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Silver: A Source of Power for the State: Evidence of Archaeology (1989 Video)

Producer

Tony Coe

Subject

Archaeology; Classical studies

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., Sale as part of A209/VC1 only.

The initial success of the Athenian empire was founded on the surplus revenue from the silver mines of the Laurion area. Examines how archaeologists go about testing such an idea. Uses excavations at the...

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Theatre and the State, The: Archaeological Reconstruction (1989 Video)

Producer

Tony Coe

Subject

Classical studies; Drama

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., Sale as part of A209/VC1 only.

Where and how were the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides performed? What did theatre mean to the Greeks? Chris Emlyn-Jones looks at archaeological evidence in Athens, Epidaurus and Thorikos - and...

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Weight of the Evidence, The: The Trial of Socrates (1989 Video)

Producer

Tony Coe

Subject

Classical studies; Philosophy

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., Sale as part of A209/VC2 only.

Through the centuries the trial of Socrates has been seen in terms of an intellectual martyr’s struggle against the power of the state. But what exactly was Socrates accused of, and how far was his...

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Western Tradition, The (8 Parts) (1989 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 8 x 30 min., 1997 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p) each

Series tracing the history of ideas, events and institutions that have shaped modern societies. Explores interconnections among politics, literature, economics, industry, agriculture, art, philosophy and...

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My Family and Me (1986 Video)

aka: H Oikogenia Mou Kai Ego

Director

Colette Piault

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 75 minutes), £24.00

Examines family relationships in the context of migration. Thanassakis, a 13-year-old boy, is staying with his grandparents in their Greek village in Epirus, while his parents are staying with his younger...

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Euripides’ Life and Times: ‘The Trojan Women’ (1986 Video)

Subject

Classical studies; Drama

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 38 mins), $199.00

Uses scenes from ‘The Trojan Women’ to illuminate themes of Euripides tragedies and provide insights into daily life in ancient Athens, the status of women in Greek society, and the effects of war on the...

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Euripides’ ‘Medea’ 1 (1986 Video)

Director

Peter Steadman

Subject

Classical studies; Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 110 min., 2000 sale: US$95.50 (+p&p)

Performance of Euripides’ ‘Medea’, directed by Peter Steadman, in ancient Greek with English subtitles.

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Let’s Get Married...! (1985 Video)

aka: Ela na Pandreftoume

Director

Colette Piault

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £20.00

While on holiday in Greece Eleni, who lived with her Aunt Martha’s family in Martin, Tennessee, met Dimitrius, who was living and working with his father in their Greek village in Epirus. They fell in love...

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Greeks Have a Word for It, The (1983 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min., 1998 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) pair

A study of Greece in the 20th century. 1: Looking for the essence of Greekness - Greek identity and some of the major landmarks of Greece. 2: The drift from rural to urban life; emigraion and its effects on...

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Hard Life, A (1983 Video)

aka: Mia Skliri Zoi

Director

Colette Piault

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £24.00

Follows Kalliopi Kalogerou, who has spent her entire life in the Greek village in Epirus where she was born in 1900. A simple witness to the century, she has lived through Turkish domination and successive...

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