| Description |
12 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 booklets (22 cm) |
| Series |
Great courses on tape |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Performer |
Lectures by Professor Jeremy McInerney, University of Pennsylvania. |
| Note |
In two containers, with 6 discs and 1 booklet in each container. |
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Accompanying booklets include bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. lecture 1. Greece and the Western world -- lecture 2. Minoan Crete -- 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 I -- 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. |
| Subject |
Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.
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Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1565853202 |
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9781565853201 |
| Music No. |
323 Teaching Company |
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