Originally released in 1989. Narrator: André Dussollier.
Contents:
Disc 1. Symposium, or accepted ideas -- Olympics, or imaginary Greece -- Democracy, or the city of dreams -- Nostalgia, or the impossible return -- Amnesia, or history on the march -- Mathematics, or the empire counts back -- Logomachy, or the dialect of the tribe -- Disc 2. Music, or inner space -- Cosmogony, or the ways of the world -- Mythology, or lies like truth -- Misogyny, or the snares of desire -- Tragedy, or the illusion of death -- Philosophy, or the triumph of the owl.
Summary:
"Each episode has artists and intellectuals from around the world start with a Greek word and use it as a starting point for a wide-ranging exploration of the influence of Greek culture on today's society"--Container.
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