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Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire - Episode 2: Spartacus ( Documentary) The Roman Empire was the largest and most powerful in history, but how did ancient.
All of these classes are available on DVD in the Digital and Multimedia Center. Classical Mythology  / Elizabeth Vandiver.  Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2000.  4 DVD videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (71 p. each ; 22 cm.)  BL782. V36 2007 Video DVD : 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. From Athena to Zeus, the characters and stories of classical mythology have been both unforgettable and profoundly influential. They have inspired and shaped everything from great art and literature, to our notions of sexuality and gender roles, to the themes of popular films and TV shows. Classical Mythology is an introduction to the primary characters and most important stories of classical Greek and Roman mythology. Among those you will study are the accounts of the creation of the world in Hesiod's Theogony and Ovid's Metamorphoses; the gods Zeus, Apollo, Demeter, Persephone, Hermes, Dionysos, and Aphrodite; the Greek Heroes, Theseus and Heracles ( Hercules in the Roman version and the most famous of all classical myths, the Trojan War. Ancient Greek Civilization  / Jeremy Mc Inerney. Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c1998.  4 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks in 1 (106 p., 22 cm.)  DF77. M35 1998 Video DVD : Taught By Professor Jeremy Mc Inerney, Ph. D., University of California at Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania.  Why do the ancient Greeks occupy such a prominent place in conceptions of Western culture and identity? What about them made generations of influential scholars and writers view Hellenic culture as the uniquely.