
Lesson duration 05:56
It begins with a countdown. A woman goes into labor as the clock ticks towards midnight. Across...
Literature & Language
Why should you read Sylvia Plath?
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Under her shrewd eye and pen, Sylvia Plath turned everyday objects into haunting images: a “new...
Performing Arts
The ballet that incited a riot
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Ballet is typically thought of as harmonious, graceful and polished— hardly something that would...
Literature & Language
Why should you read Charles Dickens?
Lesson duration 05:17
The starving orphan seeking a second helping of gruel. The spinster wasting away in her tattered...