Athens : the dawn of democracy / a production of Lion Television Production for Channel 4 ; director, Timothy Copestake ; producers, Sophia Roberts and Rowan Deacon.
Publication Info.
[United States] : Lion Television : Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2007]
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16x9 TVs; stereo.
Note
Title from container.
Performer
Host: Bettany Hughes.
Note
Originally produced as a television segment on PBS.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Historian Bettany Hughes goes on search of the real truth about democratic Athens, 2500 years ago. It has been revered as the birthplace of philosophy, art, science and the greatest political idea of all time; democracy.