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The story of Alexander the Great, who in 4th century BC conquered ninety percent of the known world of the time by defeating Greece, Persia, Afghanistan, and India in just eight years.

A Greek actor (in the fourth century B.C.) who finds himself at the center of a political crisis in which Plato is also involved.

Discusses the history of Athens and describes the city and its people today.

Traces the history of the Greeks from the years c. 1000-490 B.C. and traces by region and places the early Greeks in context with other civilizations of the same period.

Presents an exploration of ancient Greek civilization, providing introductions to such figures as Alexander the Great, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and discussing Greek mythology; and includes quizzes on the featured material.

Reviews the evidence that the story of the lost city of Atlantis, a once mighty island empire vanquished by the sea, rests not on fantastic myth but on an actual civilization. On the Greek island of Thera, three thousand years ago a highly advanced culture was destroyed by the most violent volcanic eruption in human history. Other myths and their historical roots, including the Trojan horse and the man-eating Mintoaur, are explored with visits to Crete, Turkey and Greece.