Professor Kozlowski contrasts the myth of Herakles against the myth of Gilgamesh, looking at the theme of mortality as it is approached in each tradition.

Professor Kozlowski explores the myth of Jason and the Argonauts, its troubling misogyny, and the way that other readers of the myth have re-interpreted its problems.

Professor Kozlowski attempts a *very* brief overview of the beliefs and identity distinctive to the Abrahamic religions.

Professor Kozlowski discusses the Roman Empire in broad strokes: its origins, its influence, its legacy, and its self-identity.

Professor Kozlowski discusses the Bible, Judaism, and Christianity with an eye toward discussing the Western view of God as preparation for reading Aquinas, Descartes, and Christian-influenced philosophy in future lectures.

Professor Kozlowski discusses the evolution of the Greek National Identity, beginning with Herodotus and the Greco-Persian War, through Hellenism, and how it is informed by the myths surrounding the Trojan War (as retold by Apollodorus).

Professor Kozlowski discusses Greek History from prehistory through the Classical period, along with an overview of Greek culture, especially in Classical Athens.

Professor Kozlowski tries (and fails) to explain the mysteries of the Tao and Te as presented in the Tao Te Ching.

Professor Kozlowski concludes his discussion of Creation Myths with a discussion of the rise and fall of human beings, especially contrasting the role of humans in Greek mythology (Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days) against Genesis 1-3.

Professor Kozlowski discusses the principles of comparative mythology by comparing a wide variety of creation myths:

Babylon's Enuma Elish & Theogony of Dunnu

Egypt's "A Hymn to Life"

Israel's Genesis 1-2

Plato's Timaeus

Philon of Byblos' Phoenician History

Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book I