Golden age the second part recounts the greeks heroic victory against the mighty persian empire through the life of themistocles, one of athens greatest generals. Episode 2 30s watch full length explore history as the ancient greeks emerge from the first dark ages to compose timeless epics, compete in the original olympic games, conjure early theories of nature and construct the worlds first democracy. Explore history as the ancient greeks emerge from the first dark ages to. More than 3,000 years ago, a unique constellation of circumstances, events, resources and people coalesced in a corner of the aegean and changed the course of human history forever. The greeks revolution and democracy episode 2 kqed. Self california state university, fresno 1 episode, 2000.
The greeks, season 1 episode 2, is available to watch and stream on pbs. Your continuing support helps make west tn pbs possible. Episode 2 the good strife the greeks pbs learningmedia. Connect with pbs on facebook connect with pbs on twitter. The greeks rise of the individual premieres tuesday, june 28, 2016, 9. This threepart series will dig into the past to expose the present, seek to understand the greeks to understand ourselves, and plumb todays greatest minds to. After several violent fits and starts, the most successful form of governance in history is invented. Studying the gorgeous, ancient cup of nestor, you begin to get a sense of the character of the greek people in the 8th century b. With paul cartledge, victor davis hanson, keith hopwood, liam neeson. They were an extraordinary people born of white rock and blue sea. Today, of course, greece conjures very different images.
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Olympia, stunning graphics depict the worldwide draw of the early olympics. A statue of the spartan war hero, leonidas, at thermopylae, where the greeks faced off against a much larger persian army. A documentary, narrated by actor liam neeson, that chronicles. Egypt episode 1 chaos and kings full episode duration. In this three part miniseries created with national geographic, learn about the ancient civilization of the greeks, from the very beginning of trade on the greek. In this three part miniseries created with national geographic, learn about the ancient civilization of the greeks, from the very beginning of trade on the greek islands during the bronze age to the height of athenian power. Watch as the rising civilization and all that it promises face its gravest tests. The greeks the birth of science episode 2 idahoptv. They invented democracy, distilled logic and reason, wrote plays to plumb the deepest recesses of the soul, and captured the perfection of the human form in athletics and art.
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