
Simon Goldhill
Professor of Greek Literature and Culture and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge
8 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Edith Hall, Edith Hall
Covers topics in categories such as:
Marcus Aurelius
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, meditations and reputation of this stoic and philosopher king, who Machiavelli called the last of the 'Five Good Emperors'.
25 February 2021
Also featuring: Angie Hobbs, Catharine Edwards
Aesop
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aesop, legendary author of the famous collection of fables.
20 November 2014
Also featuring: Pavlos Avlamis, Lucy Grig
Xenophon
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the ancient Greek historian and soldier Xenophon.
26 May 2011
Also featuring: Paul Cartledge, Edith Hall
The Library of Alexandria
Melvyn Bragg and guests Simon Goldhill, Serafina Cuomo and Matthew Nichols discuss the Library of Alexandria, one of the greatest libraries in history.
12 March 2009
Also featuring: Matthew Nicholls, Serafina Cuomo
The Oresteia
Melvyn Bragg discusses the ‘Oresteia’, the first of the Classical tragedies that come out of fifth century Athens. It is a tale of homecoming, murder, bloody vengeance and the establishment of Law.
29 December 2005
Also featuring: Edith Hall, Tom Healy
The Odyssey
Melvyn Bragg discusses Homer’s Odyssey, the epic story of the Greek hero Odysseus’ journey back from Troy, and its foundational position in the history of western literature and ideas.
9 September 2004
Also featuring: Edith Hall, Oliver Taplin
Thermopylae
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Battle of Thermopylae, a defining clash between East and West, when King Leonidas and his defeated Spartans passed into legend.
5 February 2004
Also featuring: Tom Holland, Edith Hall
Humanism
Melvyn Bragg examines what happened to Humanism after its invention by Cicero in the first century BC. What does humanism actually mean and is it still a classical force in contemporary ideas?
8 February 2001
Also featuring: Tony Davies, Lisa Jardine