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Sep 2018
15m 15s

Histoire de la Grèce antique (Part I)

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De l'archaïsme à l'hellénisme (800-700 av. J.-C.)
Les cités-État, Athènes, Sparte, le mythe de Prométhée. Du temps des rois au pouvoir des "familles", retour sur le parcours des anciens grecs à travers la fondation de petites communautés vers l'élan colonial et l'instauration de l'hellénisme.

Musiques : Rites, Lost Frontier , Opressive Gloom, Dama-May (Kevin MacLeod)
Dinlas (Filmstro)

#art #education #grece #recit #art #histoire #mythe #legende
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