Ascend Written Guides

20 Question Guide on Plato’s First Alcibiades

The historical starting point for new students of Plato

Sep 15 • Ascend Book Club

10 Questions on Aristophanes The Clouds

Hilarious, vulgar, and profound

Sep 14 • Ascend Book Club

The Bacchae: 25 Question-and-Answer Guide

A drama of madness, piety, gore, and civilizational collapse

Sep 14 • Ascend Book Club

18 Question Guide on Oedipus at Colonus

The redemptive end of the Oedipus Cycle

Sep 14 • Ascend Book Club

15 Question Guide on Oedipus Rex

The play Aristotle called the best of the Greek tragedies

Sep 14 • Ascend Book Club

24 Question Guide on Antigone by Sophocles

One of the most important dramas in Western civilization

Sep 14 • Ascend Book Club

22 Question Guide on Prometheus Bound

Aeschylus’ play on the nature of liberty

Sep 14 • Ascend Book Club

A Reader’s Guide to Aeschylus’ Oresteia

The conversation on justice continues

Sep 13 • Ascend Book Club

A Guide to Hesiod’s Theogony

Musing on an often overlooked work

Sep 11 • Ascend Book Club

115 Question & Answer Guide on the Odyssey

Preliminary questions, dramatis personae, and much more!

Sep 11 • Ascend Book Club

FREE 100+ Question Guide on the Iliad

Fantastic for small groups, homeschooling, and autodidacts

Sep 11 • Ascend Book Club

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