Ancient Greek civilization / Jeremy McInerney.
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.
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| Language: | English |
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Chantilly, VA :
Teaching Co.,
[1998], ©1998.
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| Series: | Great courses (DVD). Ancient & medieval history.
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| Physical Description: | 4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks in 1 (106 pages, 22 cm). |
| Format: | Video DVD |
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.