LIFE IN ANCIENT GREECE

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Titles are: FAMILY LIFE IN ANCIENT GREECE. 13½min b&w $75, color $137.50. Follows the activities of an Athenian family in 440 B.C. through the story of a young boy and a beautiful vase. Shows how the people furnished their homes, what foods they ate, how they dressed, and how they worshiped. Describes the schools and the education of a young girl in household arts. Includes scenes of a pottery factory which provided the family's livelihood. LC card Fi A 59-199. ROLE OF THE CITIZEN. 11min b&w $60, color $110. Follows a boy and his father through the countryside and the city in order to portray the political and economic life in a Greek city-state in 440 B.C., and describes the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship in this early democracy. Shows them as they visit a farm and a pottery factory, meet other citizens, and watch Greek youths taking the ephebic oath. LC card Fi A 59-200.

Complete Record: Source: Coronet Interest level: el-sh Guide: Guide Format: sd b&w

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)