In this Thursday, November 6, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how Homer gave birth to Greek civilization, humanity's creative peak. Notes and References: 1. The Iliad by Homer (translated by Robert Fagles) 2. Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes 3. The Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby 4. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 5. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf