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The Odyssey of Homer [videorecording] /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 302 | Teaching CompanySeries: Great courses (DVD)Publication details: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., [2003]Description: 2 videodiscs (366 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (60 p. ; 22 cm.)ISBN:
  • 1565857402 :
  • 9781565857407
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 883 22
LOC classification:
  • PA4167 .V36 2003d
Contents:
lecture 1. Heroes' homecoming -- lecture 2. Guests and hosts -- lecture 3. A goddess and a princess -- lecture 4. Odysseus among the Phaiakians -- lecture 5. Odysseus tells his own story -- lecture 6. From Persephone's land to the Island of Helios -- lecture 7. The goddess, the swineherd, and the beggar -- lecture 8. Reunion and return -- lecture 9. Odysseus and Penelope -- lecture 10. Recognitions and revenge -- lecture 11. Reunion and resolution -- lecture 12. The Trojan War and the archaeologists.
Elizabeth Vandiver, lecturer.Summary: In the sequel to her course, "Iliad," Dr. Vandiver explores the story of Odysseus, "the man of many twists and turns." Odysseus returns home from the Trojan War by the most winding and adventurous route imaginable, battling gods and monsters and even visiting Hades in his quest to get to Ithaca and set his lands and life in order.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
VID VID Chamberlin Free Public Library Video DVD 883 HOM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34517000319502

"Part 1 of 1"--Cover.

lecture 1. Heroes' homecoming -- lecture 2. Guests and hosts -- lecture 3. A goddess and a princess -- lecture 4. Odysseus among the Phaiakians -- lecture 5. Odysseus tells his own story -- lecture 6. From Persephone's land to the Island of Helios -- lecture 7. The goddess, the swineherd, and the beggar -- lecture 8. Reunion and return -- lecture 9. Odysseus and Penelope -- lecture 10. Recognitions and revenge -- lecture 11. Reunion and resolution -- lecture 12. The Trojan War and the archaeologists.

Elizabeth Vandiver, lecturer.

In the sequel to her course, "Iliad," Dr. Vandiver explores the story of Odysseus, "the man of many twists and turns." Odysseus returns home from the Trojan War by the most winding and adventurous route imaginable, battling gods and monsters and even visiting Hades in his quest to get to Ithaca and set his lands and life in order.

DVD, region 1.

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