Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Cultural depictions of Theseus

Theseus and the Minotaur is a type of logic maze designed by Robert Abbott. In this maze, the player acts as Theseus, the king of Athens who is attempting to escape the Labyrinth.

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  1. A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas behind Shakespeare's comedy with its intertwining plots of royal marriage, crossed lovers, quarreling fairies and rude mechanicals

    18 April 2019

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    Featuring: Helen Hackett, Tom Healy, Alison Findlay

     
  2. Plutarch's Parallel Lives

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of the influential Greek biographer Plutarch who compared and contrasted famous Romans and Greeks in pairs to reveal their inner lives

    19 December 2024

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    Featuring: Judith Mossman, Andrew Erskine, Paul Cartledge