Classical mythology [videorecording] / Elizabeth Vandiver.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: 243 | Teaching Company241--242 | Teaching CompanySeries: Great courses (DVD)Publication details: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2000.Description: 4 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (71 p. each ; 22 cm.)ISBN:
  • 156585568X :
  • 9781565855687
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DVD BL 782 .V36 2000
Contents:
pt. 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 ; 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" -- pt. 2. 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 ; 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.
Cast: Instructor: Elizabeth Vandiver, University of Maryland.Summary: In this set of 24 lectures, Professor Elizabeth Vandiver, University of Maryland, introduces the student to the primary characters and most important stories of classical Greek and Roman mythology. She also surveys some of the leading theoretical approaches to understanding myth in general and classical myth in particular.
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DVD Storms Research Center DVD Collection DVD BL 782 .V36 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 1. 98639891
DVD Storms Research Center DVD Collection DVD BL 782 .V36 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 2. 98639892
DVD Storms Research Center DVD Collection DVD BL 782 .V36 2000 PT. 2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 3. 98639888
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DVD Storms Research Center DVD Collection DVD BL 782 .V36 2000 TRANS. (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98639886
DVD Storms Research Center DVD Collection DVD BL 782 .V36 2000 TRANS. PT. 2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98639887
DVD Storms Research Center DVD Collection DVD BL 782 .V36 2000 GUIDEBK. (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Accompanying Guidebook. 98639893

DVD, region 1.

24 lectures on 4 discs, 2 discs per container.

In 2 containers (25 x 17 cm.).

In this set of 24 lectures, Professor Elizabeth Vandiver, University of Maryland, introduces the student to the primary characters and most important stories of classical Greek and Roman mythology. She also surveys some of the leading theoretical approaches to understanding myth in general and classical myth in particular.

pt. 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 ; 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" -- pt. 2. 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 ; 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.

Instructor: Elizabeth Vandiver, University of Maryland.

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