Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Tom Harrison

Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews

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Culture5th-century BC historiansClassical-era Greek historiansAncient Greek political refugeesAncient Greeks from the Achaemenid Empire

  1. 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: Esther Eidinow, Paul Cartledge

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    Culture5th-century BC historiansClassical-era Greek historiansAncient Greek political refugeesAncient Greeks from the Achaemenid Empire