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Esther Eidinow

Professor of Ancient History at the University of Bristol

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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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Also featuring: Tom Harrison, Paul Cartledge

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Culture 5th-century BC historians Classical-era Greek historians Ancient Greek political refugees Ancient Greeks from the Achaemenid Empire