Jon Hesk
Reader in Greek and Classical Studies at the University of St Andrews
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Demosthenes' Philippics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ferocious speeches Demosthenes gave to stir up his fellow Athenians against their enemy Philip II of Macedon and so abandon appeasement.
17 November 2022
Also featuring: Paul Cartledge, Kathryn Tempest