The Essay: Greek and Latin Voices
BBC Radio 3 heads to the source of all Western literature, exploring the work of the giants of Greek and Latin writing. Find out about the series.
Tuesday 8 Jul 23:00 on BBC Radio 3
Of mice and men
Talking mice, epicurean delights and farming: What lays at the heart of Horace's carpe diem?
Oedipus adapted
The same story gets a different treatment to fit the times of the retelling, as shown by competing Oedipus myths.
Hearing women's lives
You can discover real lives of classical Greece in literature, but it takes a closer reading to find the real women.
Listening more closely
Inspired? Why not listen to some poems in Greek - or learn to read them for youself? All ways of taking it further.
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