In the lap of the gods | Terry Turle | ACMI collection | ACMI: Your museum of screen culture

All Greece’s wonders lie ‘in the lap of the gods’ - the birthplace of European civilisation. Here are the magnificent remains of a bygone era where all the splendour and glory of the past comes to life. Beginning with the fairy-tale Palace of Knossos on the Island of Crete, through the famous Delphi Sanctuary, with its celebrated oracle, and the majesty and serenity of Olympia, to the heights of Athens’ Acropolis, we come to understand the search for the perfection of the body and the soul that was the glory of Greece.

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Credits

production company

Cineminter Films

producer/director

Terry Turle

Duration

00:52:00:00

Production places

Unknown

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325317

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel

Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture - Greece

History → Greece - History

History → History

History → History, Ancient

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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