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  1. 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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  2. Discovering Ancient Greece (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Classical studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 35 min., 1999 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p)

    Explores the civilisation of Greece throughout the period 1500-100 BC. Uses live photography, architectural reconstructions and works of art to recreate the country’s history. Explores Mycenae, Corinth,...

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  3. 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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  4. Hippolytos of Euripides, The (1995 Video)

    Director
    Harry Love
    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 75 min., 2001 sale: £35.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A performance of the Greek tragedy ‘Hippolytos’ by the staff and students of the departments of Classics, Drama and Music at the University of Otago in New Zealand, translated and directed by Harry Love,...

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  5. Oedipus the King (1995)

    Director
    Harry Love
    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 75 minutes), £35.00

    A performance of ‘Oedipus Rex’ translated and directed by Dr Harry Love, with music for the choruses by Michael Norris. Principal roles are played by professional actors; other parts by staff and...

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  6. Sphakia Survey (Greece): Methods and Results Video (1995)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Classical studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (50 min), £25.00

    The video is designed to explain to non-specialists the methods and possible results of archaeological field survey. It takes as its focus the Sphakia Survey, which covers a long timespan, 5000 years, from...

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  7. Mighty Acheloos (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Thomas Schulz-Westrum
    Subject
    Engineering; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Thomas Schulz-Westrum follows Greece’s largest river, Achellos, from its source in the Pindus mountains to its delta and reveals that the dams and river diversion that the Greek government is proposing to...

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  8. Classical Sculpture and the Enlightenment (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    Classical studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The Grand Tour took many people of taste and wealth to Italy in the 18th century. Antique artefacts brought back from some of these travels form the nucleus of many of today’s museum collections. This...

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  9. Essential History of Europe (1992 Video)

    Producer
    John Triffit
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 x 30 min., 1996 sale: £240.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    12: Profiles Belgium, whose success lies in its iron and steel industry, geographical position and arms trade, and also its Eurocrats.

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  10. Ajax (1991 Video)

    Director
    Peter Meineck
    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 71 min., 2000 sale: US$269.00 (+p&p)

    A production of Sophocles’ play ‘Ajax’ by the London Small Theatre Company, directed by Peter Meineck, which modernises the sets and characters while keeping classical themes intact.

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