The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

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Theogony and Works and Days by Hesiod

Father Wesley Walker and Dr. Junius Johnson dive into Hesiod’s Theogony and Works and Days, two deeply foundational texts of ancient Greek literature. While Homer offers sweeping literary narratives of heroes, Hesiod gives us something that feels distinctly older and simpler: a m ...  Show more

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

In this season finale of The Classical Mind, Father Wesley Walker and Dr. Junius Johnson bring their epic journey through J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy to a close with The Return of the King. Picking up from the alternating structural threads of the narrative, Ju ...  Show more

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