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Alcibiades ( AL-sib-EYE-ə-deez (listen); Greek: Ἀλκιβιάδης; c. 450 – 404 BC) was a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general.

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Pericles

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and influence of the most powerful statesman in the new democracy of Athens, flourishing between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars.

17 September 2020

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Featuring: Edith Hall, Paul Cartledge, Peter Liddel

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Thucydides

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Greek historian Thucydides and his work entitled The History of the Peloponnesian War.

29 January 2015

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Featuring: Paul Cartledge, Katherine Harloe, Neville Morley

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History Political realists Attic Greek writers 5th-century BC historians Classical-era Greek historians 5th-century BC Athenians Ancient Athenian generals Athenians of the Peloponnesian War 470s BC births Ancient Athenian historians, Ostracized Athenians
Xenophon

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

26 May 2011

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Featuring: Paul Cartledge, Edith Hall, Simon Goldhill

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History Social philosophers Ancient Greek political philosophers Ancient Athenian philosophers Attic Greek writers Classical-era Greek historians Ancient Athenian generals Pupils of Socrates Memoirists Ancient Athenian historians, Ostracized Athenians