Atheists have been battling the gods for as long as the faithful have been admiring them. Joseph Ryan Kelly speaks with Tim Whitmarsh, the A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge, about his new book Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World.

First Impressions # 100: Tim Whitmarsh on Atheism in the Ancient World

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First Impressions # 100: Tim Whitmarsh on Atheism in the Ancient World

First Impressions # 100: Tim Whitmarsh on Atheism in the Ancient World