The Owl's Legacy

1989 9.5

THE OWL’S LEGACY is an intellectually agile, engaging, and sometimes biting look at ancient Greece, its influences on Western culture—and how many eras have reinterpreted the Greek legacy to reflect their own needs. Each...

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Seasons & Episodes

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Symposium, or the Received Ideas

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S01 E02 0h 26m

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Olympics, or the Imaginary Greece

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S01 E03 0h 26m

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Democracy, or the City of Dreams

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S01 E04 0h 26m

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Nostalgia, or the Impossible Return

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S01 E05 0h 26m

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Amnesia, or the Sense of History

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S01 E06 0h 26m

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Mathematics, or the Realm of Signs

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S01 E07 0h 26m

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Logomachy, or the Root of Words

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S01 E08 0h 26m

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Music, or the Inner Space

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S01 E09 0h 26m

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Cosmogony, or the Use of the World

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S01 E10 0h 26m

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Mythology, or the Truth of Lies

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S01 E11 0h 26m

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Misogyny, or Desire's Traps

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S01 E12 0h 26m

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Tragedy, or the Illusion of Death

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S01 E13 0h 26m

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Philosophy, or the Owl's Triumph