Herodotus, the father of history [sound recording] /
Vandiver, Elizabeth, 1956-
Herodotus, the father of history [sound recording] / Elizabeth Vandiver. - Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2002. - 12 sound discs (ca. 720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (22 cm.) - The great courses . - Great courses (Compact disc) .
Compact disc. In 2 containers.
part I: lecture 1. Herodotus and history -- lecture 2. "Inquiry" & the birth of history -- lecture 3. Myth, legend & oral tradition -- lecture 4. Homeric epic & the East-West conflict -- lecture 5. The Ionian enlightenment -- lecture 6. Athens in the Archaic age -- lecture 7. Politics & culture in fifth-century Athens -- lecture 8. Scope, design, & organization of the Histories -- lecture 9. The beginning of conflict -- lecture 10. Croesus, Solon, & human happiness -- lecture 11. Cyrus & the foundation of the Persian Empire -- lecture 12. Herodotus' account of Egypt. part II: lecture 13. The ascension of Darius -- lecture 14. Darius & the Scythians -- lecture 15. Sparta & the Spartan way of life -- lecture 16. The Ionian revolt & the battle of Marathon -- lecture 17. Xerxes & the threat to Greece -- lecture 18. The battles of Thermopylae & Artemisium -- lecture 19. The victory of Greece -- lecture 20. Persons, personalities, & peoples -- lecture 21. The gods, fate & the supernatural -- lecture 22. History or literature-- or both? -- lecture 23. Herodotus, the Peloponnesian War, & Thucydides -- lecture 24. Aftermath & influence.
Lectures presented by Professor Elizabeth Vandiver.
An introduction to the work of Herodotus, the first Greek historian. Considers Herodotus' work in its cultural context, both as history and as literature.
1565852893 9781565852891
2353 Teaching Company 2351--2352 Teaching Company
Herodotus.
Herodotus. History.
History, Ancient.
Greece--History--To 146 B.C.
CD D 56.52 .H45 V36 2002
Herodotus, the father of history [sound recording] / Elizabeth Vandiver. - Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2002. - 12 sound discs (ca. 720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (22 cm.) - The great courses . - Great courses (Compact disc) .
Compact disc. In 2 containers.
part I: lecture 1. Herodotus and history -- lecture 2. "Inquiry" & the birth of history -- lecture 3. Myth, legend & oral tradition -- lecture 4. Homeric epic & the East-West conflict -- lecture 5. The Ionian enlightenment -- lecture 6. Athens in the Archaic age -- lecture 7. Politics & culture in fifth-century Athens -- lecture 8. Scope, design, & organization of the Histories -- lecture 9. The beginning of conflict -- lecture 10. Croesus, Solon, & human happiness -- lecture 11. Cyrus & the foundation of the Persian Empire -- lecture 12. Herodotus' account of Egypt. part II: lecture 13. The ascension of Darius -- lecture 14. Darius & the Scythians -- lecture 15. Sparta & the Spartan way of life -- lecture 16. The Ionian revolt & the battle of Marathon -- lecture 17. Xerxes & the threat to Greece -- lecture 18. The battles of Thermopylae & Artemisium -- lecture 19. The victory of Greece -- lecture 20. Persons, personalities, & peoples -- lecture 21. The gods, fate & the supernatural -- lecture 22. History or literature-- or both? -- lecture 23. Herodotus, the Peloponnesian War, & Thucydides -- lecture 24. Aftermath & influence.
Lectures presented by Professor Elizabeth Vandiver.
An introduction to the work of Herodotus, the first Greek historian. Considers Herodotus' work in its cultural context, both as history and as literature.
1565852893 9781565852891
2353 Teaching Company 2351--2352 Teaching Company
Herodotus.
Herodotus. History.
History, Ancient.
Greece--History--To 146 B.C.
CD D 56.52 .H45 V36 2002