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Classical mythology

Vandiver, Elizabeth, 1956- (Added Author). Teaching Company. (Added Author).

Summary: Introduces the student to the primary characters and most important stories of classical Greek and Roman mythology. Surveys some of the leading theoretical approaches to understanding myth in general and classical myth in particular.

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  • ISBN: 156585568X :
  • ISBN: 9781565855687
  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videodisc
    4 videodiscs (12 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 160 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
  • Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Course no. 243.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1. lecture 1. Introduction ; lecture 2. What is myth? ; lecture 3. Why is myth? ; lecture 4. "First was Chaos" ; lecture 5. The reign of the Olympians -- Disc 2. lecture 7. Demeter, Persephone, and the conquest of death ; lecture 8. The Eleusinian Mysteries and the afterlife ; lecture 9. Apollo and Artemis ; lecture 10. Hermes and Dionysos ; lecture 11. Laughter-loving Aphrodite ; lecture 12. Culture, pre-history, and the "Great Goddess" -- disc 3. lecture 13. Humans, heroes, and half-gods ; lecture 14. Theseus and the "test-and-quest" myth ; lecture 15. From myth to history and back again ; lecture 16. The greatest hero of all ; lecture 17. The Trojan War ; lecture 18. The terrible House of Atreus -- disc 4. lecture 19. Blood vengeance, justice, and the Furies ; lecture 20. The tragedies of King Oedipus ; lecture 21. Monstrous females and female monsters ; lecture 22. Roman founders, Roman fables ; lecture 23. "Gods are useful" ; lecture 24. From Ovid to the stars.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1.
Subject: Mythology, Classical
Mythology, Greek
Mythology, Roman

Available copies

  • 4 of 5 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.

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