Greg Jenner

Not as big a name as the other three. So Plato has a couple of nicknames for Aristotle, his new student. Do you want to guess what they are?

Right, okay. Oh, so he's young Sheldon almost. He's like a sort of teenage sensation. So the nicknames we've got, I think, are The Walking Library.

Right, okay. Oh, so he's young Sheldon almost. He's like a sort of teenage sensation. So the nicknames we've got, I think, are The Walking Library.

Which is quite nice. And just The Brain.

Which is quite nice. And just The Brain.

And he studies a variety of things at the academy, right? So it's not just philosophy, it's astronomy, natural science.

And he studies a variety of things at the academy, right? So it's not just philosophy, it's astronomy, natural science.

So he's the ultimate postgrad because he comes at 17 and he is there 20 years and he's studying stuff he's meant to be studying and he's studying bonus courses. So he writes about lyric poetry. He writes about drama, which is obviously theatre with masks and tragedy, right? You know, sort of Medea and things like that. He writes about epic, which I guess is the Iliad, the Odyssey. Yeah.

So he's the ultimate postgrad because he comes at 17 and he is there 20 years and he's studying stuff he's meant to be studying and he's studying bonus courses. So he writes about lyric poetry. He writes about drama, which is obviously theatre with masks and tragedy, right? You know, sort of Medea and things like that. He writes about epic, which I guess is the Iliad, the Odyssey. Yeah.

He writes about comedy, but we don't have it, which is devastating to me because you and I both love comedy. We don't have his book on comedy.

He writes about comedy, but we don't have it, which is devastating to me because you and I both love comedy. We don't have his book on comedy.

Bring that back. Bring it back. The Hedgehog Clock. Perfect. In 348, a big thing happens to him. The death of Plato, 348 BCE. His tutor, his great intellectual figurehead dies. And again, the idyllic life comes crashing down around him. And you might assume that he gets the gig, teaching at the academy, takes over running the school.

Bring that back. Bring it back. The Hedgehog Clock. Perfect. In 348, a big thing happens to him. The death of Plato, 348 BCE. His tutor, his great intellectual figurehead dies. And again, the idyllic life comes crashing down around him. And you might assume that he gets the gig, teaching at the academy, takes over running the school.

Well, you've clearly deduced what happened because he doesn't get the job that he's expecting. The rivals sort of step in and muscle him out and it's a guy called Spew Sippers. Yeah, which means enthusiast for horses. LAUGHTER

Well, you've clearly deduced what happened because he doesn't get the job that he's expecting. The rivals sort of step in and muscle him out and it's a guy called Spew Sippers. Yeah, which means enthusiast for horses. LAUGHTER

So he doesn't get the gig and he instead, he gets an invitation to go to a new place. He does. And this place is called Assos.

So he doesn't get the gig and he instead, he gets an invitation to go to a new place. He does. And this place is called Assos.

Which sounds very progressive and modern, doesn't it? So he heads off to Assos. I spent most of my 30s on Assos too, but I was mostly trying to buy skinny jeans. Right.

Which sounds very progressive and modern, doesn't it? So he heads off to Assos. I spent most of my 30s on Assos too, but I was mostly trying to buy skinny jeans. Right.

That's appropriate wit, everyone. I bet there was an equivalent joke. So Assos, he goes there and he finds love. He does.