Life Lessons from the Great Myths

Change the way you think about the greatest stories ever told with Life Lessons from the Great Myths by acclaimed Great Courses Professor J. Rufus Fears. A powerful work of storytelling prowess, this 36-lecture course explores individuals and events that so gripped civilizations, they transcended to the level of myth. Taking you from the battlefields of Alexander the Great to the conquests of Napoleon Bonaparte to the drama of the America West, this is the kind of engaging learning experience only Professor Fears can deliver.

Price: Paid
Platform: Great Courses
Categories: Literature & Language Ancient Literature & Mythology World Literature Philosophy & Religion Ancient Philosophy Intellectual History

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