A series of ten programmes about the ancient Greeks, their history, genius and contribution to European civilisation.
5:TRAGEDY by Hugh Lloyd-Jones , Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford
Taking as an example Sophocles' Women of Trachis, which portrays the death of Heracles, this programme discusses Attic tragedy as a dramatic form, and what we learn from it of Greek beliefs about the gods, heroes, and the lives of ordinary men.
Readers Stephen Murray, Susan Richards and Gary Watson
A Listen and Learn series
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