Introduction to Ancient Greek History: A Free Online Course from Yale

in History, Online Courses, Yale | December 20th, 2016 7 Comments

Taught by Yale pro­fes­sor Don­ald Kagan, this intro­duc­to­ry course in Greek his­to­ry traces “the devel­op­ment of Greek civ­i­liza­tion as man­i­fest­ed in polit­i­cal, intel­lec­tu­al, and cre­ative achieve­ments from the Bronze Age to the end of the clas­si­cal peri­od.” In it, stu­dents “read orig­i­nal sources in trans­la­tion as well as the works of mod­ern schol­ars.” You can watch the 24 video lec­tures above, or find them on YouTube. The lec­tures also appear on iTunes in audio and video. Find the texts used in the course below. More infor­ma­tion about the course, includ­ing the syl­labus, can be found on this Yale web­site.

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  • mike lally says:
    December 21, 2016 at 6:24 am

    This course is an AMAZING gift. I have lis­tened all the way through at least 3 times. It lead me to read almost all of Kagan’s books. Espe­cial­ly “Men of Bronze”. It also was the spark that got me to return to school to com­plete a degree in His­to­ry with a focus on Ancient Greece and Rome. Pro­fes­sor Kagan — if you are listening.…thank you. I owe you a huge debt.

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  • sai gayathri.s says:
    March 20, 2017 at 7:27 am

    i love his­to­ry so it will be very use­ful for me to study

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  • sai gayathri.s says:
    March 20, 2017 at 7:28 am

    i love greek his­to­ry

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  • luis blanco says:
    December 4, 2017 at 6:01 am

    Sres. es posi­ble cur­sos en idioma español, gra­cias

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  • Athanasios GEMETZIS says:
    January 4, 2019 at 8:23 pm

    It’s most impor­tant to under­stand the his­tor­i­cal trea­sures of ancient Greece rel­e­vant today.

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  • Britt Albertson says:
    April 28, 2019 at 1:25 am

    I work over­seas and I have a pas­sion for his­to­ry and was want­i­ng to take a class before I go to col­lege.

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  • Ed Wilson says:
    June 25, 2021 at 3:50 pm

    How do I reg­is­ter for the free cours­es and what am I required to do as far as tests etc?

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