Ancient Greece
203How Alex Conquered the World
19 Aug 2024
1:43¶ 6
“There was no such thing as Greece. There were city-states that were Greek-ish. They spent a lot of time fighting each other. Occasionally they…”
4:49¶ 17
“The things that defined these city-states as being Greek are five:”
3:54¶ 11
“Some of those we know. Neapolis is Naples. Marseille in France was a Greek colony. Byzantium, which will become Constantinople and then Istanbul, and…”
195From Marathon and On
3 Jun 2024
2:07¶ 7
“The Greeks were defined not so much by the peninsula and isthmus on which they lived, but by their descent from common ancestors, their…”
2:28¶ 8
“They still call themselves Helos after their mythical or historical ancestor Helen, possibly the one that the Bible calls Elishah, but somewhere back in…”
22:03¶ 70
“That’s Alexander the Great, so even the Bible says, “And whatever happens in Persia is not terrible relevant, and at the same time whatever…”
189The Covenant of Kingship
15 Apr 2024
2:02¶ 7
“As we come back to Israel a thought occurs to me. It’s from a textbook and I don’t remember which one, or maybe not…”
25:30¶ 67
“Then also, since we’re picking on the Greeks today, the contrast between how the Greeks treated women and how women are treated in their…”
41:33¶ 109
“At this point we’re just kind of throwing some ideas out here for people who want to think more seriously and more deeply. If…”
186The Worldview that Shaped Western Civilization
25 Mar 2024
20:00¶ 66
“Yes. We can think here of Greece and Rome again. Greece comes to mind especially, where the man really was free to have sex…”
20:21¶ 68
“If you bother to look, but the history books continue to praise Greek culture to the skies as the epitome of democracy and liberty…”
20:37¶ 69
“Well, they did give those things to a very small group of people, so they’re there talking about them, but it’s only amongst the…”
130Of Contracts and Covenants (Part 3) - The Separation of Church and State
8 Aug 2022
42:15¶ 114
“So what is this thing that we always side with the Greeks? “Well, they were naturalists. They believed that you could get your morality…”
41:31¶ 112
“What we see from scripture of the Greeks is mostly by prophecy. None of it’s terribly optimistic. The picture of Alexander is “He will…”
41:49¶ 113
“The Bible doesn’t really like the Greeks a whole lot, but it does have a soft spot for the Persians to a point. Daniel…”