Curated Video
The Moral of the Story
Miss Palomine explains what a fable is. She tells a couple of fables and then talks about the characteristics of the fable.
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Latin Roots
Latin Roots teaches how to expand vocabulary by using knowledge of Latin roots to determine the meaning of unfamiliar complex words.
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A Handmade Antikythera Mechanism: Rediscovering an Ancient Greek Enigma
This video presents a modernised reproduction of the Antikythera Mechanism, including clips of the manufacturing process and a snippet of how the device works.
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Making a Greek Veggie Wrap
Coach Socrates shows Miss Palomine how to make a healthy and delicious snack – the Greek Veggie Wrap.
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Overcoming Resistance
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) relates how he overcame many setbacks to pursue an academic career in classics.
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I WONDER - What Where Schools Called In Ancient Greek Times?
This video is answering the question of what where schools called in Ancient Greek times.
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High Five Facts - Ancient Greek Schools
This video explores five fun facts about ancient Greek schools.
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The Spectrum of Human Experience
Historian Maria Mavroudi (UC Berkeley) illustrates her central motivation for studying history.
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Systematizing Knowledge
Historian Maria Mavroudi (UC Berkeley) reveals how different the ancient attitudes towards scientific development and attribution were to those of today.
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Worth Imitating
UC Berkeley historian and Byzantine specialist Maria Mavroudi describes how famous Greek writers were consciously imitated centuries or even millennia after they had lived, and how she was counselled to take the writer Lucian as her role...
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The Roman Empire, Continued
UC Berkeley historian and Byzantine specialist Maria Mavroudi describes how the Byzantines regarded themselves as “Romans”, looking at their 1000+ year civilization as the part of the Roman Empire that never fell to the barbarians.
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Arab-Greek Bilingualism
Historian Maria Mavroudi (UC Berkeley) reveals how a careful study of Arab-Greek bilingualism can shed important light on a wealth of societal values, including the very foundations of their systems of knowledge.
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Rome, Extended
Historian Maria Mavroudi (UC Berkeley) describes how the Byzantines unhesitatingly regarded themselves, and were regarded by others, as "Roman."
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Greek Roots
Greek Roots explores how to determine the meaning of unfamiliar complex words by using knowledge of Greek roots.
One Minute History
089 Rosetta Stone - One Minute History
1799 - During Napoleon’s campaign into Egypt, one of his officers discovers an unusual stone in the masonry of Fort Julien. Further inspection reveals that the granite slab contains ancient bilingual inscriptions and may offer the...
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Greek Architecture: The Column
“Greek Architecture: The Column” will explain the different types of columns used by the ancient Greeks and their influence on U.S. government buildings.
The Noted Anatomist
Tibia and Fibula
This brief video tutorial discusses the tibia and fibula: 0:00. Intro to the tibia and fibula 0.14. TIBIA 0:22. Medial and lateral condyles 0:53. Intercondylar eminence 1:12 Tibial tuberosity 1:43. Interosseous border (tibia) 1:54....
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Greek Direct Democracy
This video will explain the way in which Greece became a direct democracy and the problems that the system created for the Greek people.
Nature League
What Do You Know About the Ocean? - Field Trip
In this Nature League Field Trip, Brit asks people on the streets of Missoula about the oceans and life in the sea.
Nature League
What Makes Great White Shark DNA So Awesome?
This week on Nature League, Brit explores some amazing new discoveries about the great white shark by breaking down a recent scientific journal article about the sequencing of its genome.
Hip Hughes History
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle: Global History Review
A short summary of the big three Greek philosophers.
Religion for Breakfast
Coptic: The Final Ancient Egyptian Language
00:00 Intro 00:52 Phases of the Egyptian Language 2:19 Dialects of Coptic 4:36 Origins of Coptic Script 7:55 Genres of Coptic Lit 12:22 Later History