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CONTEXTE HISTORIQUE
Persian Wars and Greek city-states
Greek poleis were independent and politically varied. Films often exaggerate a unified Greek identity and simplify Persian opponents.
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Ancient Greece
Bronze Age storytelling, city-states, philosophy and the Hellenistic world
Discover the cultures and political conflicts of ancient Greece, from mythology and Bronze Age legend to the Persian Wars, classical Athens and Macedonian expansion. The library contains few sources for everyday life or Greek democracy: mythical adaptations are clearly labelled as myths, and graphic action films are not treated as reliable history.
1300 p.n.e. → 323 p.n.e.2 guides éditoriaux10 titres sélectionnés
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Essentiel
A selective starting itinerary through the major transformations, with explicit evidence warnings and a manageable number of key works.
- Titres
- 4
- Chapitres
- 3
- Durée
- 8h 19m
- Mixte
- 4 films · 0 documentation · 0 TV
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CHAPITRE HISTORIQUE
Persian Wars and Greek city-states
490 p.n.e.
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Essentiel
La battaglia di Maratona
The Giant of MarathonHISTOIRE REPRÉSENTÉE 490 p.n.e.
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Dramatizes the 490 BCE Battle of Marathon and the struggle with Achaemenid Persia.
Older adventure spectacle: tactics, personalities and national framing are highly simplified.
90 minIMDb 5.1 · 1.1K votes
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The 300 Spartans
HISTOIRE REPRÉSENTÉE 480 p.n.e.
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Illustrates the Thermopylae campaign and Spartan military values.
Heroic reduction of the battle; other Greek allies and Persian perspectives are marginalized.
114 minIMDb 6.5 · 8.3K votes
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CONTEXTE HISTORIQUE
Classical Athens, philosophy and conflict
The surviving film library is thin on democratic institutions, women’s lives, slavery and the Peloponnesian War.
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CHAPITRE HISTORIQUE
Classical Athens, philosophy and conflict
404 p.n.e. → 399 p.n.e.
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Essentiel
Socrate
SocratesHISTOIRE REPRÉSENTÉE 404 p.n.e. → 399 p.n.e.
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Approaches the final years and trial of Socrates and the civic conflicts of classical Athens.
A philosophical reconstruction using surviving texts, not recorded dialogue.
119 minIMDb 7.1 · 983 votes
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CONTEXTE HISTORIQUE
Alexander and the Hellenistic transition
Macedonian conquest made Greek language and institutions influential far beyond the Aegean, alongside coercion and cultural interaction.
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CHAPITRE HISTORIQUE
Alexander and the Hellenistic transition
336 p.n.e. → 323 p.n.e.
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Essentiel
Alexander
HISTOIRE REPRÉSENTÉE 336 p.n.e. → 323 p.n.e.
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Adds a large-scale portrayal of Alexander’s campaigns and court politics.
Dramatized personalities and a contested modern interpretation of ancient sources.
176 minIMDb 5.6 · 185K votes
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