The Ancient World: Greece
1955, English. Directed by Ray Garner.
This film recreates the ancient Greek world through its extant art and literature. The narration is from translations of Greek authors, including Hesiod, Pindar, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, and Plutarch, and accompanies visual impressions of Greek religious philosophy and history through the golden age. The film features spectacular footage of Crete, Knossos, Mycenae, and the sculptures of Athens. It discusses the Persians at Marathon, then 10 years later, Xerxes at Thermopylae.
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- 1h 6m
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- English
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The Ancient World: Greece runs 66 minutes (1h 6m).
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The Ancient World: Greece (1955) was directed by Ray Garner.