This program is devoted to the period between approximately 500 BC and the death of Alexander: the achievements of Pericles, Thucydides, and Plato, the shape of Greek societies, the nature of Athenian democracy; the buildings, bronze and marble sculpture, painted pottery, and writings; and the consequences of the rivalry between Syracuse and Athens. (57 minutes)

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