Professor Edith Hall

king or tyrant, which means somebody who's come into monarchical power, but not through hereditary. And he invites Aristotle over, apparently, to help him write a constitution.

king or tyrant, which means somebody who's come into monarchical power, but not through hereditary. And he invites Aristotle over, apparently, to help him write a constitution.

It's either Hermias' daughter or his adopted daughter or possibly his niece. But anyway, it's a posh woman. In his court. Called Pythias? Called Pythias.

It's either Hermias' daughter or his adopted daughter or possibly his niece. But anyway, it's a posh woman. In his court. Called Pythias? Called Pythias.

Well, it's possible, but it's also possible that she actually died in childbirth.

Well, it's possible, but it's also possible that she actually died in childbirth.

Is it populated at this point? Very much so. There are three big cities. The biggest is Mytilene.

Is it populated at this point? Very much so. There are three big cities. The biggest is Mytilene.

It's deeply cultured. Right. Very ancient. It's had the poet Sappho. It's had another very famous poet called Alcaeus. It's already in the Iliad as the land of fair women. Also got the most extraordinary natural world. I mean, botanists today will say it's got outstanding amount of really interesting plants that don't exist anywhere else.

It's deeply cultured. Right. Very ancient. It's had the poet Sappho. It's had another very famous poet called Alcaeus. It's already in the Iliad as the land of fair women. Also got the most extraordinary natural world. I mean, botanists today will say it's got outstanding amount of really interesting plants that don't exist anywhere else.

And it's got this massive lagoon, which is a lake, which is mainly freshwater, but it actually blurs into saltwater and meets the sea. And it had such an amazing amount of interesting creatures living in it that Aristotle said, I know what I want to be now. I'm going to be a marine zoologist.

And it's got this massive lagoon, which is a lake, which is mainly freshwater, but it actually blurs into saltwater and meets the sea. And it had such an amazing amount of interesting creatures living in it that Aristotle said, I know what I want to be now. I'm going to be a marine zoologist.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I don't think so. The fact is he'd got a very good friend, either already had or more likely made. But there was this young guy, he was 17 years younger than him, so about 20, called Theo Fraster. And he is a lesbian. He lives on Lesbos. Stop it. I'm just mirroring what you're saying. He's obsessed with plants. And I think they quite literally decided to invent zoology and botany together.

I don't think so. The fact is he'd got a very good friend, either already had or more likely made. But there was this young guy, he was 17 years younger than him, so about 20, called Theo Fraster. And he is a lesbian. He lives on Lesbos. Stop it. I'm just mirroring what you're saying. He's obsessed with plants. And I think they quite literally decided to invent zoology and botany together.

No, if life gives you lemon, you know.

No, if life gives you lemon, you know.

But he also invents environmental thinking. One of the things he sees or doesn't see in the lagoon, he says there used to be a thing called a red scallop. The fishermen have told me, he talked to all the people who really knew, the fishermen have told me, but overfishing. has killed it. It is extinct. Yeah, oh wow. He actually says that.

But he also invents environmental thinking. One of the things he sees or doesn't see in the lagoon, he says there used to be a thing called a red scallop. The fishermen have told me, he talked to all the people who really knew, the fishermen have told me, but overfishing. has killed it. It is extinct. Yeah, oh wow. He actually says that.