Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Gail Trimble

Brown Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Trinity College at the University of Oxford

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2 episodes

Covers topics in categories such as:

CultureEpic poetsGolden Age Latin writers1st-century BC Romans1st-century BC Roman poets, Elegiac poetsAncient Roman equites, Ancient Roman exilesIambic poetsValerii

  1. Ovid

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman poet whose influence is arguably greater than any poet of the classical age, besides Homer, even though his writing led to his exile.

    29 April 2021

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    Also featuring: Maria Wyke, Dunstan Lowe

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    CultureEpic poetsGolden Age Latin writers1st-century BC Roman poets, Elegiac poetsAncient Roman equites, Ancient Roman exiles

  2. Catullus

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry of Catullus - some of the greatest verse of his time, and some of the most scurrilous - and his influence on Roman and later poetry

    11 January 2020

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    Also featuring: Simon Smith, Maria Wyke

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    CultureGolden Age Latin writers1st-century BC RomansIambic poetsValerii1st-century BC Roman poets, Elegiac poets