Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Ancient Greek geographers

Pre-Hellenistic Classical Greece Homer Anaximander Hecataeus of Miletus Massaliote Periplus Scylax of Caryanda (6th century BC) HerodotusHellenistic periodPytheas (died c. 310 BC) Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax (3rd or 4th century BC) Megasthenes (died c.

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HistoryPhilosophy1st-century RomansAncient Roman geographersAncient occultists1st-century BC historians1st-century geographers2nd-century Greek philosophers2nd-century RomansAncient Greek music theoristsClaudiiEpigrammatists of the Greek AnthologyGreek-language historians from the Roman Empire

  1. Ptolemy and Ancient Astronomy

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the last of the great Greek astronomers of antiquity, Ptolemy, and his influence on ancient and medieval astronomy.

    17 November 2011

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    Featuring: Liba Taub, Jim Bennett, Charles Burnett

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    Philosophy1st-century RomansAncient occultistsAncient Roman geographersClaudiiEpigrammatists of the Greek AnthologyAncient Greek geographers2nd-century Romans2nd-century Greek philosophersAncient Greek music theorists

  2. Strabo's Geographica

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Strabo's Geographica, the only surviving work from the ancient world that describes the entire world known to the Greeks and Romans.

    10 April 2014

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    Featuring: Paul Cartledge, Maria Pretzler, Benet Salway

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    HistoryAncient Roman geographersGreek-language historians from the Roman Empire1st-century BC historiansAncient Greek geographers1st-century geographers