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Aspects of the Classic Greek Theater (1960 Video)

Subject

Classical studies; Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC). col. 13 min., 2000 sale: US$169.00 (+p&p)

Features scenes from Sophocles’ ‘Electra’, directed by Dimitrios Rondiris of the National Theatre of Greece, an authority on classical Greek movement and the vocal style of the Chorus. It provides a...

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Persian Wars, The: The Storm from the East (1997 Video)

Subject

Classical studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £38.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Traces the causes and course of the Persian Wars, from the Ionian revolt against Persian rule in the town of Miletus in 499BC to the Battle of Platea. Filmed on location, shows the major sites of the...

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Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece: Knossos and Delphi (2005)

Subject

Archaeology; Classical studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £14.99

The ancient Greeks used buildings and structures to reflect the variety of life at the core of their civilisation - they built the first theatres, staged the first sports events and worshiped some of the...

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Engineering an Empire: Collector’s Edition (2010)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 748 minutes), £24.99

The ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE series takes a closer look at some of the most incredible civilizations the world has known and just how exactly they became so powerful. This collection features: Greece, Greece -...

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Southern European Crisis and the Future of Europe (2015)

Subject

Economics; Politics & government; Social Studies

Podcast. Discussion held at Birkbeck College, University of London 30 June 2015. The dramatic developments in Greece culminate on June 30 when the loan to Greece and the austerity conditions attached to it...

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The Age of Tyrants: Sappho Via Gounod’s Opera (2017)

Subject

Film studies; Literature

The heroine of Charles Gounod’s French opera Sapho (1851) sings her last aria O My Immortal Lyre on a Greek cliff before plunging to her death. Sappho, the most famous poet of the ‘Lyric Age’ of...

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Agora: From Democracy to the Market (2015)

aka: Agor’a: From Democracy to the Market

Director

Yorgos Avgeropoulos

Subject

Economics; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL), 17.99 Euros

Documentary about the Greek financial crisis by filmmaker Yorgos Avgeropoulos. This film follows development of the crisis and its impact on people’s lives, including homelessness, unemployment, poverty,...

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Fall of Athens, The: The Peloponesian War (1995 Video)

Subject

Classical studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 80 min., 1997 sale: £38.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Extracts from the writings of Thucydides are used to look at the causes and effects of the Peloponesian war. By the late 5th century BC Greece had become crowded with prosperous cities all striving for...

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Athens: Democracy for the Few (1996 Video)

Producer

Jeremy Cooper

Subject

Classical studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Explores why Athens is thought of as the birthplace of democracy and the ways in which Athenian democracy differed from what we would recognise as democratic now. Looks at the 19th-century origins of the...

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Culture of Democracy, The (2006)

Director

Ari Ahola

Subject

Classical studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £15.99

A video essay on the birth of the constitutional state. The modern western parliamentary system was developed according to the Athenian model that was created in Greece 2,500 years ago. The video examines...

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