McInerney, Jeremy <br/><br/>
Ancient Greek Civilization / 
Jeremy McInerney ; The Teaching Company. 
 - 1st ed.  
 - Chantilly, VA :   The Teaching Company,   2003. 
 - 4 DVDs (720 min) :   sd. col. ;   4 3/4 in +  1 Course Guidebook (103 p. : ill. ; 19 cm).  
 - The Great Courses .
<br/><br/> Includes a biography on the author, a course scope, and bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>"Professor Jeremy McInerney has delivered piercing insights into the secrets of the ancient world throughout his career, both as Davidson Kennedy Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and as a field archaeologist working at ancient sites in Israel and Greece. His scholarship on the classical world has appeared in respected academic journals, including the American Journal of Archaeology" (Publisher's website).  DISC CONTENTS:  Disc 1<br/>  Lecture 1: Greece and the Western world<br/>  Lecture 2: Minoan Grete<br/>  Lecture 3: Schliemann and Mycenae<br/>  Lecture 4: The long twilight<br/>  Lecture 5: The age of heroes<br/><br/>       Lecture 6: From Sicily to Syria, the growth of trade and <br/>colonization<br/>  Disc 2<br/>   Lecture 7: Delphi and Olympia<br/><br/>     <br/>       Lecture 8: The Spartans<br/>   Lecture 9: Revolution<br/>  Lecture 10: Tyranny<br/>  Lecture 11: The origins of democracy<br/>  Lecture 12: Beyond Greece, the Persian empire<br/>  Disc 3<br/>  Lecture 13: The Persian wars<br/><br/>     <br/>       Lecture 14: The Athenian empire<br/>  Lecture 15: The art of democracy<br/>  Lecture 16: Sacrifice and Greek religion<br/>  Lecture 17: Theater and the competition of art<br/>  Lecture 18: Sex and gender<br/>  Disc 4<br/>  Lecture 19: The Peloponnessian war, part 1<br/><br/>    <br/>     <br/>      Lecture 20: The Peloponnessian war, part II<br/>  Lecture 21: Socrates on trial<br/>  Lecture 22: Slavery and freedom<br/>  Lecture 23: Athens in decline?<br/>  Lecture 24: Philip, Alexander, and Greece in transition<br/> 
<br/><br/> "Professor Jeremy McInerney has delivered piercing insights into the secrets of the ancient world throughout his career, both as Davidson Kennedy Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and as a field archaeologist working at ancient sites in Israel and Greece. His scholarship on the classical world has appeared in respected academic journals, including the American Journal of Archaeology" (Publisher's website).   Disc 1<br/>     Lecture 1: Greece and the Western world<br/>     Lecture 2: Minoan Grete<br/>     Lecture 3: Schliemann and Mycenae<br/>     Lecture 4: The long twilight<br/>     Lecture 5: The age of heroes<br/>     Lecture 6: From Sicily to Syria, the growth of trade and colonization<br/>Disc 2<br/>     Lecture 7: Delphi and Olympia<br/>     Lecture 8: The Spartans<br/>     Lecture 9: Revolution<br/>     Lecture 10: Tyranny<br/>     Lecture 11: The origins of democracy<br/>     Lecture 12: Beyond Greece, the Persian empire<br/>Disc 3<br/>     Lecture 13: The Persian wars<br/>     Lecture 14: The Athenian empire<br/>     Lecture 15: The art of democracy<br/>     Lecture 16: Sacrifice and Greek religion<br/>     Lecture 17: Theater and the competition of art<br/>     Lecture 18: Sex and gender<br/>Disc 4<br/>     Lecture 19: The Peloponnessian war, part 1<br/>     Lecture 20: The Peloponnessian war, part II<br/>     Lecture 21: Socrates on trial<br/>     Lecture 22: Slavery and freedom<br/>     Lecture 23: Athens in decline?<br/>     Lecture 24: Philip, Alexander, and Greece in transition 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1565855728 (dvd) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>The Great Courses--History --Ancient history<br/>Greece--Cvilization.--History