Browse the Ancient Greece era within the In Our Time archive.
Melvyn Bragg and guests on Sophocles' tragedy, sometimes called the best play ever written
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the statesman who transformed Athens in the 6th century BC
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the speeches that set the standard for political attacks.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's story of the great, lost island of Atlantis.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Sophocles' tragedy of an autocrat who defies family ties.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's exploration of the nature of power and freedom.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek writer known as the father of history.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revenge of Dionysus on Thebes in Euripides' tragedy.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Athenian statesman and orator.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Athenians' change of mind in the Peloponnesian War.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientific study of life, originated by Aristotle.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the epic poem on the wrath of Achilles in the Trojan War.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek city of Thebes in myth, drama and history.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great works of political and ethical theory.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the significance of The Battle of Salamis, 480BC.
Does an arrow in flight move and could Achilles overtake a tortoise? Not according to Zeno
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bronze Age collapse.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Roman physician and medical theorist Galen.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Strabo's Geographica, an early work of geography.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aesop, legendary author of the famous collection of fables
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian Thucydides.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek poet Sappho.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and legacy of Alexander the Great.
