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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Vandiver, Elizabeth, 1956-     Subjects     Mythology, Classical.     Mythology, Greek.     Mythology, Roman.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Vandiver, Elizabeth, 1956-       by title:      Classical mythology ...       by call number:      DVD 292.13 V245c     Search the Web     Vandiver, Elizabeth, 1956-     Mythology, Classical.     Mythology, Greek.     Mythology, Roman.       MARC Display

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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfeature DVDs DVD 292.13 V245c Adult Dvds-21 Days Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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