| Description |
4 videodiscs (12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 1 course guidebook (242 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
DVD 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
DVD digital optical rda |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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Filmed lectures lcgft |
| Series |
The great courses. History. Civilization & culture |
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Great courses (DVD)
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Great courses (DVD). Civilization & culture.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
In English; closed-captioned. |
| Performer |
Lecturer, Robert Garland, Colgate University. |
| Note |
"Course No. 3189"--Container. |
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24 lectures (30 min. each). |
| Summary |
The ancient Greeks, more than any other early culture, have given the template for Western civilization. The course takes viewers from the great Classical and Hellenistic eras through Greece's dramatic modern history. Discover Greek culture in examples such as Athenian democracy; Greek religious beliefs; Greek drama, epic poetry, and philosophy; and Greek sculpture, vase painting, and architecture. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references in course guidebook. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Why study the Greek world? -- Bronze Age Greece: Minoans and Myceneans -- Dark Age and Archaic Greece -- Classical Greece: the age of Pericles -- Alexander the Great: Greek culture spreads -- Greece, Rome, Byzantium, and Baghdad. Disc 2. Modern ideas of ancient Greece -- The birth of the Greek nation-state -- Greek mythology: monsters and misfits -- Greek religion: dangerous gods, tricky heroes -- The sensuality of Greek sculpture -- The perfection of Greek architecture. Disc 3. The monumentality of Greek painting -- Homer's humanity: the epic experience -- Greek theater: producing and staging plays -- Greek drama: laughter and tears -- Greek politics, law, and public speaking -- Greek historians: the birth of history. Disc 4. Greek philosophy: man and nature -- Greek science: discovery and controversy -- The Greek way of waging war -- Greek language, literacy, and writing -- Eating and drinking among the Greeks -- What does Greece mean to us today? |
| Subject |
Greece -- Social life and customs -- Videodiscs.
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Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 BC -- Videodiscs.
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| Chronological Term |
To 146 BC -- Videodiscs. |
| Genre |
Lectures.
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Educational films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Historical films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Garland, Robert, 1947- lecturer.
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Teaching Company, production company.
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| ISBN |
9781629979069 |
| Standard No. |
9781629979069 |
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9781629979069 |
| Music No. |
ID3189A-01 The Teaching Company (disc container) |
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PB3189A The Teaching Company (course guidebook) |
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3189 The Teaching Company |
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