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Wine and beer. Class distinction in drinks. Vintage words. Vintage wine. Aqua. Vinum.

Latin seasons words. Seasons etymology. Why are Hibernians F.C. called after the Latin word for wintry? Equinox. Vernal. Autumnal. Estival? Word building with Latin words.

Latin etymology. Word building domus. Domestic. Domestique. Duomo. Town and country. Words connected with Latin domus. Origins of words. Why is a duomo called a duomo? What is the connection between domestique riders and Latin houses?

Latin word building - villas. Etymology of villain. Etymology of villein. Why does rustic mean what it does? villa. urbanus. rusticus.

Latin etymology. Coming and going words in English and French. Latin word building. Why is the French verb aller so irregular?

Returning to Thucydides. A possession for ever. Farewell to my channel for now. All of human life is here. Why Classics matters. Is Classics relevant? Great Classical quotes.

What are the beginnings and endings of the Odyssey and Iliad? Where is the real end of the Odyssey? Why do the Iliad and Odyssey matter? Ancient fan fiction.

Penelope, Queen of Ithaca. A match for the cunning of Odysseus. Who was Penelope? What did Penelope do in the Odyssey? What kind of person is Penelope in the Odyssey?

Pig man beats all the heroes. Swineherd shows true nobility. Hospitality defined. Who is the hero of the Odyssey? Who best embodies the traditions of xenia in the Odyssey? Odysseus is shown an example of good behaviour. Greek epic. Xenia and kleos in Homer. Dramatic irony in the Odyssey. OCR The World of the Hero.

The Greatest Hero of them all? Or a boastful braggart? Odysseus steals cheese and blinds a monster. My name is Nobody. Or cunning. Was Odysseus heroic? Odyssey Book 9. Blinding the Cyclops.

Death of Hector. Achilles mutilates the body. Homer imitated in Chechnya. War crimes. Achilles the unhero. Trojan War atrocities. Chechen war atrocities. Achilles' revenge. Homer, a poet for all times, all wars. How did Hector die? Did Achilles kill Hector? Why did Achilles kill Hector?

Patroklos dies but it takes divine intervention. Does this make it more or less heroic? Gods and fate in Homer. Why was Patroklos killed? Why was Patroclus killed? Who killed Patroklos? Who killed Patroclus? What does Patroclus say to Hector as he is dying? Apollo intervenes in death of Patroklos. Apollo intervenes in death of Patroklos.

Sing of the anger of Agamemnon and Achilles. Hector and Andromache, and Astyanax. Tender moments before the fighting. Tragic epic. Epic tragedy. Why Homer is a genius.

Was Constantine a Christian? The Council of Nicaea. Sol Invictus. Milvian Bridge. Lactantius. Why is the Pope Pontifex Maximus? Nicene Creed.

Decius and Valerian - persecutions have the opposite effect from the one intended

Lyons persecution 177 A D A lesson for us all

What did early Christians do and think?

Saint Clement - asserting the church in Rome's authority

Preaching, problems, prison. Paul persists.

Earliest days of the Christian Church

Cybele. Blood. Castration. Aristocracy. The Great Mother.

Worshipping Isis in Alexandria - a rowdy and disorderly business

Saturnalia - where "Christmas" came from

Lupercalia - a laughing matter?

Eleusinian Mysteries - reaching for the Beyondness of Things

How to create a sense of national identity - The Great Panathenaia

Athens Great Dionysia - a festival worth travelling through time for

Ausonius - messing about on the Mosel. Later Latin poetry.

Paul Theroux on the Odyssey - looking forward to a rosy fingered dawn