A series of lectures delivered by Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma in which he explores the world's greatest myths. Beginning with the Trojan War and the Iliad and moving through the Bronze age in the Mediterranean with Theseus and Oedipus, Mesopotamia and Gilgamesh, the three great religions from the Middle East, the Roman Empire in the Aeneid, Romulus and Remus and Augustus, Alexander the Great, the British Isles, Beowulf and King Arthur, Julius Caesar and Napoleon, ultimately crossing the Atlantic to consider the myths of America created from the oldest legends of humankind.

Compact discs. 12 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture.

Disc 7.lecture 13. The book of Genesis -- lecture 14. Exodus, the foundation of the Jewish people -- Disc 8: lecture 15. The historical power of biblical stories -- lecture 16. Aeneas, Rome's national hero -- Disc 9: lecture 17. Romulus, the founder of Rome -- lecture 18. Lays of ancient Rome -- Disc 10: lecture 19. Alexander the Great in history -- lecture 20. Alexander the Great in romance -- Disc 11: lecture 21. Beowulf, historical roots and heroic values -- lecture 22. King Arthur, fact or fiction ? -- Disc 12: lecture 23. In search of the holy grail -- lecture 24. Vikings in America?