Greek History

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>>3249372
Which Yale courses? If its Donald Kagan's, you've done well so far.

Homer, all of it. Seriously.

You can now move on to:

Herodotus-The Histories
Thucydides-History Of The Peloponnesian War
Xenophon-Hellenica
Xenophon-Anabasis
Plutarch-The Rise & Fall of Athens
Plutarch-Parallel Lives (now featuring Romans)
Plutarch-Life of Alexander
Quintus Curtius Rufus-Histories of Alexander

There are some other podcasts and lectures out there if you really are a lazy shithead. Theres a fat guy who did a Great Courses series called Famous Greeks that I remember enjoying. Donald Kagan and Victor Davis Hanson have some good stuff if you want contemporary authors.

>>3249790
This list of primary sources is a good place to start.

I was just going to say, buy a copy of the Landmark Herodotus. It has maps and plenty of notes, so it's accessible for a complete novice. Herodotus is also very entertaining.

Don't pay attention to any secondary sources, burn any modern text you encounter. Primary sources are the one true authority.

>>3249790
Yes actually those are the ones, I just got through with the Dark Ages section. Is it normal at all that I have trouble retaining a lot of what was said in them? I'm very new to this, and additionally it seemed to me that the section was not huge on specific events and details but more so as a setup for what is to come.

>>3249805
I will definitely keep that in mind, thank you very much

>>3249837
The Minoan/Mycenaean age is pretty foggy, so dont feel too bad if you cant remember everything about Linear A/B texts and Bronze Age pottery or w/e. Things will start to become alot more fun and easy to latch on to when colorful characters like Themistocles and Alcibiades and Lysander show up.

Just keep with it, and listen to >>3249805

>>3249888
Okay, that's good to know. I've already ordered a copy. Cheers guys