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Vandiver, Elizabeth, 1956-
Mythology, Classical.
Mythology, Greek.
Mythology, Roman.
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Classical
mythology
[videorecording (DVD)] / Elizabeth Vandiver.
by
Vandiver, Elizabeth, 1956-
Teaching Co., 2000.
Call #:
DVD 292.13 V245c
Subjects
Mythology
,
Classical
.
Mythology
, Greek.
Mythology
, Roman.
Series
Great
courses
(DVD). Literature & language. Western literature.
Great
courses
(DVD).
ISBN:
9781565855687
156585568
Alternate title:
Great
Courses
.
Classical
mythology
[videorecording (DVD)]
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Description:
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebooks (160 p.)
Notes:
Course guidebook includes an outline for each lecture, a glossary, biographical notes, and a bibliography.
Course no. 243.
"24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.
Home use only.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (Course guidebook, pages 149-160).
Contents:
Disc 1. Introduction -- What is myth? -- Why is myth? -- "First was Chaos" -- The reign of the Olympians -- Immortals and mortals -- Disc 2. Demeter, Persephone, and the conquest of death -- The Eleusinian Mysteries and the afterlife -- Apollo and Artemis -- Hermes and Dionysos -- Laughter-loving Aphrodite -- Culture, pre-history, and the "
Great
Goddess" -- Disc 3. Humans, heroes, and half-gods -- Theseus and the "test-and-quest" myth -- From myth to history and back again -- The greatest hero of all -- The Trojan War -- The terrible House of Atreus -- Disc 4. Blood vengeance, justice, and the Furies -- The tragedies of King Oedipus -- Monstrous females and female monsters -- Roman founders, Roman fables -- "Gods are useful" -- From Ovid to the stars.
Performers:
Lecturer, Professor Elizabeth Vandiver, Whitman College.
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.
Genre:
Filmed lectures.
Educational films.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Teaching Company.
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