Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Ancient Greek law

Ancient Greek laws consist of the laws and legal institutions of ancient Greece. The existence of certain general principles of law in ancient Greece is implied by the custom of settling a difference between two Greek states, or between members of a single state, by resorting to external arbitration.

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  1. Aristotle's Politics

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most important works of political philosophy ever written - Aristotle’s ‘Politics.

    6 November 2008

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    Featuring: Angie Hobbs, Paul Cartledge, Annabel Brett

     
  2. Socrates in Prison

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's accounts of the last days of Socrates in which he kept doing philosophy right up to the point of his execution by hemlock.

    23 January 2025

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    Featuring: Angie Hobbs, Fiona Leigh, James Warren