Anno I · A ten-year fellowship
Christian men reading the Great Books together. We receive the inheritance, test it by Scripture, and hand down what is good.
Read a little each weekday.Ten sessions between gatherings. Choose the path that fits your season.
Come to the table.Every other Friday. Scripture, good questions, and room to disagree.
Keep what is good.A field book for your thoughts. A coin to remember the year.
The charge
For centuries, men have argued about glory, justice, beauty, freedom, truth, God, man, and the good life. The Great Books have much to teach us, but they are not Scripture. We will read them appreciatively, test their claims without fear, and keep what is good.
“Test everything;
hold fast what is good.1 Thessalonians 5:21
The ten-year course
Each year takes up another era of the Great Books. Join us where we are. What came before is helpful context, not homework you owe.
Year I
Epic · Drama · History · Philosophy
The Greek Foundations · 2026-2027
We begin with the anger of Achilles and end with Plato's cave. Between them stand tragedy, comedy, war, politics, and the search for wisdom.
Homer
The Iliad · Books I-VI
Core reading
This is the ordinary fellowship pace. Plan on about an hour each weekday.
The ten-day reading road
Use the weekends to rest, catch up, or keep going on the Complete path.
Iliad I.1-30555 min
Mark in portal →Iliad I.306-61155 min
Mark in portal →Iliad II.1-48355 min
Mark in portal →Iliad II.484-87755 min
Mark in portal →Iliad III55 min
Mark in portal →Iliad IV55 min
Mark in portal →Iliad V55 min
Mark in portal →Iliad VI55 min
Mark in portal →Compare Honor and War and Peace with James 1:19-20 · Proverbs 16:3255 min
Mark in portal →Complete the field note and prepare both discussion questions for “The Wrath of Achilles”55 min
Mark in portal →Ideas in the room
Under Scripture
James 1:19-20 · Proverbs 16:32
Questions for the table
The standing rule
You are never required to catch up before returning. Open the current assignment, read what you can, and come anyway.
Marks of the journey
The digital field book, badges, and annual coin match the physical pieces we will make and hand out.
The wrath of Achilles
Achilles treats honor as something another man can take from him. His anger at injustice soon becomes its own injustice.
“The anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.”
Can Achilles forgive without surrendering what is truly owed?
Annual challenge coin
Tap to turnThe pilgrim scholar walks west toward the Greek city. The helmet, tragic masks, owl, and scroll mark the four parts of Year One.
Badge cabinet · Year I
Your badges →The member experience
The dashboard shows what we are reading, how much you need for the next discussion, and when we meet. If you have been away, it gives you a clear place to begin again.
Enter the member hall →The shortest selection that brings you into the conversation.
Our ordinary pace: about an hour each weekday.
The full course, with additional reading on weekends.
Three paths. One table. Change your path whenever you need to.
Come to the table
No one is promising ten perfect years. Read what you can. Come anyway when life interrupts. Start again with the reading in front of us.
