Richard Huish College classical Civilisation Iliad Podcast: Recent Episodes
Samantha Desmond
A look at all of Solon's reforms including legal, economic and the new property class system
A thematic approach to the Iliad focusing on War. This podcast focuses on content and analysis rather than expert views.
A more in-depth look at Book 23, concerntrating on the first half of the poem. This also includes a reading of the first 108 lines, as well analysis & expert views
Bring tissues! It's time to analyse the climatic fight between Achilles and Hector. We will be focussing on Character, god's, Fate, Homeric Code, Structure and the fight itself
A look at Wasps as well as a recap on Law courts in Ancient Athens and a brief overview of how to use Aristophanes bin an exam
Giving an overview of the shield along with added expert views and how to use it in an exam
A look at the main elements of Book 17, this works best with the Book 17 cheat sheet but can be listened too separately.
Background on Plato including his relationship with Socrates, the theory of forms and the idea of a zero sum game.