Summary Classicist Dr Michael Scott uncovers the strange, alien world of the ancient Greeks, exploring the lives of the people who gave us democracy, architecture, philosophy, language, literature and sport. Travelling across Greece today, Michael visits ancient cities and battlefields, great ruins and wild countryside, all in his search to uncover how the ancient Greeks thought and lived. What he finds is that ancient Greece was a seething tornado of strange, unsettling and downright outrageous customs and beliefs, inhabited by a people who could be as brutal as they were brilliant.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Michael Scott
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Jun 26, 2013
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Official sites : BBC homepage for series
Language : English
Filming locations : Athens, Greece
Production companies : Tern TV
Summary Classicist Dr Michael Scott uncovers the strange, alien world of the ancient Greeks, exploring the lives of the people who gave us democracy, architecture, philosophy, language, literature and sport. Travelling across Greece today, Michael visits ancient cities and battlefields, great ruins and wild countryside, all in his search to uncover how the ancient Greeks thought and lived. What he finds is that ancient Greece was a seething tornado of strange, unsettling and downright outrageous customs and beliefs, inhabited by a people who could be as brutal as they were brilliant.
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Jun 26, 2013
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Official sites : BBC homepage for series
Language : English
Filming locations : Athens, Greece
Production companies : Tern TV
