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    • Title:Apollo [electronic resource (video)] : Light and Harmony / John McGreevy Productions.
    • Published/Created:New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2010], c1995.
    • Physical Description:1 streaming video file (26 min.) : sd., col., digital.
    • Links:Streaming video
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    • Local Notes:Access is available to the Yale community.
    • Notes:Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Feb. 06, 2010.
      Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
      Title from distributor's description.
    • Access and use:Access restricted by licensing agreement.
    • Summary:The Greeks also called Apollo, Phoebus - brilliant one, perpetually reborn, who shoots darts from afar, and who incorporates the radiant characteristics of the sun. In this program, we learn about Apollo's mother Leto, his birth on the island of Delos, his twin sister Artemis, Python and Pythia, and the oracle of Delphi. Also discussed are Cassandra's prediction of the fall of Troy; Apollo and the concept of spiritual cleansing; and Apollo and the lyre. The stories are told of Apollo and Daphne, Hyacinthus, Marsyas, Asclepius, and the centaur Chiron.
    • Variant and related titles:Light and Harmony
      Films on demand.
      In the path of gods
    • Other formats:Original produced: John McGreevy Productions, 1995
    • Format:Visual Material
    • Series:In the Paths of the Gods
    • System details note:Mode of access: Internet.
      System requirements: FOD playback platform.
    • Audience:6 & up.
    • Contents:Apollo: God of Light (1:30) -- Birth of Apollo (1:56) -- Python (1:58) -- Oracle of Delphi (2:02) -- Pythia (1:26) -- Cassandra (1:19) -- Apollo's Spiritual Cleansing (1:15) -- Daphne, the Laurel Tree (2:32) -- Hyacinthus (1:27) -- Apollo and the Lyre (2:52) -- Asclepius (1:39) -- Centaur Chiron (1:25) -- Greek Gods: End of an Er (1:40)
    • Subjects:Classical literature.
      Literature, Medieval.
    • Genre/Form:Educational films.
      Internet videos.
    • Also listed under:Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
      Infobase.
      John McGreevy Productions.