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In this Part 3 of the BBC series "In Search of the Trojan War," Michael Woods searches for historic evidence of the Trojan War described by the blind bard Homer 500 years after the event. He visits Bronze Age ruins of places listed in the Catalogue of Ships, and enlists a Gaelic story-teller and a p...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
In search of the Trojan War.
Corporate Authors: BBC Worldwide Ltd
Infobase (Film distributor)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd, [1985]
Series:Films on Demand.
In search of the Trojan War.
Subjects:
Homer.
Civilization, Homeric.
Trojan War.
Troy (Extinct city)
Internet videos.
Genre:
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (55 min., 58 sec.)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
In this Part 3 of the BBC series "In Search of the Trojan War," Michael Woods searches for historic evidence of the Trojan War described by the blind bard Homer 500 years after the event. He visits Bronze Age ruins of places listed in the Catalogue of Ships, and enlists a Gaelic story-teller and a professional bard in Turkish Armenia to demonstrate the oral tradition.
Note:Originally released by BBC Worldwide Ltd, 1985.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 03, 2015.
Interest Grade Level:
9 & up.
System Details:Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description (Infobase, October 16, 2016)