Displaying 1 of 1 2020 Title: The Greek world : a study of the history and culture. Publisher, Date: Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2020] ©2020 Format: DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials Description: 4 videodiscs (12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 1 course guidebook (242 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). 4 3/4 in. digital optical NTSC video file DVD video 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. Series: The great courses. History. Civilization & culture. Great courses (DVD) Subjects: Greece -- Social life and customs. Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C. Genre: Lectures. Educational films. Historical films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Nonfiction films. Other Author: Garland, Robert, 1947- lecturer. Teaching Company, production company. Notes: DVD. In English; closed-captioned. "Course No. 3189"--Container. 24 lectures (30 min. each). Lecturer, Robert Garland, Colgate University. 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? ISBN: 9781629979069 1629979066 9781629979069 Publisher or Distributor Number: ID3189A-01 PB3189A 3189 Other Number: 1161989519 Control Number: 1570833 Course Reserves: 0 System Availability: 1 # Local items: 1 # System items in: 1 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1