麻豆社

Series 1

Sophocles

A fresh look at the ancient world: Sophocles invents the TV detective.

• 27 mins

Series 1

Virgil

Episode 3: Virgil gives tips on bee-keeping and creates Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

• 22 mins

Series 1

Aspasia

A fresh look at the ancient world. How to be a notorious woman in ancient Greece.

• 27 mins

Series 2

Aristophanes

Join Natalie Haynes as she stands up for the Greek playwright Aristophanes.

• 26 mins

Series 2

Ovid

Join Natalie Haynes for comedy and Classics, as she stands up for Roman poet Ovid.

• 27 mins

Series 2

Plato

Natalie Haynes stands up for one of the greatest all-time thinkers, Plato.

• 27 mins

Series 2

Agrippina

Natalie Haynes stands up for Agrippina the Younger, who bossed it in first century Rome.

• 27 mins

Series 3

Sappho

Natalie Haynes stands up for the Greek poet Sappho.

• 24 mins

Series 3

Cicero

Natalie Haynes stands up for the Roman orator, Cicero.

• 27 mins

Series 3

Lucian

Natalie Haynes stands up for the little-known but super-influential Greek writer Lucian.

• 27 mins

Series 3

Juvenal

Natalie Haynes stands up for Roman satirist Juvenal. With Armando Iannucci.

• 27 mins

Series 4

Phryne

Natalie Haynes stands up for Phryne, the Greek courtesan famed for her wit and beauty.

• 27 mins

Series 4

Horace

Natalie Haynes stands up for Roman poet Horace. With guests Llewelyn Morgan and Ben Okri.

• 25 mins

Series 4

Euripides

Natalie Haynes stands up for Greek playwright Euripides, whose Medea still shocks.

• 27 mins

Series 4

Livy

Natalie Haynes stands up in the name of Roman historian Livy. With Al Murray.

• 27 mins

Series 5

Aristotle

Natalie Haynes stands up for Aristotle, with Dr Adam Rutherford and Professor Edith Hall.

• 27 mins

Series 5

Roman British Women: Claudia Severa.

Natalie Haynes on Claudia Severa, with guests Llewelyn Morgan and Paul Roberts.

• 27 mins

Series 5

Suetonius

Natalie stands up for Roman biographer Suetonius, with Llewelyn Morgan and Anita Anand.

• 28 mins

Series 5

Homer: The Iliad

Natalie Haynes stands up for Homer's Iliad.

• 28 mins

Series 6

Helen of Troy

Natalie Haynes tells stories of the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Troy.

• 27 mins

Series 6

Penthesilea, Amazon Warrior Queen

Natalie Haynes tells the story of Penthesilea, Amazon warrior Queen.

• 27 mins

Series 6

Eurydice

Natalie Haynes tells Eurydice's story from a new perspective. With Llewelyn Morgan.

• 27 mins

Series 6

Penelope

Natalie Haynes tells of Penelope, the clever woman behind The Odyssey.

• 27 mins

Series 7

Medusa

The real story of the famous snake-haired mythological woman?

• 27 mins

Series 7

Pandora

A mythological equivalent to Eve with a bit of Sleeping Beauty thrown in. With Edith Hall

• 27 mins

Series 7

Jocasta

The wife of Oedipus. And mother. A still spellbindingly shocking story. With Edith Hall.

• 27 mins

Series 7

Clytemnestra

The worst wife in Greek myth. Or was she? With Professor Edith Hall.

• 27 mins

Series 8

Pompeii

Why are ripe pomegranates and squashed grapes key archaeological finds from Pompeii?

• 28 mins

Series 8

Spartan Women

By the standards of the ancient world, Spartan women had it good. With Edith Hall.

• 28 mins

Series 8

Lucretius

Six-book epic poem on philosophy and physics? Don't mind if I do.

• 28 mins