Ancient Lives with Mary Beard

BBC Radio 4

Mary Beard unearths the lives of the Ancients. Join Mary as she discovers the real lives of people from the ancient Greek world and the Roman empire.

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Ancient Lives with Mary Beard

Episodes (20)

Jul 28th BONUS: Mary Beard on Homer's Odyssey
Jul 28th Martin Scorsese and the Godfather of Athens
Jul 21st The Greengrocer Who Saved Democracy

Ancient Lives with Mary Beard

Jul 28, 2026
13¼ minutes
12 MB

Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, starring Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway is filling cinema seats around the world and is already a hot favourite for the Oscars. But what is it about this 3000 year old story that captures the imagination of writers, directors and audiences today? Film director, Uberto Pasolini created his own intense take on the legend with his recent film, The Return starring Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus and Juliette Binoche as his abandoned wife, Penelope. In this bonus episode of Being Greek, Mary Beard talks to Uberto about the themes of the Odyssey that still grip us...

Ancient Lives with Mary Beard

BONUS: Mary Beard on Homer's Odyssey

BBC Radio 4

00:00 -13:19