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·         Oedipus Rex

Melvyn Bragg and guests on Sophocles' tragedy, sometimes called the best play ever written

08 Jun 2023

54:53

https://youtu.be/rJlCvlDqE9k

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·         Solon the Lawgiver

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the statesman who transformed Athens in the 6th century BC

23 Mar 2023

51:20

https://youtu.be/LeIwiPtS9GU

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the speeches that set the standard for political attacks.

17 Nov 2022

56:56

 

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·         Plato's Atlantis

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's story of the great, lost island of Atlantis.

22 Sep 2022

54:15

https://youtu.be/o_v0hlBUXfQ

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·         Antigone

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Sophocles' tragedy of an autocrat who defies family ties.

24 Mar 2022

54:11

https://youtu.be/Ia2igriEpxE

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·         Plato's Gorgias

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's exploration of the nature of power and freedom.

25 Nov 2021

50:03

https://youtu.be/bWH8-tcO6PQ

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·         Herodotus

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek writer known as the father of history.

23 Sep 2021

52:18

https://youtu.be/g0rqt6t2tp8

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·         The Bacchae

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revenge of Dionysus on Thebes in Euripides' tragedy.

18 Mar 2021

52:11

https://youtu.be/YvNvqiohPFw

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·         Pericles

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Athenian statesman and orator.

17 Sep 2020

48:55

 

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Athenians' change of mind in the Peloponnesian War.

20 Jun 2019

54:02

 

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·         Aristotle's Biology

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientific study of life, originated by Aristotle.

07 Feb 2019

50:10

https://youtu.be/Lt2hykvDflA

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·         The Iliad

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the epic poem on the wrath of Achilles in the Trojan War.

13 Sep 2018

48:02

https://youtu.be/OUYMygcQFr0

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·         Thebes

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek city of Thebes in myth, drama and history.

23 Nov 2017

46:49

 

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·         Plato's Republic

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great works of political and ethical theory.

29 Jun 2017

48:43

https://youtu.be/Wbuf7N5rJ7Y

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the significance of The Battle of Salamis, 480BC.

23 Mar 2017

50:23

 

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·         Zeno's Paradoxes

Does an arrow in flight move and could Achilles overtake a tortoise? Not according to Zeno

22 Sep 2016

46:30

https://youtu.be/H7Hx-gwuCvw

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bronze Age collapse.

16 Jun 2016

47:12

 

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·         Galen

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Roman physician and medical theorist Galen.

10 Oct 2013

42:03

 

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·         Plato's Symposium

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium.

02 Jan 2014

42:11

https://youtu.be/MsMo8QBMk_E

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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Strabo's Geographica, an early work of geography.

10 Apr 2014

47:47

 

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·         Aesop

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aesop, legendary author of the famous collection of fables

20 Nov 2014

45:22

https://youtu.be/DilQNUaV-70

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·         Thucydides

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian Thucydides.

29 Jan 2015

43:00

https://youtu.be/JHmDeSNtSgQ

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·         Sappho

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek poet Sappho.

09 Apr 2015

46:02

https://youtu.be/cFFPOKjnVwc

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·         Alexander the Great

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and legacy of Alexander the Great.

01 Oct 2015

 

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·         Archimedes

Melvyn Bragg discusses the Greek mathematician Archimedes and his famous cry of “eureka!”

25 Jan 2007

45:00

 

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·         Aristotle's Poetics

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle's Poetics.

27 Jan 2011

45:00

https://youtu.be/xb7mdEgtFgw

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle’s ‘Politics’.

06 Nov 2008

45:00

https://youtu.be/AVCYD86YpJw

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·         Averroes

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 12th century Islamic philosopher, Averroes.

05 Oct 2006

45:00

https://youtu.be/HQ4nQlN4pWs

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Melvyn Bragg explores comedy in Ancient Greek theatre including Aristophanes and Menander.

13 Jul 2006

45:00

https://youtu.be/nhYZr8u96ak

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·         Heraclitus

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus.

08 Dec 2011

41:57

https://youtu.be/fxk383ZJK7g

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Melvyn Bragg examines how a dominant power can exert a cultural influence on its empire.

27 Jun 2002

45:00

https://youtu.be/yvcEv5wv1co

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·         Heroism

Melvyn Bragg explores what defines a hero, and their place in classical society.

06 May 2004

45:00

https://youtu.be/8yTs5zmxrq8

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·         Cynicism

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Cynics, the performance artists of philosophy.

20 Oct 2005

45:00

https://youtu.be/k8XKc-HLN8A

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·         Logic

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of logic.

21 Oct 2010

45:00

https://youtu.be/FXWu1dEmyg0

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·         Democracy

Melvyn Bragg examines the origins of the most cherished form of government in the world.

18 Oct 2001

45:00

https://youtu.be/yao8qXMiD5U

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·         Pi

Melvyn Bragg examines the history of the longest and most detailed number in nature.

02 Sep 2004

45:00

 

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·         Prime Numbers

Melvyn Bragg examines prime numbers and their mysterious role in the universe of numbers.

12 Jan 2006

45:00

 

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·         Friendship

Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of friendship; ‘a single soul dwelling in two bodies’.

02 Mar 2006

45:00

https://youtu.be/dj1I0LFRocg

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·         Pythagoras

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans.

10 Dec 2009

45:00

https://youtu.be/RivbFb4PYrA

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Greek and Roman love poetry.

26 Apr 2007

45:00

https://youtu.be/wTVt7gg6cQU

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·         Happiness

Melvyn Bragg considers whether 'happiness' means living a life of pleasure or of virtue.

24 Jan 2002

45:00

https://youtu.be/iV-MpZUDuIc

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·         Relativism

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss relativism; a philosophy with no absolute truths.

19 Jan 2006

45:00

https://youtu.be/RzjNcMWzF40

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·         Rhetoric

Melvyn Bragg and guests discusses rhetoric; supported by Aristotle but reviled by Plato.

28 Oct 2004

45:00

https://youtu.be/igKYAagoJnc

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·         Socrates

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the iconic Greek philosopher, Socrates.

27 Sep 2007

45:00

https://youtu.be/s1njXiDKZaI

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·         Sparta

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta.

19 Nov 2009

45:00

 

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·         Stoicism

Melvyn Bragg explore Stoicism, the most influential philosophy in the Ancient World.

03 Mar 2005

45:00

https://youtu.be/BGNKVOo6arY

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·         The Amazons

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Amazons, formidable female warriors of classical myth.

11 Apr 2013

42:12

https://youtu.be/Zs74Xnn1dio

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·         The Artist

Melvyn Bragg explores the history and changing the status of the artist.

28 Mar 2002

45:00

https://youtu.be/MfGLPc2e7nQ

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·         The Delphic Oracle

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Delphic Oracle.

30 Sep 2010

45:00

 

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·         The Examined Life

Melvyn Bragg investigates how our preoccupations about how to live have altered over time.

09 May 2002

45:00

https://youtu.be/Foqp-fbj3Hw

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·         The Greek Myths

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek myths from Achilles to Zeus.

13 Mar 2008

45:00

https://youtu.be/kla8obKHyZY

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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Hippocratic Oath.

15 Sep 2011

45:00

 

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Library of Alexandria.

12 Mar 2009

45:00

 

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·         The Oath

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the importance of the oath in the Classical World.

05 Jan 2006

45:00

https://youtu.be/Rh4CJvXdLIw

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·         The Odyssey

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the monster filled epic, Homer’s Odyssey.

09 Sep 2004

45:00

https://youtu.be/HNDYHvuO9j4

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·         The Oresteia

Melvyn Bragg examines the ‘Oresteia’, the seminal trilogy of tragedies by Aeschylus.

29 Dec 2005

45:00

https://youtu.be/qXEqtTDEF_w

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Raphael's depiction of Plato and Aristotle.

26 Mar 2009

45:00

https://youtu.be/bTJNLcl0fPo

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss classical Greek ideas in the Arabic and the Islamic world.

02 Oct 2008

45:00

https://youtu.be/j2W4OWXVVPU

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·         The Trojan War

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Trojan War, a central event of Ancient Greek mythology

31 May 2012

41:55

 

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·         Thermopylae

Melvyn Bragg examines the Battle of Thermopylae, a defining clash between East and West.

05 Feb 2004

45:00

 

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·         Tragedy

Melvyn Bragg examines whether the ancient genre of tragedy has a place in our own time.

02 Dec 1999

30:00

https://youtu.be/F7dgzIv9Ajc

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·         Virtue

Melvyn Bragg explores the meaning and purpose of the philosophical concept of virtue.

28 Feb 2002

45:00

https://youtu.be/iViAkJfh9NA

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·         Xenophon

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian and soldier Xenophon.

26 May 2011

45:00

https://youtu.be/AKsMnsGuTkM

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