It's All Greek (and Latin) To Me

The Vote To Save a City – The Deadly Mytilinean Debate with Paul Cartledge


Listen Later

This week, Jimmy and Armand plunge into the tense world of ancient Athenian democracy, where the fate of an entire city hung on a single vote. The fierce Mytilene Debate showcased the incredible power of demagogues, the importance of the thin line between justice and vengeance and the undeniable power of ‘sleeping on it’…

They also unpick the origins and intricacies of Ancient Athenian Democracy, ostracism by pottery shard, and how quoting Euripides might just save your life...

Thank you to Professor Paul Cartledge for the suggestion for this week’s episode. The Main Text Explored was Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War, Book III. 

Presented by Armand D’Angour and Jimmy Mulville
Produced by Diggory Waite
A Hat Trick Production

For more on the charity Classics For All, who support state schools to introduce or develop the teaching of classical subjects sustainably on the curriculum or as an after school activity, visit www.classicsforall.org.uk
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

It's All Greek (and Latin) To MeBy It's All Greek (and Latin) To Me

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

8 ratings


More shows like It's All Greek (and Latin) To Me

View all
In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,426 Listeners

History Extra podcast by Immediate Media

History Extra podcast

3,173 Listeners

In Our Time: History by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time: History

1,864 Listeners

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast by Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

285 Listeners

Dan Snow's History Hit by History Hit

Dan Snow's History Hit

4,621 Listeners

Ancient Greece Declassified by Dr. Lantern Jack

Ancient Greece Declassified

492 Listeners

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk by Goalhanger

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

1,307 Listeners

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics by BBC Radio 4

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics

247 Listeners

The Ancients by History Hit

The Ancients

3,091 Listeners

The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

The Rest Is History

12,964 Listeners

Gone Medieval by History Hit

Gone Medieval

1,751 Listeners

Short History Of... by NOISER

Short History Of...

2,654 Listeners

Empire by Goalhanger

Empire

2,119 Listeners

Past Present Future by David Runciman

Past Present Future

300 Listeners

Strong Message Here by BBC Radio 4

Strong Message Here

45 Listeners