TED-Ed
TED-Ed: A day in the life of an ancient Greek architect | Mark Robinson
The year is 432 BCE. As dawn breaks over Athens, Pheidias is already late for work. He is the chief builder for the Parthenon — Athens' newest and largest temple— and when he arrives onsite, city officials accuse him of embezzling gold...
Curated Video
Battle of Delium, 424 BC Athens takes on Sparta Peloponnesian War
Battle of Delium, 424 BC Athens takes on Sparta Peloponnesian War
Curated Video
Athenian Impieties
Classicist Richard Janko (Michigan) describes how classical Athenian society was much more sensitive to religious fundamentalism than many people might imagine.
Curated Video
Ancient Culture Wars?
Classical scholar Richard Janko, University of Michigan, describes his conviction that the famous trial of Socrates in 399 BCE was hardly a unique event in Classical Athens, but rather one in a series of battles between religious...
Curated Video
Public Spaces: The Birth of Nations
Public spaces are places for democracy. Open to everyone, and a space where people can gather, they could form a type of government where the people have ultimate power.
Intelligence Squared
Mary Beard: "Pericles's immigration policy makes Theresa May look like a liberal"
Mary Beard: "Pericles's immigration policy makes Theresa May look like a liberal"
Curated Video
Voting in Ancient Athens
The United States is a representative democracy where people vote for politicians to govern on their behalf – but voting in the direct democracy of ancient Athens was a very different process.
Curated Video
Civic Engagement: Power to the People
Democracy was born when the Athenian government transitioned from the “rule of a few” to the “rule of many”, around 3,000 years ago.
60 Second Histories
Democracy in Ancient Greece
A Greek philosopher explains how democracy began in Ancient Greece including the oligarchy system of rule
Bridgeman Arts
Unknown ancient greek and roman artists - Alois Riegl - Legitimization of styles
The classical antiquity goes from the 8th century BC until the 5th century AD, but very often the concept ""classicism"" is understood as a unique style. However, it includes an enormous variety of styles and techniques. Art historian...
Crash Course
Greeks and Persians
Considering the evolution of democracy and civilization to this day, is there any reason to believe the Persians should have defeated the Greeks in the Persian War? Why could the legacy of Ancient Greece be considered "profoundly...
Curated OER
Engineering an Empire - Greece, Part 4/5
How do you lift a 10 ton drum of marble block? How do you get blocks of marble to stay together without mortar? Part four of this five-part series focuses on the engineering challenges involved in building the Parthenon. Once again, the...
Curated OER
Engineering an Empire - Greece, Part 5/5
"There are no straight lines in the Parthenon." The series concludes with a look at the optical illusions involved in the engineering of the Parthenon. Mixing animated images and current video, the producers bring alive this famous...
Curated OER
Ancient Athens Part 2
Mixing modern day footage with beautifully animated reconstructions, this History Channel video focuses on the Acropolis, the high point, or citadel, of Athens. A great introduction to this wonder of the ancient world for your world...
Curated OER
Ancient Athens Part 1
The History ChannelÕs celebration of Greek World History Week begins with a look at Athens. Burned by invading Persians and reconstructed by Pericles, the animated reconstructions let viewers tour this most famous city of the ancient...
History of Our World
Podcast History of Our World: 42 the Age of Pericles
Podcast in which show host, Rob Monaco, takes listeners through the Age of Pericles, beginning with Athenian democracy, war, the Delian League and the leadership of Pericles. [21:23]