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Format:
Video disc
Title:
Athenian Democracy : an experiment for the ages
ISBN:
9781629975412
Publication Information:
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., ©2018.
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (v, 179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm)
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Contents:
Lecture 1: Why Athenian Democracy Matters -- Lecture 2: The Origins of Greek Democracy -- Lecture 3: Solon: The Father of Democracy? -- Lecture 4: Cleisthenes the Innovator -- Lecture 5: The Nearly Bloodless Coup -- Lecture 6: Democracy at War -- Lecture 7: The Popular Assembly -- Lecture 8: The Council and the Magistrates -- Lecture 9: The Citizens of Athens -- Lecture 10: "The Empire You Hold Is a Tyranny" -- Lecture 11: The Age of Pericles -- Lecture 12: Public Speaking in Athens -- Lecture 13: Pericles's Funeral Speech -- Lecture 14: Democracy Under Duress -- Lecture 15: The Culture of Athenian Democracy -- Lecture 16: Political Leadership in Athens -- Lecture 17: The Brutality of Athenian Democracy -- Lecture 18: Athenian Defeat in Sicily -- Lecture 19: Suspension, Restoration, and Termination -- Lecture 20: The Democratic Theater -- Lecture 21: Law and Order Under Democracy -- Lecture 22: Ancient Critics of Athenian Democracy -- Lecture 23: Post-Athenian Democracies -- Lecture 24: Democracy Today, Democracy Tomorrow.
Summary:
Gain insight into the story of Greek democracy and discover what lessons it offers us today.
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