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BEARD, M.: CLASSICS - A Very Short Introduction (Abridged)

A Very Short Introduction to Classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and to Classics within modern culture – from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur. ‘Statues and slavery, temples and tragedies, museum, marbles and mythology’ – this provocative guide to the Classics demystifies its varied subject-matter while seducing the reader with the obvious enthusiasm and pleasure which mark its writing.

Disc 1

Classics: A Very Short Introduction

1.	The Visit - In and Out of the Museum 00:04:45

2.	And how it might once have looked 00:04:22

3.	Us and them: Classics 00:04:34

4.	On Site - All the way to Greece 00:06:28

5.	In much the same way ... 00:04:26

6.	Running down a dream 00:06:48

7.	Made in Greece - wanted in Rome 00:05:19

8.	Being There - We're all going on a summer holiday 00:04:32

9.	Off the road and outasight 00:04:36

10.	Your very special memento 00:04:07

11.	In it up to here 00:03:07

12.	It is precisely the centrality of Classics ... 00:04:55

13.	Our picture of Classics 00:02:49

14.	A Guide in Hand – Travelling back in time 00:05:15

15.	But in general terms ... 00:04:46

16.	Getting through to us 00:05:20

17.	Archaeology is the product of the same story 00:02:22

Disc 2

Classics: A Very Short Introduction

1.	Arguing the toss with them 00:06:26

2.	Beneath the Surface - What about the workers 00:05:22

3.	What price freedom 00:05:38

4.	What do you mean - the quality of life 00:05:02

5.	This study has shown that ... 00:04:24

6.	Grand Theories - Scholars and cribs 00:05:49

7.	It makes you think 00:01:50

8.	Where it all started 00:04:13

9.	'The Golden Bough'... 00:04:06

10.	At the bottom of it - myth, religion, reason, man 00:04:16

11.	All manner of eccentricities ... 00:04:15

12.	The Art of Reconstruction - The masterplan 00:07:14

13.	At home with God 00:05:24

14.	Their world, our jigsaw 00:06:12

15.	Superman, Superwoman and other monsters 00:06:16

Disc 3

Classics: A Very Short Introduction

1.	Golden oldies - the lastest craze 00:05:56

2.	The Greatest Show on Earth - Suave and Savage 00:04:44

3.	Bums on seats 00:03:47

4.	Power to the people 00:05:10

5.	Thinking up philosophy 00:03:14

6.	Getting into politics 00:05:18

7.	Thus the US President Thomas Jefferson declared… 00:05:05

8.	Imagine That - Get away from it all 00:03:28

9.	Sex and sensibility 00:07:05

10.	The superpower story 00:04:51

11.	Fun for all the family 00:03:48

12.	Learning to learn 00:05:24

13.	'Et in Arcadia Ego' - Where does 'I' come in 00:03:11

14.	Look at me - a little Latin lesson 00:05:00

15.	Brief encounter 00:01:12

Total Playing Time: 03:42:11

Author(s):
Beard, Mary

Reader(s):
Bentinck, Tim

Label: Naxos AudioBooks

Genre: History

Period: Contemporary

Catalogue No: NA334512

Barcode: 9789626343456

Physical Release: 10/2005


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4:23:09 PM, 25 November 2009

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BEARD, M.: CLASSICS - A Very Short Introduction (Abridged)