32. Pericles with Paul Cartledge

About this episode

Pericles was the foremost statesman of Athens’ classical age, dominating the political sphere, and giving his name to the building programme that produced the architecture we see on the Acropolis today. But what was he really like beyond the orator and politician? Paul Cartledge, AG Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, honorary citizen of modern day Sparta and author of a new biography of Pericles. We discuss Pericles’ mid-life crisis, his genius for giving speeches and we start with Paul’s experience of the BBC radio programme In Our Time on which Paul often appears as a guest. Paul Cartledge Links⁠⁠⁠ Pericles: Statesman, Demagogue, Eccentric BBCR4 In Our Time: The Delian League History…