简介：TheOwl'sLegacyisasymposium.Asymposiumofsymposium's.Agatheringoverfoodandwinewherethehost,inthiscaseMarker,picksatopicofdiscussion,whichisrituallydiscussedinunisonwiththepassingofthewine.Theconversationbecomesajourney.Ajourneyinwhichthedestinationisunknownandthepossibilitiesareendless.Forthissymposium,strictlyforintellectuals,MarkerhaschosenthetopicoftheGreeks.Wemeetanumberofauthoritiesonthesubjectwhomhavebeeninvitedtoparticipate,allwhomarebackedbyanartisticowl,representingtheirindividualcontributiontothesymposiuminit'sentirety.Theytakeusonajourney,touchinguponthingssuchasthegreatpoet's,ruler'sandphilosophers,discussingtheirideas,innovations,myths,poems,sayings...allofwhichhavemouldedtheworldintotheshapeweseeittoday.TheydiscusshowtheGreekshaveshapedeveryaspectofourlives,includingourselves.OnemansaysthattheGreeksdiscoveredourpsyche,ourconscience,aswellasdeviationsofthepsyche.ThingswhichFreudandothermodernthinkerswouldlaterbecreditedwithdiscoveringwerediscussedbythegreatGreekthinkersofancienttimes,suchasSocrates,Plato,Aristotle,Sophacles,Euripidestonameonlyafew.TheydiscusshowGreekpoetryandthoughtistheconnectionbetweendreamsandreality,themedian,fromwhichallthingsthrive.Theirthoughts,poems,songsandstorieshavesurvivedtheagesandhavehelpedusbetterunderstandtheessenceofourbeingandhavecomfortedusasweknowthattheyhavesoughtandponderedthesamequestionsthatweseektoanswer,ourselves,today.Theirwayoflifehasbeenthebasisforthewaysoflifeofthemajorityoftheworld.ThereisnofieldwhichhasnotbeeninfluencedbytheGreeks,theyareresponsiblefornurturingthatwhichhasenabledustobecometheadvancedcivilizationwearetoday.WeoweeverythingtotheGreeks.Thisisthejourneythatthisdiscussion,thissymposium,theowl'slegacy,willbringuson. Madeasaseriesof13programmesabouttheinfluenceofGreekcultureinoursociety.…