Modern man's search for self through 2,500 years of history, exploring Greek city states' profound influence on our views of sex, science, religion, drama, politics, philosophy, architecture, and war.

A series about modern man's search for himself, which uses 2,500 years of history to stimulate our natural curiosity about our roots. No culture in history has had a greater influence on modern man than classical Greece. Our current views on sex, science, religion, drama, politics, philosophy architecture and war all have their roots in the Greek city states which flourished five centuries before the birth of Christ.—Transatlantic Films