Silver Spring, MD — Offering five newly remastered and visually stunning lectures from one of greatest storytellers of our time, Joseph Campbell: Mythos III: The Shaping of the Western Tradition arrives to DVD from Athena on October 25, 2011. Hosted by Academy Award® winner Susan Sarandon, these remarkable talks broadcast continually on PBS explore subjects ranging from Arthurian romances to modern myth. Over a career that spanned nearly 40 years, eminent scholar Joseph Campbell inspired artists, academics, and laypeople with his passion for myth and is best known from The Power of Myth interviews with Bill Moyers, inspiring George Lucas to create Star Wars, and his “follow your bliss” philosophy. The third installment arrives in a DVD 2-disc set ($49.99, www.AcornOnline.com).

During the final years of his life, Campbell embarked on a speaking tour in which he drew together all that he had learned about what he called the “one great story” of humanity. With these remarkable talks Campbell examines the core myths of the great Western traditions and modern myths. These remarkable lectures were filmed and are presented here in the order and manner in which Campbell himself intended, with enhanced images and in minimally edited form. The lectures have been broadcast on PBS, where it’s a perennial favorite.

THE PROGRAMS:
1. Love as a Guide—The Arthurian romances, including Tristan and Iseult.
2. The Path of the Heart—Parzival and the Grail Quest.
3. Beyond Space and Time—The Romantic philosophers.
4. Between Pairs of Opposites—Thomas Mann and The Magic Mountain.
5. Into the Well of Myth—The Joseph novels and modern myth.

Street Date: Oct. 25, 2011
SRP: $49.99
DVD 2-disc set – 5 Episodes - Approx. 285 min. - SDH Subtitles

Acorn Media Group previously released Mythos I and Mythos II as DVD 2-Disc Sets ($39.99), and Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (2-vol. boxed set, $49.99).

Athena releases provide an authoritative and entertaining learning experience through high quality, informative, non-fiction programming. Athena’s releases include Genius of Britain, The Making of the President, Cosmos-A Beginners Guide, The Genius of Design, Discovering Hamlet, Playing Shakespeare, The Story of Math, World War I in Color, Testament, and Six Centuries of Verse. Clips are available at www.athenalearning.com. Athena’s DVD sets are available from select retailers, catalog companies, and direct from Acorn at (888) 870-8047 or www.acornonline.com.