Ancient Greek civilization

DVD - 1998

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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Published
[Chantilly, Va.] : Teaching Company [1998]
Language
English
Corporate Author
Teaching Company
Corporate Author
Teaching Company (-)
Other Authors
Jeremy McInerney, 1958- (author)
Edition
Course workbook in PDF format edition. [PDF workbook version]
Item Description
"The Great courses, Topic: History ; Subtopic: Ancient historyy"--Cover.
"Course no. 323"--Disc labels.
24 lectures lasting 30 minutes each.
Accompanying CD-ROM contains course workbook in PDF format.
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
Format
DVD; PDF requires Adobe Reader or PDF reader.
ISBN
9781490690438
  • disc 1. Greece and the Western world
  • Minoan Grete
  • Schliemann and Mycenae
  • The long twilight
  • The age of heroes
  • From Sicily to Syria, the growth of trade and colonization
  • disc 2. Delphi and Olympia
  • The Spartans
  • Revolution
  • Tyranny
  • The origins of democracy
  • Beyond Greece, the Persian empire
  • disc 3. The Persian wars
  • The Athenian empire
  • The art of democracy
  • Sacrifice and Greek religion
  • Theater and the competition of art
  • Sex and gender
  • disc 4. The Peloponnesian war, part 1
  • The Peloponnesian war, part II
  • Socrates on trial
  • Slavery and freedom
  • Athens in decline?
  • Philip, Alexander, and Greece in transition.