It's All Greek (and Latin) To Me
Episodes
The Vote To Save a City – The Deadly Mytilinean Debate with Paul Cartledge
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jimmy and Armand plunge into the tense world of ancient Athenian democracy, where the fate of an entire city hung on a single vote. The fie...
“The Old Lie” – The Roman Ode that Haunted the Trenches
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” – “It is sweet and glorious to die for one’s country.” This week, Jimmy and Armand dive into the ...
The Father of History or the Father of Lies? Herodotus' Histories with Han Parker
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Was Herodotus the Father of History — or the Father of Lies? Jimmy and Armand dive into the strange and spectacular world of Herodotus — a world ...
Gods, Frogs and The Ancient Greek Elvis – The Music of Ancient Greece
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He gyrated, he pouted, he played two pipes at once – and he may have been the Elvis of ancient Greece... This week, Jimmy and Armand plunge into t...
“They Make a Desert and Call It Peace” – Tacitus' Agricola
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“They make a desert and call it peace.” It’s one of the most brutal lines in ancient history – but was it ever actually spoken? Jimmy and A...
Dogs, Birds and… Eels? – Pets in the Ancient World
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Armand and Jimmy follow the pawprints of history to uncover the deeply emotional – and sometimes bizarre – relationships the ancients had with the...
Letters from the End of the World – Pliny in Pompeii with Ancient History Fangirl
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Armand and Jimmy plunge into the smoke and ash of one of Ancient Rome’s most haunting eyewitness accounts: Pliny the Younger’s letters describing ...
Is Love Worth the Risk? – The Songs of Sappho with Martha Kearney
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Armand and Jimmy dive into the passionate, mysterious world of Sappho – the iconic lyric poet of archaic Greece, whose fragments of song have echoed...
Julius Caesar’s Gamble – "The Die is Cast" with Mary Beard
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Armand and Jimmy follow Julius Caesar to the banks of the Rubicon - and the moment that changed Roman history forever. With the help of Britain’s be...
Naked Heroes, Angry Gods – 'The Odyssey' with Alex Horne
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Armand and Jimmy set sail through the timeless tale of The Odyssey, Homer’s epic poem that follows the long and perilous journey of Odysseus as he f...
Lysistrata
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Armand and Jimmy explore the hilarious and bold story of Lysistrata, the comedic tale of Ancient Greek women who devise an unexpected strategy to end...
The Aeneid
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Armand and Jimmy delve into one of the greatest masterpieces of Roman literature, The Aeneid, shedding light on its historical significance and the po...
Plato
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Armand and Jimmy as they delve into Plato’s Symposium, unraveling the diverse perspectives on love shared by Plato, Socrates, and their fellow ...
Juvenal
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Armand and Jimmy discuss Juvenal, one of the earliest and most influential satirists, emphasising how every aspect of his work was crafted for comedic...
Narcissus
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Armand and Jimmy delve into the myth of Narcissus and Echo, revealing how it has left its mark on modern psychology by prompting the ideas of 'Narciss...
The Iliad
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Armand and Jimmy discuss Homer's epic poem The Iliad and in particular the moment where the Greek warrior Diomedes and the Trojan Glaucus meet on the ...
Catullus
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Odi et amo - 'I hate and I Iove' Armand and Jimmy chat about the Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus and the trials and tribulations of his love affa...
Eureka
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A multidisciplinary approach to this episode, as Jimmy and Armand explore the exclamation ‘Eureka!’ uttered by Archimedes, known from a story told...
Oedipus
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we take the oft quoted idea of the Oedipus Complex and find out its origins in Sophocles’ tragedy Oedipus Rex. Armand and Jimmy fir...
Carpe Diem
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We kick off the series with an expression that is often heard; but what do we know about who wrote it and from which literary work it is plucked? Arm...
Trailer
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Armand D'Angour (Professor of Classics at Oxford University) and Jimmy Mulville (Comedy Producer, Chairman of charity 'Classics For All' and life...