It would seem natural to me that deviations in production of a play/performance over time accumulate (if anything, simply because it's boring to do the same thing). But at some point the new interpretation can be so different from the original (e.g. the new 1984 movie) that it can become opposite in its messaging. Is this a new phenomenon or has it been happening ever since the ancient times and to ancient stories?
An area I am interested in is how Greek Philosophy and Christianity were combined to be the foundation of Western Society. Could you provide some examples of what Christianity took from the Greeks to turn it into what it is today/?
I went to a state catholic school and we were taught Latin and Greek. Plus Mass was in Latin. I loved all the Greek stories I think so much is missing from our education system it is sad for our young not to be taught this anymore.
1. Is the popular modern perception that "Homosexuality was accepted as normal by ancient Greeks and Romans," supported by their literature, most especially plays?
2. How important is it for Greek and Latin students to read more than The Oddysey, The Aeneid, Cicero's Orations, Caesar's Gallic Wars, and the books of New Testament, in order to fully understand these works? Is it truly possible to understand any of them without the context of a broader selection of contemporary works?
A question for David Butterfield (apologies for misplaced question below):
The art and writings of the early Anglo-Saxons show their awareness of, if not a strong connection to, the Hebrews and the Christian story. By comparison, what are some of the earliest examples of the uptake of Greek philosophy in the Anglosphere? How many hundreds of years did the Greek plays have to wait before being staged again?
Assuming a warming earth and melting glaciers, would all that cold water from the melting ice not cool the oceans and contribute to a period of global cooling?
Given Rome's love and embrace of Homer's works four hundred years before the Pyrrhic war, could you characterise this opening 'clash' as a "cultural Thucydidean Trap?"
What was the Greeks relationship with science? I remember hearing in a different podcast, something to the effect of the fact that ancient Greeks had documented ideas for things like primitive steam engines and analog computing devices, but supposedly they thought manifesting these ideas into physical reality would somehow sully them or make them defiled in someway? Is there truth to this and is it related to Plato's Theory of Forms?
Can you provide any insight into how languages become “dead”? Of course Latin and ancient Greek are studied and understood by scholars but what would the transition from day-to-day use to academia have been like?
Odysseus spends ten years trying to get home. Modern storytelling often celebrates self-discovery, but the Odyssey seems to celebrate loyalty, duty and return. What do you think Homer believed was worth coming home to?
The Greeks built temples, epics and institutions that were meant to outlast the people who created them. What do you think allowed ancient societies to think in centuries rather than election cycles, and have we lost something essential when that long-term civilisational mindset disappears?
David is one of my favourite guests now, I wish I could get my offspring into his current university…
In Timaeus and Critias (360 BCE-ish), Plato wrote about Atlantis - Was it an “Elusinian mysteries” enhanced pipe dream or just a retelling of what he heard? What does David think?
In general and unrelated to the question, I think that the induced death of ego in above “rituals” made many a philosopher of old… except maybe the Stoics…
Ask one but consider the topic please, and my sincere thanks, love these…
It would seem natural to me that deviations in production of a play/performance over time accumulate (if anything, simply because it's boring to do the same thing). But at some point the new interpretation can be so different from the original (e.g. the new 1984 movie) that it can become opposite in its messaging. Is this a new phenomenon or has it been happening ever since the ancient times and to ancient stories?
Latin and Greek are seen as elite, stuffy subjects in school, how can we change that as the classics are, well, classics?
An area I am interested in is how Greek Philosophy and Christianity were combined to be the foundation of Western Society. Could you provide some examples of what Christianity took from the Greeks to turn it into what it is today/?
Is it possible to have a radical rethink of our children’s curriculum in these times of woke culture
I went to a state catholic school and we were taught Latin and Greek. Plus Mass was in Latin. I loved all the Greek stories I think so much is missing from our education system it is sad for our young not to be taught this anymore.
I have once said that I feel inspired by the Iliad, but like I am living the Odyssey. Do you feel similarly about these two epics? Why or why not?
1. Is the popular modern perception that "Homosexuality was accepted as normal by ancient Greeks and Romans," supported by their literature, most especially plays?
2. How important is it for Greek and Latin students to read more than The Oddysey, The Aeneid, Cicero's Orations, Caesar's Gallic Wars, and the books of New Testament, in order to fully understand these works? Is it truly possible to understand any of them without the context of a broader selection of contemporary works?
A question for David Butterfield (apologies for misplaced question below):
The art and writings of the early Anglo-Saxons show their awareness of, if not a strong connection to, the Hebrews and the Christian story. By comparison, what are some of the earliest examples of the uptake of Greek philosophy in the Anglosphere? How many hundreds of years did the Greek plays have to wait before being staged again?
Assuming a warming earth and melting glaciers, would all that cold water from the melting ice not cool the oceans and contribute to a period of global cooling?
Given Rome's love and embrace of Homer's works four hundred years before the Pyrrhic war, could you characterise this opening 'clash' as a "cultural Thucydidean Trap?"
What was the Greeks relationship with science? I remember hearing in a different podcast, something to the effect of the fact that ancient Greeks had documented ideas for things like primitive steam engines and analog computing devices, but supposedly they thought manifesting these ideas into physical reality would somehow sully them or make them defiled in someway? Is there truth to this and is it related to Plato's Theory of Forms?
Can you provide any insight into how languages become “dead”? Of course Latin and ancient Greek are studied and understood by scholars but what would the transition from day-to-day use to academia have been like?
Odysseus spends ten years trying to get home. Modern storytelling often celebrates self-discovery, but the Odyssey seems to celebrate loyalty, duty and return. What do you think Homer believed was worth coming home to?
The Greeks built temples, epics and institutions that were meant to outlast the people who created them. What do you think allowed ancient societies to think in centuries rather than election cycles, and have we lost something essential when that long-term civilisational mindset disappears?
David is one of my favourite guests now, I wish I could get my offspring into his current university…
In Timaeus and Critias (360 BCE-ish), Plato wrote about Atlantis - Was it an “Elusinian mysteries” enhanced pipe dream or just a retelling of what he heard? What does David think?
In general and unrelated to the question, I think that the induced death of ego in above “rituals” made many a philosopher of old… except maybe the Stoics…
Ask one but consider the topic please, and my sincere thanks, love these…
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