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Anthony Wilks
Among the Ancients II
Emily Wilson, celebrated classicist and translator of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, is back to take on another twelve vital works of Greek and Roman literature with the LRB’s Thomas Jones, loosely themed around truth and lies – from from Aesop’s Fables to Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations.Episodes will appear once a month throughout 2024.Among the Ancients is part of the Close Readings podcasts collection from the London Review of Books.To listen to all the series in full, subscribe:Directly in Apple Podcasts at the top of this podcastFor...
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