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Donald Kagan literally "wrote the book" on the Peloponnesian War. You are listening to a man who will be continuously cited for generations. I’m a rather newbie on ancient Greece, I haven’t anything to compare this against, and therefore, can’t critique whether he should have emphasized this piece of material over that piece of material and so forth. I will say that he is an above average lecturer and that this is meant as a survey course. He seems to do fine. His presentation is fine. I know of no better intro course so knock yourself out on this.Read full review »
Posterizer via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 11/02/13
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The professor is great. His material, knowledge and lecture organization is excellent. I really enjoyed the lectures and I learned a lot. Anybody can nitpick about a lecture. The throat clearing didn’t bother me. Likewise he has opinions just like anybody.
Lord Storm via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/25/20
I'm listening to this at the same time, I'm reading Lords of the Sea, which is the history of the rise and fall of Athens. Combined, I am getting a wonderful education on ancient Greek history.Read full review »
rbeatty01 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 06/30/11
This guy is incredibly biased. He references the bible continuously, but writes Nietzsche off as a nihilistic hack, illustrating how little Nietzsche he had read: eg no mention of slave morality etc. He’s obviously a christian, conservative anti-leftist. Typical of an institution that panders...Read full review »
gnomy chomsky via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/19/21
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