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Great Greek Myths: Set 2
Arts, History Documentary hosted by Francois Busnel, published by Arte in 2015 - English narration
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Tales of love, sex, power, betrayal, heinous crimes, unbearable separations, atrocious revenge, and metamorphoses - the poetic force of the myths has crossed the centuries. This series sets out to recount these ancient stories using animations created especially for the occasion, and illustrations chosen from the entire history of art.
The Great Myths are superhero stories as much as they are metaphysical compendiums, psychological novels as well as scathing thrillers. They allow us to grasp a feeling, an emotion, a madness. They represent the secret - but essential - part of our societies. They depict the inner conflicts that consume human, all too human men and gods.
It's all there: love, death, sexuality, war, jealousy, betrayal, the will to power, happiness, mourning, curse, suicide, sacrifice, fault, transgression, self-sacrifice. The Great Myths illuminate a world where the points of reference are confused. The Greeks, by telling these great myths, invented suspense at the same time as poetry, tragedy and philosophy. Socrates is right when he summons Zeus and Olympians to help ordinary mortals to think better. There is irony, comedy, hope and despair. Life, in short. Everything is tragic, everything is poetic, everything is philosophical: such is the mantra of the Greeks, the masterful lesson they offer us.
Great Greek Myths takes us on a captivating exploration of Greek mythology and its original stories, based on the oldest texts, the destinies of Zeus, Theseus, Aphrodite, Orpheus... A stroll to the heart of Greek myths and its heroes, whose poetic force and universal scope have nourished the imagination of artists over the centuries. The series invites you on a journey through museums around the world, to discover these inspired works of art, illustrated by the masterpieces of Botticelli, Picasso, Munch, Klimt and many others.
Series Director: Sylvain Bergere ; A Co-Production by ARTE France, Rosebud Productions and Les Monstres
9) Oedipus - The Riddle Solver
No mortal endured more terrible a tragedy than Oedipus. He was the son of King Laius, King of Thebes, who, as a young man, having abused King Pelops' son, caused his death. The Gods forbade him to have offspring, and decreed that if Laius gave birth to a son, that son would kill him. However his wife Jocasta did give birth to a son, Oedipus. Laius removed Oedipus from Thebes, and he grew up far away from the city, without knowing his true identity or the curse that weighed upon on him.
Once Oedipus had reached adulthood, he met a man on a chariot, who threatened him. Oedipus killed him. He then went to Thebes, and prepared to tackle the Sphinx, because he had heard that whoever managed to slay the terrible animal threatening the city could marry the recently widowed Queen Jocasta, and become King of Thebes...
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Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4
Video Bitrate: 3 515 Kbps
Video Resolution: 1920x1080
Display Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames Per Second: 25.000 fps
Audio Codec: E-AC3
Audio Bitrate: 224 kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 26 min
Number Of Parts: 10
Part Size: 696 MB
Source: WEB DL
Encoded by: DocFreak08
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Source: https://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Great_Greek_Myths:_Set_2
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