Hello everyone,,since wen did the Macedonian king become Greek,,

satyr/silenus should be Aethiopians

52:05 - Aren't Satyrs supposed to be Ethiopians>?

There is no evidence of an Exodus from Egypt. It did not take place. It may well be a Jewish myth, as the ancient times were filled to the brim with myths and everyone always has his or her own agenda. So it wouldn’t at all be surprising if the ancient Jewish people made up an Exodus too, which is likely. Also, there is no evidence whatsoever pertaining to the existence of Moses, Abraham, Jesus and so on. Considering religion as a whole, the elder polytheistic religions and animistic myths are far richer and more sophisticated in content than the three monotheisms, which in turn are but copies of the barbaric Hammurabi laws, and even more barbaric than it, despite all three having had been manufactured much later. As civilisations go, the Sumerians predate Egypt, Babylon, Persia, the Hittites and the Akkadians. In fact, they took on from the Sumerians. I don’t know who came before the Sumerians.

NATO is a poor example. The Soviet Union fell but Russia has been aggressively expansionist for over 400 years, only ceasing hostilities during times of internal strife. It would have been incredibly naive to disband NATO. Putin’s expansion and nationalistic historical narrative to justify it is about soil and blood. If NATO didn’t exist his ideology would still be bent towards expansion, probably more so without any deterrent.

it's ironic how women wanted equal rights to ruin they bodies with tobacco as men, equality is not always a good thing

As an artist, it’s not true that black figure is intentionally more naive because it’s simply less sophisticated, it’s intentionally stylised in that way. Think of 20th century modernism compared to 17th century renaissance art. Both these styles existed simultaneously in Greece. Black figure was probably done in a way that was economically efficient but decoratively beautiful. It’s also reminiscent of an asiatic style fusion, like Egyptian, and Mycenaean from an age gone by. I wonder how much of that is also purposely of an older style to pay homage to the Homeric subject matter, but also perhaps of a style that has broad appeal in the export market.

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Excellent serie of lectures, if only youtube had more history channels like your own. As in, an expert who know his subject and really offer knowledge and insight on it in a way accesible to the general audience. Thank you.

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So if "class struggle" is nonsense, Dr. Keil, I guess the motive force in history is the color green.

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Brilliant lectures......the difference between private and state funded colleges is in the quality of instructors. It is a shame that Classical History and Culture has been deemphasized in American institutions of higher learning in favor of Marxist/Leninist fables.

You claim that Macedonians are greek, but yet when Philip created the Hellenic League, Macedon was not a member of that league. Now why would that be, it was because the Macedonians were not Hellenes, ie greek. MACEDONIA HAS NEVER BE GREEK, NOR WILL IT EVER BE GREEK.

Wrong wrong wrong, Macedonians were never greek. After Philip defeated the greeks at Chaeronea and then went on to form the Hellenic League, Macedon was not a member of that league. Why because Macedonians were not hellenes (ie greek). Arrian speaks of the "racial rivalry between the Macedonians and greeks"( Anabasis of Alexander, Book II pg 119). Is there an example of this racial rivalry, indeed there is. During the greek revolt at Bactria, 3000 Macedonians subdued 20,000 greeks.(Siculus, 'The Libary of History', Book VIII, chap 7) The Macedonians disarmed the greeks and the proceeded to massacre 17000 unarmed greeks in an afternoon. (Arrian writes when Alexander said to his troops "When we have subdued Egypt, we shall have no further worries for greece or our own country" (Anabasis of Alexander, Book II Sect XVII). Alexander clearly distinguishes between 2 countries, greece and Macedon. Plutarch reports what Alexander stated when he addressed his fellow Macedonians and said "...he was winning the inhabited world for the Macedonians", (Alexander 47), he never mentions the greeks. Arrian describes the celebration at Opis after Alexander had conquerored the Persians and said "He prayed for other blessings, and especially that harmony and community of rule might exist between the Macedonians and Persians". Again, Alexander never mentions the greeks. The Macedonians had their own language as reported by Plutarch when describing the Cleitus situation( Alexander 51) and Plutarch in Eumenes 14.5 again highlights the Macedonians had their own language. Quintus Curtius in 'History of Alexander' 6.9.34 talks of the Macedonian language in describing the Philotas situation. Now, the Macedonians elites spoke greek too, but that was because greek was lingua franca. You mentioned the Macedonians had greek names, worshipped greek gods, etc, etc, however the Carians too had greek names, spoke greek, worshipped greek gods, had greek inscriptions on their coins, however, CARIANS WERE NOT GREEK, JUST LIKE THE MACEDONIANS WERE NOT GREEK. Archaeologically, Macedonians were not part of the Mycenean era, which is the birth of greeks, hence again Macedonians can't be greek. Even using greek mythology, the greeks were descents of Helen who was the son of Zeus and Phrrha, while the Macedonians were descended from Macedon who was the son of Zeus and Thyia. Again, how can you conclude that Macedonians are greek? You speak of the Amphictyonic council. Interesting fact, though Philip was given a seat on the council, he could never cast a vote at council meetings, he needed a greek subsitute. Why, because Philip was not a greek and hence could not cast in person his vote at council meetings.

Thank you for taking the time to make this. Exactly the sort of introduction I’ve been looking for.

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Just found these. Fantastic. Just curious, have you ever listened to Tim Duncan's History of Rome?

Entirely coincidentally I listened to a few minutes of this, then a few minutes of a sample of the Great Courses course on Rome, and they are uncannily similar. Did you crib from them, or are you both cribbing from the same source?

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Father Matthew....did I miscount? What happened to Lecture 7?

Excellent, detailed discussion. This discussion addresses specific passages in more detail than I did. I went for a more casual gloss of his ideas focused on the overall perspective of his thought.

I really enjoyed your lectures on Ancient Greece and am looking forward to sinking my teeth into this series.

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How do we know that there wasn't another fragment (source) besides that of Claudius, upon which Livy would have relied? Of course, even if we assume this is possible, it doesn't necessarily account for the factual discrepancies.

Thank you for uploading these lectures. I’ve listened to the whole thing about 4 or 5 times. I’m thinking about changing my focus to the classics. I listened to Victor Davis Hanson today and he was talking about how one way we can lessen and drown out the wokeness on our campuses is for more people to start studying the classics and classical literature again. I’m seriously thinking about it. I’ll learn about it whether I go back to school or not, but I just want to put that thought out there if anyone else is thinking about it. We need as much as you can muster, sir. Thank you and God bless.

I'm taking your greek course for the third time. I'm grateful to you for the time and effort you put in. Valuable you are

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Amazing lecture as usual I just wish you went into detail about Alexander's death and whether or not it was an assassination.

60th year you say, I didnt know ancient Greeks lived that long.

It would be more just, Dr. Keil, if you would refer to "the common people", "the plebes", or "the poor" rather than to "the mob". I do appreciate your insightful lectures, but I wince every time you refer to the non rich, non aristocratic portion of Roman society with such a derogatory epithet.

I find it hard to reconcile the claim Themistocles was hedging his bets with the arrangement of the Greek fleet under Themistocles' direction to take advantage of Xerxes taking the letter at face value.

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What you say about NATO is not correct. NATO did not want to expand on its own; it was the Eastern European countries that were afraid of Russia and the developments there. For this reason they wanted to join NATO relatively quickly. And as we see today, they were right! And what a mistake it would have been if what you say had been done: dissolving NATO in 1991. - Everything else: great lecture! Thank you!

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What an excellent ending to an excellent lecture!

Herodotus History of the persian wars was the my favorite book purchase in my life. Reading it is like consulting an ancient, its the closest we have to time travel. Long live the father of history.

I have such a weird craving for greek history. Thank you a lot. I subbed.

Are these bust sculptures of the real guys and how did so many survive the millennia?

Interesting. thank you.

Christianity is a solar mythology.

He seemed to have a instinct for the real nature of the world. The positive and negative the proton and electron. The numbers on the number line is the same The next number to come in the sequence are the change. One even one odd.

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Invaluable !! For all the reasons mentioned on the website. But....so few views ..maybe Western " culture " doesn't deserve to survive. ?