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Presents an introduction to ancient Greek civilization, discussing its history, politics, art, religion, literature, philosophy, military, gods, and heroes.

Discusses the land, history, government, economy, culture, and people of ancient Greece.

The Hellenistic Age was a time of opportunity and adventure, when a Celt from the lower Danube could serve in the mercenary army of a Macedonian king ruling in Egypt. Greek city-states came together under the earliest federal governments known to history, while scientists of Ptolemaic Alexandria measured the circumference of the earth, and pioneering Greek argonauts explored the Atlantic coast of Africa. Drawing on inscriptions, papyri, coinage, poetry,...

In the first of this film series, Dr. Michael Scott travels across Greece, exploring the lives of the people who gave us democracy, architecture, philosophy, language, literature, and sport. He visits ancient cities, battlefields, great ruins, and the wild countryside in his search to uncover how the ancient Greeks lived. Democracy, physical fitness, worship, citizenship, pederastic relationships, infanticide, and art create a paradoxical portrait...

In this second film, Dr. Michael Scott explores the legacies of the Ancient Greeks. He travels to Athens, Olympia, Macedon, Turkey, and Sicily and examines ancient ruins and artifacts. He discovers why the Greeks were so successful, why their culture and way of life spread across continents, and why they still have a powerful hold over our imaginations today.

A survey of classical culture until the fall of Athens in 404 B.C. including its drama, painting, poetry, philosophy, law, science, math, religion, democracy, and mythology.

"Within the space of three centuries leading up to the great Persian invasion of 480 B.C., Greece was transformed from a simple peasant society into a sophisticated civilization which dominated the shores of the Mediterranean from Spain to Syria and from the Crimea to Egypt -- a culture whose achievements in the fields of art, science, philosophy and politics were to establish the canons of the Western world. The author places this remarkable development...

Employs the findings of archaeological research to reconstruct Greek society, politics, religion, art, and architecture from 1100 B.C. to 500 B.C.

Explores Greek culture through excerpts from Greek writers grouped under general headings-War, The Enquiring Mind, Ships and the Sea, Everyday Life, The Theatre, Time Off, and Gods, Omens and Oracles.