Achilles' Rage & The Gods' Wisdom; Archetypes and Emotion in Homer's Iliad

Homer's Iliad is the oldest work of European literature and forms the foundation of the Western canon. Not only does this ancient epic tell the story of the Trojan War, it contains profound emotional truths that have been understood from ancient times through the Renaissance and is harmonious with classical teachings of self discipline and the psychology of Carl Jung. Understanding the Greek Gods through an archetypal lens reveals an ancient roadmap for self improvement and overcoming anger and trauma.

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Art:
00:00 Introduction
00:02 Argument Between Achilles and Agamemnon by Giovan Battista Gaulli
00:28 Apollo of the Belvedere
00:36 Quarrel of Achilles and Agamemnon by William Page
00:52 The Rage of Achilles by Louis Édouard Fournier
01:35 Carl Jung, Man and His Symbols
01:55 Mercury Appearing to Aeneas by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
02:42 Wise Counsel
02:46 The Rage of Achilles by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
03:21 Ambrosian Iliad Folio 205
03:35 Achilles Receiving the Ambassadors of Agamemnon by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
03:49 Odysseus by the Dolon Painter
03:52 Briseis Serves Wine to Phoenix by the Brygos Painter
03:55 Two Warriors by Exekias
04:02 The Embassy to Achilles by the Kleophrades Painter
04:15 Anonymous Commentary on the Iliad
04:50 The Embassy to Achilles by Hieron and Macron
05:36 Iliad Chapter IX
06:08 Ajax, Etruscan Calyx Crater
06:30 Apollo Preceding Hector by John Flaxman
06:49 The Breaking Point
06:53 Achilles Tending to Patroclus by the Sosias Painter
07:13 Iliad Chapter XVI
08:32 Black-Figure Amphora by Exekias
09:06 Red-Figure Calyx Crater by the Altamura Painter
09:29 Achilles and Memnon by the Painter of Munich
09:48 Achilles and Hector, Attic Calyx Crater
10:12 The Cycle's End
10:17 Thetis Bringing the Armor to Achilles by Benjamin West
10:41 Fury of Achilles by Charles-Antoine Coypel
10:50 Achilles Displaying the Body of Hector at the Feet of Patroclus by Jean Joseph Taillason
10:59 The Funeral of Patroclus by Jacques-Louis David
11:13 Achilles Drags Hector's Body Around the Walls of Troy by Gaetano Gandolfi
11:27 Achilles Dragging the Body of Hector Around Troy by Mezzotint after Gavin Hamilton
11:43 Priam at the Feet of Achilles by Théobald Chartran
12:08 Iliad Chapter XXIV
13:01 Achilles and Priam by Jules Bastien-Lepage
13:43 Iliad Chapter XXIV
14:13 Hector Lying on his Funeral Pyre by Giovanni Maria Benzoni
14:56 Conclusion
15:00 Map of the Iliad by Alexander Pope
15:10 Achilles' Dispute with Agamemnon by Johann Heinrich Tischbein
16:06 Achilles, Roman Fresco, Pompeii
16:28 Statue of Achilles by Johannes Götz, photographed by Maxim Ulitin, Licensed Under Creative Commons
17:23 Outro

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