Video: Discovering Ancient Greece (1500-100 B.C.E.)

Summary:

Description: Beautiful live-action photography, combined with architectural reconstruction's and ancient works of art, take students on a voyage into a long-lost world. Students visit Mycenae, site of the palace of Agamemnon; the ruins of the once great city-state of Corinth; and the great theater and center of medicine at Epidauros. Students explore the ancient temples, gymnasium, and stadium at Olympia, where the first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C. At Delphi, they discover some of the secrets of this great religious center where, for over 1000 years, Oracles uttered prophesies that shaped the course of civilization. Finally, students visit ancient Athens, the birthplace of democracy, and discover some of the marvelous events that occurred during the "Golden Age". The end of the program examines the conquests of Alexander the Great and he Roman occupation of Greece. © 1995 United Learning Grades: 6-8

Segments:

Discovering Ancient Greece: Part One (15:37)
Welcome to Ancient Greece (01:32)
Mycenae (02:55)
The Collapse of Mycenae: Colonial Expansion (01:04)
Corinth (03:42)
Delphi (06:24)
Discovering Ancient Greece: Part Two (18:15)
Olympia (05:34)
Epidauros (03:17)
Athens (05:49)
Alexander the Great (01:41)
The Roman Conquest of Greece (01:45)