Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Ancient Greek political refugees

Greek refugees is a collective term used to refer to the more than one million Greek Orthodox natives of Asia Minor, Thrace and the Black Sea areas who fled during the Greek genocide (1914-1923) and Greece's later defeat in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), as well as remaining Greek Orthodox inhabitants of Turkey who were required to leave their homes for Greece shortly thereafter as part of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, which formalized the population transfer and barred the return of the refugees. This Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations was signed in Lausanne, on January 30, 1923 as part of the peace treaty between Greece and Turkey and required all remaining Orthodox Christians in Turkey, regardless of what language they spoke, be relocated to Greece with the exception of those in Istanbul and two nearby islands.

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CulturePhilosophyFounders of religionsAncient Greek philosophers of mind5th-century BC Greek philosophers5th-century BC historians6th-century BC Greek philosophersAncient Greek metaphysiciansAncient occultistsClassical-era Greek historians6th-century BC religious leaders, 5th-century BC religious leadersAncient Greek geometersAncient Greek music theoristsAncient Greeks from the Achaemenid EmpireAncient Samians

  1. Herodotus

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek writer whose Histories aimed to 'preserve the great and marvellous deeds of Greeks and barbarians, especially why they fought each other'.

    23 September 2021

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    Featuring: Tom Harrison, Esther Eidinow, Paul Cartledge

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    Culture5th-century BC historiansClassical-era Greek historiansAncient Greek political refugeesAncient Greeks from the Achaemenid Empire

  2. Pythagoras

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and influence of the Greek mathematician Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans.

    10 December 2009

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    Featuring: Ian Stewart, Serafina Cuomo, John O'Connor

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    PhilosophyFounders of religionsAncient Greek philosophers of mindAncient occultists6th-century BC Greek philosophersAncient Greek metaphysicians5th-century BC Greek philosophersAncient Greek political refugeesAncient SamiansAncient Greek music theoristsAncient Greek geometers6th-century BC religious leaders, 5th-century BC religious leaders