Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Class is in session! Sierra went full professor mode and developed a comprehensive curriculum in about 5 minutes. We've been obsessed with ancient Greek myth and literature recently, so we've decided to dive in. Let us know what you think and if you plan to join us! We'll keep you posted throughout the semester haha. Also if you have any recommendations, insight, or advice - drop that it in the comments or hit us up on Insta! Can't wait to hear from you guys!
As always, thanks so much for watching! We'll catch you in the streets, the comments, or the next video!
The Curriculum:
GREEK MYTHS... KINDA
An introductory Course.
Lesson Objectives:
1. Familiarize ourselves with greek mythological foundations via ancient witing of oral tradition.
2. Consume tangential media of greek literature.
3. Be able to independently articulate the relationships between key characters w/in mythology and their ongins.
Spring 2026
Primary:
Homer -
Iliad
Odyssey
* Recommend translation: Emily Wilson (or Robert Fagle)
Virgil -
The Aeneid
Opt Reading: Georgics
Ovid -
Metamorphoses
Sophocles -
Thepan plays:
Antigone
Opt: Oedipus the Tyrant
Oedipes at Colonus
Secondary:
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Stephen Fry Books:
Mythos
Heroes
Troy
Retellings
Circe by Madeline Miller
Percy Jackson 1-5 by Rick Riordan
Till We Have Faces by CS Lewis
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
opt: War & Peace by Tolstoy
Movies, TV, + Musicals
Musical: Hadestown
Musical: EPIC
Movie: Herules [Heracles] - Disney
TV Show: Percy Jackson
Movie: The Odyssey (July 2026)
Video Games: Hades I & 2
#books #greekmythology #greek #greekgods #blackandbookish #booktubetbr #bookish #literature
Class is in session! Sierra went full professor mode and developed a comprehensive curriculum in about 5 minutes. We've been obsessed with ancient Greek myth and literature recently, so we've decided to dive in. Let us know what you think and if you plan to join us! We'll keep you posted throughout the semester haha. Also if you have any recommendations, insight, or advice - drop that it in the comments or hit us up on Insta! Can't wait to hear from you guys!
As always, thanks so much for watching! We'll catch you in the streets, the comments, or the next video!
The Curriculum:
GREEK MYTHS... KINDA
An introductory Course.
Lesson Objectives:
1. Familiarize ourselves with greek mythological foundations via ancient witing of oral tradition.
2. Consume tangential media of greek literature.
3. Be able to independently articulate the relationships between key characters w/in mythology and their ongins.
Spring 2026
Primary:
Homer -
Iliad
Odyssey
* Recommend translation: Emily Wilson (or Robert Fagle)
Virgil -
The Aeneid
Opt Reading: Georgics
Ovid -
Metamorphoses
Sophocles -
Thepan plays:
Antigone
Opt: Oedipus the Tyrant
Oedipes at Colonus
Secondary:
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Stephen Fry Books:
Mythos
Heroes
Troy
Retellings
Circe by Madeline Miller
Percy Jackson 1-5 by Rick Riordan
Till We Have Faces by CS Lewis
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
opt: War & Peace by Tolstoy
Movies, TV, + Musicals
Musical: Hadestown
Musical: EPIC
Movie: Herules [Heracles] - Disney
TV Show: Percy Jackson
Movie: The Odyssey (July 2026)
Video Games: Hades I & 2
#books #greekmythology #greek #greekgods #blackandbookish #booktubetbr #bookish #literature
