Great Greek Myths: Set 2

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Cover 3 Information 3.1 Psyche - Beauty and the Beast 3.2 Perseus - The Look of Death 3.3 Orpheus - An Hymn of Impossible Love 3.4 Medea - Murderous Love 3.5 Bellerophon - The Man who Wanted to be a God 3.6 Theseus - The Ravages of Oversight 3.7 Daedalus and Icarus - A Shattered Dream 3.8 Heracles - The Man who Became a God 3.9 Oedipus - The Riddle Solver 3.10 Antigone - The Woman who Said "No" 4 Screenshots 5 Technical Specs 6 Links 6.1 Release Post 6.2 Related Documentaries 6.3 ed2k Links

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Arts, History Documentary hosted by Francois Busnel, published by Arte in 2015 - English narration

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Tales of love, sex, power, betrayal, heinous crimes, unbearable separations, atrocious revenge, and metamorphoses - the poetic force of the myths has crossed the centuries. This series sets out to recount these ancient stories using animations created especially for the occasion, and illustrations chosen from the entire history of art. The Great Myths are superhero stories as much as they are metaphysical compendiums, psychological novels as well as scathing thrillers. They allow us to grasp a feeling, an emotion, a madness. They represent the secret – but essential – part of our societies. They depict the inner conflicts that consume human, all too human men and gods. It's all there: love, death, sexuality, war, jealousy, betrayal, the will to power, happiness, mourning, curse, suicide, sacrifice, fault, transgression, self-sacrifice. The Great Myths illuminate a world where the points of reference are confused. The Greeks, by telling these great myths, invented suspense at the same time as poetry, tragedy and philosophy. Socrates is right when he summons Zeus and Olympians to help ordinary mortals to think better. There is irony, comedy, hope and despair. Life, in short. Everything is tragic, everything is poetic, everything is philosophical: such is the mantra of the Greeks, the masterful lesson they offer us. Great Greek Myths takes us on a captivating exploration of Greek mythology and its original stories, based on the oldest texts, the destinies of Zeus, Theseus, Aphrodite, Orpheus... A stroll to the heart of Greek myths and its heroes, whose poetic force and universal scope have nourished the imagination of artists over the centuries. The series invites you on a journey through museums around the world, to discover these inspired works of art, illustrated by the masterpieces of Botticelli, Picasso, Munch, Klimt and many others. Series Director: Sylvain Bergere ; A Co-Production by ARTE France, Rosebud Productions and Les Monstres

[edit] Psyche - Beauty and the Beast

In this myth, many versions of which have been passed down through the ages, Psyche is the Beauty. Concerned that his daughter did not have a suitor, Psyche's father consulted Pythia, who announced grave news: Psyche's father must leave her on a hilltop, from where a monster would come take her away.
In fact, Psyche was welcomed into a magnificent castle. Instead of being a monster, her husband was reassuring and tender. His only request was that she should not attempt to look at his face. Of course Psyche tried to find out who this unknown person was, and jeopardised the highly unusual, budding romance in the process. Jealous of Psyche's beauty, the Goddess Aphrodite was at work in the wings. Psyche must carry out many tasks and avoid many traps in order to find the man she loves, whose real identity she has still to find out…

[edit] Perseus - The Look of Death

Perseus was not meant to come into the world. Fearing the fulfilment of the prediction according to which his grandson would kill him, King Acrisius shut his daughter Danae away in a fortified tower.
But Zeus fell in love with Danae, and in order to conquer her, metamorphosed into a golden shower. Perseus was born from this union. Once he had become a man, Perseus was given the challenge of bringing the head of the Gorgon to the tyrant King Polydectes, who was holding his mother captive. This was the start of Perseus' great adventure, which became a veritable legend for all the Greek heroes that came after him, because taking on Medusa was an act of madness, as whoever set eyes on her would turn to stone. The young Perseus set out in search of the Gorgon - the most terrifying of creatures - with the help of the God Hermes and the Goddess Athena.

[edit] Orpheus - An Hymn of Impossible Love

On certain evenings, the constellation of Lyra is visible in the skies. Following Orpheus' death, Zeus placed the constellation in the sky, as a tribute to the greatest poet and musician in Greek mythology.
Watched over by the muses from birth, Orpheus' talent enchanted nature, both trees and animals alike. A brave young man, Orpheus left with Jason's crew on board the Argo, to conquer the Golden Fleece. But what poets and artists remembered most about the myth of Orpheus was his passionate love story with the beautiful Eurydice. Having been bitten by a snake, Eurydice was condemned to join the kingdom of the dead. A distraught Orpheus followed her, and thanks to his lyre, managed to convince the Couple of the Underworld, Hades and Persephone, to give him back his wife. They accepted on one condition: that Orpheus should leave the Underworld followed by Eurydice, but that on no account should he turn round to look at her. An ordeal like no other.

[edit] Medea - Murderous Love

On his quest to find the Golden Fleece, Jason asked the cruel King of Colchis and his daughter Medea, a powerful sorceress, for help. Medea fell in love with Jason, helped him to find the precious Fleece, and fled with him.
Numerous adventures and misfortunes stemmed from this passionate encounter, and poor Medea seemed to be at the origin of them. The two young lovers took refuge in Greece, got married, and Medea gave birth to two children. But one day, Jason succumbed to the call of power. He rejected Medea, and married the daughter of the King of Corinth. Alone and sorrowful, Medea planned a terrible revenge that devastated the man she loved with a destructive passion.

[edit] Bellerophon - The Man who Wanted to be a God

Bellerophon, the grandson of Sisyphus, one of the Greek world’s worst criminals, dreamt of becoming a hero, of being equal to the Gods. But his plans got off to a bad start with the accidental murder of his brother. Forced into exile, he took refuge in Tyrins.
But there too, nothing went according to plan: accused of rape by Queen Stheneboea, he left to visit the King of Lycia, who in a bid to get rid of him, imposed fearsome challenges on him. Bellerephon was victorious, thanks to Pegasus the horse, but he subsequently committed the sin of pride, boasting to the priests that he was singlehandedly responsible for his own success. For Zeus, claiming to be equal to the Gods was an unpardonable error, so he caused Bellerophon to fall, which resulted in him going blind.

[edit] Theseus - The Ravages of Oversight

Theseus was the fruit of dual paternity: Aegeus King of Athens slept with Aethra when she had just been raped by Poseidon, God of the Sea. Theseus, who grew into a strong, brave young man, therefore had a double lineage - both divine and royal.
Unsurprisingly, once he was old enough to fight, he decided to leave for Crete to take on the terrible Minotaur, which devoured 14 young Athenians a year, delivered to Minos, King of Crete. The Minotaur, one of the best known figures in Greek mythology, was a veritable Monster, born from the forbidden union of Minos' wife Pasiphae and a white bull. He was enclosed in a labyrinth built by the inventor Daedalus. Theseus killed the Minotaur thanks to his courage - but also thanks to Ariadne, King Minos' daughter, who gave him the means to leave the labyrinth in the form of a ball of thread. But Theseus' great courage did not stop him from neglecting his duties. Carried along by his victory, he committed a few irreversible oversights, which led to tragedy.

[edit] Daedalus and Icarus - A Shattered Dream

Daedalus, a prominent Greek inventor, settled in Crete among King Minos' court. Queen Pasiphae, who had an all-consuming passion for a white bull, called upon his services.
The Sea God Poseidon had given the bull to her husband King Minos as a present, and King Minos had refused to sacrifice it for him.To take his revenge, Poseidon cast a spell on the poor Pasiphae. Following orders, Daedalus found a solution to enable the queen to mate with the animal. Their union produced the Minotaur, a monster that King Minos shut away in a labyrinth built by Daedalus. Unfortunately, when King Minos found out that Daedalus had helped the young Theseus to find a way out of the labyrinth, he shut Daedalus and his son Icarus inside it. The shrewd Daedalus found a way to escape – but his method put his own son's life in peril.

[edit] Heracles - The Man who Became a God

We all know about Heracles' unequalled strength, and the twelve labours he had to carry out, but we know a great deal less about the way in which his life was turned upside down by a series of terrible curses.
Born from the union between Zeus and Alcmene, Heracles was a target for Zeus' wife Hera's jealousy, and she sent snakes to kill him while he was still in his cradle. Hera manipulated Heracles once again when he killed his wife Megara and their children. To redeem himself, he handed himself over to his cousin, the terrible Eurystheus, who imposed twelve tasks on him. These ranged from slaying the Lernaean Hydra, a gigantic seven-headed serpent, to capturing the Cerberus, the fearsome, three-headed dog that guarded the underworld.

[edit] Oedipus - The Riddle Solver

No mortal endured more terrible a tragedy than Oedipus. He was the son of King Laius, King of Thebes, who, as a young man, having abused King Pelops' son, caused his death. The Gods forbade him to have offspring, and decreed that if Laius gave birth to a son, that son would kill him. However his wife Jocasta did give birth to a son, Oedipus. Laius removed Oedipus from Thebes, and he grew up far away from the city, without knowing his true identity or the curse that weighed upon on him.
Once Oedipus had reached adulthood, he met a man on a chariot, who threatened him. Oedipus killed him. He then went to Thebes, and prepared to tackle the Sphinx, because he had heard that whoever managed to slay the terrible animal threatening the city could marry the recently widowed Queen Jocasta, and become King of Thebes…

[edit] Antigone - The Woman who Said "No"

Antigone was one of Oedipus' four children. She had two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, as well as a sister, Ismene. One day, her sister informed her that her two brothers, who were heirs to the throne of Thebes, were fighting each other for power. They had agreed to take power alternately, but when the time came for Eteocles to hand his crown over to Polynices, he refused. An inevitable war ensued.
Antigone rushed to try to reason with them, but to no avail, and the combat ended with the death of both men. But Creon, Oedipus' brother, and regent of power, decided to impose the law. He refused Polynices a ritual burial, ordering his body to be abandoned on the battlefield. Antigone, who found Creon's decision unbearable, defied the ban: she said "No".

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Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4
Video Bitrate: 3 515 Kbps
Video Resolution: 1920x1080
Display Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames Per Second: 25.000 fps
Audio Codec: E-AC3
Audio Bitrate: 224 kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 26 min
Number Of Parts: 10
Part Size: 696 MB
Source: WEB DL
Encoded by: DocFreak08

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• MVGroup.org (torrent)

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