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A 13-part documentary series by Chris Marker examining how ancient Greek ideas continue to shape modern Western thought. Each episode centers on a single Greek word—such as “democracy,” “philosophy,” or “mythology”—through conversations filmed in cities

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    The Owl's Legacy Season 1 Episode 2 - Olympics, or the Imaginary Greece
    8.0/10(26 votes)

    #1 - Olympics, or the Imaginary Greece

    S1:E2

    Greece's inheritance was recomposed in contemporary mythology. This sometimes led to terrible misappropriations for the benefit of totalitarian ideologies - of which Nazism was born.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Owl's Legacy Season 1 Episode 11 - Misogyny, or Desire's Traps
    7.8/10(20 votes)

    #2 - Misogyny, or Desire's Traps

    S1:E11

    The Greek conception of sexuality was very different from ours. What did the Greek think of desire in a world where heterosexuality and homosexuality - far from being opposites - were models of existence that were different but compatible?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Owl's Legacy Season 1 Episode 4 - Nostalgia, or the Impossible Return
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    #3 - Nostalgia, or the Impossible Return

    S1:E4

    Ithaca is the iconic distant home that no one should forget: such would be the universal lesson of Homer's Odyssey.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Owl's Legacy Season 1 Episode 13 - Philosophy, or the Owl's Triumph
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    #4 - Philosophy, or the Owl's Triumph

    S1:E13

    Around the metaphorical - but also very real - figure of the owl; entwined reflections upon the place of thought in daily existence and public action - sometimes with and sometimes against the Greek legacy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Owl's Legacy Season 1 Episode 3 - Democracy, or the City of Dreams
    7.5/10(23 votes)

    #5 - Democracy, or the City of Dreams

    S1:E3

    What exactly does the word mean “democracy” mean? Does it designates the ancient city-state or our contemporary political systems? What are the analogies or, on the contrary, the radical differences between realities separated by more than twenty centuries? Are certain functions suitable for all civilizations? Τhe third episode of Chris Marker’s legendary documentary series – which first aired on British state television in 1991 but remained in the dark for decades – returns to classical antiquity to make a bold parallel, familiarizing 21st-century audiences with a concept of the commons that seems primordial yet innovative, reinventing itself in every single manifestation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Owl's Legacy Season 1 Episode 5 - Amnesia, or the Sense of History
    7.5/10(21 votes)

    #6 - Amnesia, or the Sense of History

    S1:E5

    Built on the testimony or "autopsy" - which literally means "seeing oneself" - our conception of History has deeply shifted since Herodotus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Owl's Legacy Season 1 Episode 12 - Tragedy, or the Illusion of Death
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    #7 - Tragedy, or the Illusion of Death

    S1:E12

    The great figures borne out of Greek tragedies help us fathom the founding mechanisms of human practices - all the way to a society like Japan, that is so apparently far from ours.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Owl's Legacy Season 1 Episode 1 - Symposium, or the Received Ideas
    7.4/10(25 votes)

    #8 - Symposium, or the Received Ideas

    S1:E1

    In Paris, Tbilisi, Athens and Berkeley historians have played with reconstitutions of the "symposium" - the Greek banquet - around tables laden with food and wine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Owl's Legacy Season 1 Episode 6 - Mathematics, or the Realm of Signs
    7.4/10(19 votes)

    #9 - Mathematics, or the Realm of Signs

    S1:E6

    The geometrical space and the mathematical language constitute a universal legacy the Greeks have bequeathed us with. How do we articulate its perfect logic to the complexity of contemporary sciences?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Owl's Legacy Season 1 Episode 9 - Cosmogony, or the Use of the World
    7.4/10(18 votes)

    #10 - Cosmogony, or the Use of the World

    S1:E9

    This reflection over creation - divine cosmogony and man's creativity - takes us from the Greek statuary art to the Acropolis' Korai on show in Tokyo. This takes us on towards the Gorgon - a mirror of death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Owl's Legacy Season 1 Episode 10 - Mythology, or the Truth of Lies
    7.4/10(19 votes)

    #11 - Mythology, or the Truth of Lies

    S1:E10

    There are a set of myths to which we constantly refer ourselves. We will question their genesis, their place in psyche, their transmission, their nature.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Owl's Legacy Season 1 Episode 7 - Logomachy, or the Root of Words
    7.0/10(19 votes)

    #12 - Logomachy, or the Root of Words

    S1:E7

    All the meanings of "logos" originated from a small territory between Ephesus and Patmos. According to Aristotle the human animal fights with a specific weapon: speech... Logos' destiny would it be the "logomachy"? The fight over words.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Owl's Legacy Season 1 Episode 8 - Music, or the Inner Space
    6.6/10(21 votes)

    #13 - Music, or the Inner Space

    S1:E8

    A cross between imitation and creation, the search for the beautiful and harmonious animates the artists' personal quests - including with cutting-edge technology - as well as it serves great collective schemes - religions in particular.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Olympics, or the Imaginary Greece" is the best rated episode of "The Owl's Legacy". It scored 8/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/13/1989. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Misogyny, or Desire's Traps".