The Resource In search of myths & heroes, Jason & the Golden Fleece, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
In search of myths & heroes, Jason & the Golden Fleece, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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The item In search of myths & heroes, Jason & the Golden Fleece, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College.
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- Summary
- This program explores one of the oldest stories in all of Greek mythology. Michael Wood traces the route of Jason and his famous boat, the Argo, from Greece to Turkey and modern-day Georgia. It begins in the town of Volos in Greece-where King Pelias feared Jason a contender to this throne and sent him on the impossible mission to the kingdom of Colchis on the Black Sea to retrieve the magical Golden Fleece. Similarly, Wood travels by boat to the Greek islands and Turkey, where he discovers whole communities of Pontic Greek-still living and speaking Greek in contemporary Turkey. Are they the hangover from hordes of ancient Greeks pushing east and exploring the Black Sea? Was the myth inspired by this exploration? In the end, in the remote region called Svaneti, Wood finds the true source of the myth: tribesmen have for centuries panned for gold in the river using sheep's fleece
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (56 min.)
- Note
- Title from resource description page (viewed Jun. 17, 2014)
- Label
- In search of myths & heroes, Jason & the Golden Fleece
- Title
- In search of myths & heroes
- Title part
- Jason & the Golden Fleece
- Statement of responsibility
- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This program explores one of the oldest stories in all of Greek mythology. Michael Wood traces the route of Jason and his famous boat, the Argo, from Greece to Turkey and modern-day Georgia. It begins in the town of Volos in Greece-where King Pelias feared Jason a contender to this throne and sent him on the impossible mission to the kingdom of Colchis on the Black Sea to retrieve the magical Golden Fleece. Similarly, Wood travels by boat to the Greek islands and Turkey, where he discovers whole communities of Pontic Greek-still living and speaking Greek in contemporary Turkey. Are they the hangover from hordes of ancient Greeks pushing east and exploring the Black Sea? Was the myth inspired by this exploration? In the end, in the remote region called Svaneti, Wood finds the true source of the myth: tribesmen have for centuries panned for gold in the river using sheep's fleece
- Additional physical form
- Previously released as DVD
- Cataloging source
- VaAlASP
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Language note
- This edition in English
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Wood, Michael
- Maya Vision International
- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- Runtime
- 56
- Series statement
- The PBS Video Collection
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Civilization, Ancient
- Folklore
- Jason (Greek mythology)
- Mythology, Greek
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- In search of myths & heroes, Jason & the Golden Fleece, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- Note
- Title from resource description page (viewed Jun. 17, 2014)
- Control code
- ASP2362491/pbsv
- Dimensions
-
- unknown
- other
- Extent
- 1 online resource (56 min.)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
-
- remote
- other
- System control number
- (OCoLC)884830786
- Video recording format
- other
- Label
- In search of myths & heroes, Jason & the Golden Fleece, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- Note
- Title from resource description page (viewed Jun. 17, 2014)
- Control code
- ASP2362491/pbsv
- Dimensions
-
- unknown
- other
- Extent
- 1 online resource (56 min.)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
-
- remote
- other
- System control number
- (OCoLC)884830786
- Video recording format
- other
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