Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Ancient Greeks from the Achaemenid Empire

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CulturePhilosophyOntologistsPhilosophers of religionNatural philosophersAncient Greek philosophers of mindAncient Greek political philosophers5th-century BC Greek philosophers5th-century BC historians6th-century BC Greek philosophersAncient Greek epistemologists, Ancient Greek ethicistsAncient Greek metaphysiciansAncient Greek physicistsClassical-era Greek historiansPhilosophers of timeAncient Greek political refugees

  1. Heraclitus

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek thinker Heraclitus, immortalised by later scholars as the Weeping Philosopher.

    8 December 2011

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    Featuring: Angie Hobbs, Peter Adamson, James Warren

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    PhilosophyAncient Greek political philosophersAncient Greeks from the Achaemenid EmpireNatural philosophersPhilosophers of religionAncient Greek epistemologists, Ancient Greek ethicistsAncient Greek metaphysiciansPhilosophers of timeAncient Greek philosophers of mind6th-century BC Greek philosophersOntologistsAncient Greek physicists5th-century BC Greek philosophers

  2. 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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    CultureClassical-era Greek historiansAncient Greek political refugeesAncient Greeks from the Achaemenid Empire5th-century BC historians