Customer Reviews

The History Channel: Gods and Goddesses

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I purchased this doccumentary to use in my English classes as a lead in and introduction to our mythology sections. It was a very well done and informative piece that held the students' interest throughout. Since my purchase of the film our library has purchased the whole series. Educational, engaging, everything a History Channel piece should be!

I purchased this for my introduction to religion course, and they loved it. Very good, and very informative. I highly recommend this!

I thought this documentary was well made and had good narration. I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone with an interest in classical mythology. It gives a good overview of the gods & goddesses and is well balanced with academic interviews throughout.

As others have said, this is a solid video introducing the Greek/Roman mythology. You will get a quick introduction to the major gods spelled out by experts. Happily, they are all reasonably entertaining speakers. The material is presented at a good pace but if you are a novice there is a LOT of material here for a single sitting. One nice feature that others have not mentioned is the discussion of the integration of Greek/Roman religions and cultures into/with other cultures. The discussion of the parallels between these religions and Christianity is thought provoking. If you don't know much about the Greek/Roman gods and want to start building a foundation this is a great place to start.

I am a ninth grade English teacher, and I ordered this DVD to help prepare my students for reading excerpts from The Odyssey. I don't show the entire program. I think there are eight parts (chapters on the DVD), and I show four of the eight. My students seemed to like the program, although I had to prepare them for the "talking head" academics who show up from time to time. Their commentary is interesting, but kids seem to tune out a DVD as soon as someone comes on the screen and there aren't any graphics, interesting pictures, etc. All in all, I think it is a worthwhile purchase for a teacher looking for supplemental material related to Greek mythology.

I purchased this video for use in my classroom. My core resource is Edith Hamilton's Mythology. The video's stories do not align much with this repuatable book. Oversimplification and bizarre tellings of myths riddle this documentary. Myths are also constantly compared and contrasted with Judeo-Christian mythology.
This program consists of interviews with scholars interspersed with a voiceover narrating myths. These myths are illustrated by classical pieces of painting and sculpture. Immature classrooms might not handle well the naked figures therein.
Purchasing this video has been a waste. I will not use it in my classroom.

I thought this version would give me more insight into the Gods and Goddesses of ancient Greece. The production is great. Plenty of historical scenes. What I didn't like about it is that it doesn't give you anything new that someone who has studied ancient religion would not already know. Great for middle school and high school students or for those who know nothing of ancient gods and goddesses.

I was hoping to use snippets of this for my unit on mythology that I teach, but it is very dry.

I ordered this to show to my 6th grade class when we started a unit on mythology. Although the documentary is well-done, the kids started getting a little restless about half-way through. Maybe older kids would appreciate it more.

I found this video to be OK for its time-limited content. I would really like to see
what they could do with a few HOURS of video,and less "editorial supervision"....It seems that
this is really a watered down version designed to keep the general public dumb concerning
the vast importance and wide spread influence of these mythical solar gods... However, it
is good mindless entertainment.