From the CD + Book - Unabridged
Disc 1: lecture 1. Heroes, history and myth
lecture 2. The myth of Troy.
Disc 2: lecture 3. Homer and mythology
lecture 4. In search of historical Troy.
Disc 3: lecture 5. Life lessons from the Trojan War
lecture 6. Jason and the golden fleece.
Disc 4: lecture 7. Theseus and the minotaur
lecture 8. Myth and Athenian drama.
Disc 5: lecture 9. Fate and free will in mythology
lecture 10. Atlantis, fact or fiction?
Disc 6: lecture 11. The epic of Gilgamesh
lecture 12. Gilgamesh and history.
Disc 7: lecture 13. The book of Genesis
lecture 14. Exodus, the foundation of the Jewish people.
Disc 8: lecture 15. The historical power of biblical stories
lecture 16. Aeneas, Rome's national hero.
Disc 9: lecture 17. Romulus, the founder of Rome
lecture 18. Lays of ancient Rome.
Disc 10: lecture 19. Alexander the Great in history
lecture 20. Alexander the Great in romance.
Disc 11: lecture 21. Beowulf, historical roots and heroic values
lecture 22. King Arthur, fact or fiction?
Disc 12: lecture 23. In search of the holy grail
lecture 24. Vikings in America?
Disc 13: lecture 25. Vergil the magician
lecture 26. The Battle of Kosovo.
Disc 14: lecture 27. Julius Caesar in history
lecture 28. Napoleon and the mantle of Caesar.
Disc 15: lecture 29. Arminius and German mythology
lecture 30. Teuton versus Roman.
Disc 16: lecture 31. Davy Crockett and the myth of the frontier
Disc 17: lecture 33. Jesse James and the myth of the outlaw
lecture 34. General Custer, hero or villain?
Disc 18: lecture 35. Reagan, Hollywood, and American ideals
lecture 36. Mythology as a path to wisdom.