Who Were the Greeks

Season 1

2013 · 2 episodes · 1h 58m in all · 7.0/10

Episodes

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   1. Brutality and Brilliance

   27 Jun 2013 · 59 min · 7.0/10

   The ancient Greeks may have a lasting influence over many aspects of the modern world, but the way they lived would be completely alien to us. Traveling across Greece today, classicist Dr Michael Scott finds that ancient Greece was a seething tornado of strange, unsettling and downright outrageous customs and beliefs, inhabited by a people who could be horrific to those around them.

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   2. Influence and Imagination

   4 Jul 2013 · 59 min · 7.0/10

   Democracy, art, architecture, philosophy, science: all can be traced back to ancient Greece. Traveling across the ancient Greek world, from Athens to Olympia, Turkey and Sicily, classicist Michael Scott discovers why they were so successful, why their culture and way of life spread across continents and why they still have such a powerful hold over our imaginations today.