The Derveni papyrus : a conversation with Richard Janko / Open Agenda Publishing.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • [Toronto, Ontario] : Open Agenda Publishing, [2013]
  • ©2013
Description
1 streaming video file (1 hr., 4 min.) : digital, sound, color + 1 PDF + 1 podcast.

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Available Online

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Subject(s)
Publisher
Interviewee
Interviewer
Editor
Musician
Library of Congress genre(s)
Series
Ideas Roadshow
Summary note
In 1962, a half-burnt scroll was discovered in an excavated grave in Derveni, Greece. Though nearly discarded as a burnt stick, it was later revealed to be the oldest surviving European manuscript. Richard is convinced that its contents shed valuable light on the often-overlooked culture wars of ancient Athens.
Notes
Includes MP3 podcast of conversation.
Creation/​Production credits
Editor, Andrew Niblo ; music, Shafton Thomas.
Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
Host, Howard Burton.
Language note
Closed captioned.
Contents
  • A great discovery followed by unparalleled foot-dragging
  • Derveni details
  • From Anaxagoras to Socrates
  • The stirrings of religious fundamentalism
  • An angry poet's revenge? Diagoras as Derveni
  • Idealizing democracy
  • Archaeological speculations.
Other title(s)
Ideas Roadshow.
OCLC
892845810
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