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The Resource Classical mythology, [lectures by Professor Elizabeth Vandiver, Whitman College], (sound recording)

Classical mythology, [lectures by Professor Elizabeth Vandiver, Whitman College], (sound recording)

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eng
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2 volumes (12 sound discs) (12 hr.)
Note
  • In two containers
  • "Course No. 243"
  • Each volume has six sound discs containing twelve thirty-minute lectures
  • Book included with volume 1 only
  • Some copies of volume 1 are Library edition in differently sized container (25 cm.)
Contents
  • Volume 1. disc 1. 1. Introduction ; 2. What is myth? -- disc 2. 3. Why is myth? ; 4. "First was chaos" -- disc 3. 5. The reign of the Olympians ; 6. Immortals and mortals -- disc 4. 7. Demeter, Persephone, and the conquest of death ; 8. The Eleusinian mysteries and the afterlife -- disc 5. 9. Apollo and Artemis ; 10 Hermes and Dionysos -- disc 6. 11. Laughter-loving Aphrodite ; 12. Culture, prehistory, and the "Great Goddess"
  • Volume 2. disc 7. 13 Humans, heroes, and half-gods ; 14. Theseus and the "Test-and'Quest" myth -- disc 8. 15. From myth to history and back again ; 16. The greatest hero of all -- disc 9. 17. The Trojan War ; 18. The terrible house of Atreus -- disc 10. 19. Blood vengeance, justice, and the furies -- disc 11. 21. Monstrous females and female monsters ; 22. Roman founders, Roman fables -- disc 12. 23. "Gods are useful" -- 24. From Ovid to the stars
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9781565852921
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Classical mythology
Title
Classical mythology
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[lectures by Professor Elizabeth Vandiver, Whitman College]
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  • The great courses. Literature & Language
  • The great courses. Western literature
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adult
Classical mythology, [lectures by Professor Elizabeth Vandiver, Whitman College], (sound recording)
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Classical mythology, [lectures by Professor Elizabeth Vandiver, Whitman College], (sound recording)
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Note
  • In two containers
  • "Course No. 243"
  • Each volume has six sound discs containing twelve thirty-minute lectures
  • Book included with volume 1 only
  • Some copies of volume 1 are Library edition in differently sized container (25 cm.)
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1 book.
Bibliography note
Course guidebook includes a Timeline, Notes, Bibliographical refererences (pages 128-148) and Bibliography (pages 129-160)
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spoken word
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Contents
  • Volume 1. disc 1. 1. Introduction ; 2. What is myth? -- disc 2. 3. Why is myth? ; 4. "First was chaos" -- disc 3. 5. The reign of the Olympians ; 6. Immortals and mortals -- disc 4. 7. Demeter, Persephone, and the conquest of death ; 8. The Eleusinian mysteries and the afterlife -- disc 5. 9. Apollo and Artemis ; 10 Hermes and Dionysos -- disc 6. 11. Laughter-loving Aphrodite ; 12. Culture, prehistory, and the "Great Goddess"
  • Volume 2. disc 7. 13 Humans, heroes, and half-gods ; 14. Theseus and the "Test-and'Quest" myth -- disc 8. 15. From myth to history and back again ; 16. The greatest hero of all -- disc 9. 17. The Trojan War ; 18. The terrible house of Atreus -- disc 10. 19. Blood vengeance, justice, and the furies -- disc 11. 21. Monstrous females and female monsters ; 22. Roman founders, Roman fables -- disc 12. 23. "Gods are useful" -- 24. From Ovid to the stars
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Extent
2 volumes (12 sound discs) (12 hr.)
Isbn
9781565852921
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  • PC243A
  • IC243A-01
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