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Life lessons from the great myths

Fears, J. Rufus 1945-2012 (presenter.). Teaching Company, (production company.).

Summary: A series of lectures delivered by Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma in which he explores the world's greatest myths. Beginning with the Trojan War and the Illiad and moving through the Bronze age in the Mediterranean with Theseus and Oedipus, Mesopotamia and Gilgamesh, the three great religions from the Middle East, the Roman Empire in the Aeneid, Romulus and Remus and Augustus, Alexander the Great, the British Isles, Beowulf and King Arthur, Julius Caesar and Napoleon, ultimately crossing the Atlantic to consider the myths of America created from the oldest legends of humankind.

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  • ISBN: 1598037765
  • ISBN: 9781598037760
  • Physical Description: sound recording
    videodisc
    6 videodiscs (approximately 1080 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 196 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
  • Publisher: Chantilly, Virginia : Teaching Co., 2011.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Accompanying course guidebook includes bibliographical references (p. 190-196.)
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1 : Heroes, history and myth -- The myth of Troy -- Homer and mythology -- In search of historical Troy -- Life lessons from the Trojan War -- Jason and the golden fleece / Disc 2 : Theseus and the minotaur -- Myth and Athenian drama -- Fate and free will in mythology -- Atlantis, fact or fiction? -- The epic of Gilgamesh -- Gilgamesh and history / Disc 3 : The book of Genesis -- Exodus, the foundation of the Jewish people -- The historical power of biblical stories -- Aeneas, Rome's national hero -- Romulus, the founder of Rome -- Lays of ancient Rome / Disc 4 : Alexander the Great in history -- Alexander the Great in romance -- Beowulf, historical roots and heroic values -- King Arthur, fact or fiction? -- In search of the holy grail -- Vikings in America? / Disc 5 : Vergil the magician -- The Battle of Kosovo -- Julius Caesar in history -- Napoleon and the mantle of Caesar -- Arminius and German mythology -- Teuton versus Roman / Disc 6 : Davy Crockett and the myth of the frontier -- The Alamo -- Jesse James and the myth of the outlaw -- General Custer, hero or villian? -- Reagan, Hollywood, and American ideals -- Mythology as a path to wisdom.
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