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Ancient Greece 101: The Animated Text Book [Kindle Edition with Audio/Video]

Understand the history of Ancient Greece in 30 minutes or less with this enhanced eBook. "Ancient Greece 101: The Text Book" presents all of the information about this civilization into an easy-to-digest format. This Text Book contains 4,000 words written and curated by Ivy League graduates, and stars Dr. Vook, Ph.D., a smart professor who explains everything you need to know about Greece, in 8 exciting videos.
Find out about the rise of city-states, the birth of democracy and the fall of ancient Greece. Put meaning to different time periods, such as "The Archaic Ages" and "The Dark Ages." Whether you're interested in studying history, brushing up on a course you took years ago, or fascinated by Greece, you will advance your knowledge.
Understand the history of Greece as well as a college professor, and with this book as your guide you will be able to read these informative chapters:
-Introduction
-An Emerging Civilization
-The Rise of the City-States
-A Military Legacy
-The Birth of Democracy
-The Golden Age
-The Price of War
-The Fall of Ancient Greece
This book give you a concise overview of history in an entertaining format. The video clips are especially entertaining. I am more likely to retain this information than that from a dry history textbook. Give us more TextVooks!

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Troy: From Homer's Iliad to Hollywood Epic: From Homer's "Iliad" to Hollywood Epic [Kindle Edition]

"These essays—all clearly written and accessible to wide audiences—will thus provide invaluable supporting material for teachers of ′classics and film′. The breadth of the contributions and their willingness to provide a good level of background information are ... indications of this volume′s usefulness to students." (The Classical Review, 2008)
"Winkler’s attractive collection of thirteen essays explores a little of the current state of research on the non–cinematic Troy, but focuses primarily on the film’s various achievements.... Winkler’s engaging essay on ‘The Iliad and the Cinema’ turns reception–study on its head and reads several scenes from Homer through the lens of film studies; Winkler’s annotated filmography of the Trojan war, along with his wide–ranging and passionate introduction, will be essential research material for scholars exploring Troy – or just the original Windy City." (Journal of Hellenic Studies, February 2009)
"Classics and film is a staple of university curricula; it has become respectable, in large part thanks to Winkler′s own persistent dedication ... Certainly [the book′s] roster of contributors is aptly chosen for philological and ... archaeological strength–in–depth ... All of us working in the subject area will need to familiarize ourselves with the volume′s contents ... We will be seeing a lot of this material in student essays and dissertations from here on in ... A strong and appealingly diverse field of essays ... adventurous in scope and very well informed. It will inspire students and professionals alike to fresh explorations." (Arion)
"Any reader interested in understanding the relationship between the Homeric texts and this film will profit greatly from this collection… I would even highly recommend this collection to readers of Homer with little interest in contemporary film. [Such] insights should encourage the reader to look at the Homeric texts with a new perspective." (New England Classical Journal)

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History of Greek Cinema [Kindle Edition]

The history of Greek cinema is a rather obscure and unexamined affair. Greek cinema started slowly and then collapsed; for several years it struggled to reinvent itself, produced its first mature works, then collapsed completely and almost vanished. Because of such a complex historical trajectory no comprehensive survey of the development of Greek cinema has been written in English. This book is the first to explore its development and the contexts that defined it by focusing on its main films, personalities and theoretical discussions. A History of Greek Cinema focuses on the early decades and the attempts to establish a “national” cinema useful to social cohesion and national identity. It also analyses the problems and the dilemmas that many Greek directors faced in order to establish a distinct Greek cinema language and presents the various stages of development throughout the background of the turbulent political history of the country. The book combines historical analysis and discussions about cinematic form in to construct a narrative history about Greek cinematic successes and failures.
About the Author
Vrasidas Karalis is Associate Professor of Modern Greek at The University of Sydney, co-editor of the Modern Greek Studies Journal (Australia and New Zealand) and current President of the Sydney Society of Literature and Aesthetics.