| Description |
4 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (22 cm.) |
| Series |
Great courses |
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Great courses (DVD)
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| Contents |
pt. 1. lecture 1. Greece and the Western world ; lecture 2. Minoan Grete ; lecture 3. Schliemann and Mycenae ; lecture 4. The long twilight ; lecture 5. The age of heroes ; lecture 6. From Sicily to Syria, the growth of trade and colonization ; lecture 7. Delphi and Olympia ; lecture 8. The Spartans ; lecture 9. Revolution ; lecture 10. Tyranny ; lecture 11. The origins of democracy -- lecture 12. Beyond Greece, the Persian empire -- pt. 2. lecture 13. The Persian wars ; lecture 14. The Athenian empire ; lecture 15. The art of democracy ; lecture 16. Sacrifice and Greek religion ; lecture 17. Theater and the competition of art ; lecture 18. Sex and gender ; lecture 19. The Peloponnesian war, part 1 -- lecture 20. The Peloponnesian war, part II ; lecture 21. Socrates on trial ; lecture 22. Slavery and freedom ; lecture 23. Athens in decline? ; lecture 24. Philip, Alexander, and Greece in transition. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Jeremy McInerney. |
| Summary |
Lectures on Greek history from the late Bronze Age to the time of Alexander the Great, concentrating on the period from 600 to 400 B.C. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1. |
| Subject |
Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C.
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Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1565853202 : $254.95 |
| Music No. |
323 Teaching Company |
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321--322 Teaching Company |
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