Instant Classics
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Join world-renowned classicist Mary Beard and Guardian chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins for Instant Classics — the weekly podcast that proves ancient history is still relevant.
Ancient stories, modern twists… and no degree in Classics required.
Become a Member of the Instant Classics Book Club here: https://instantclassics.supportingcast.fm/
Ancient stories, modern twists… and no degree in Classics required.
Become a Member of the Instant Classics Book Club here: https://instantclassics.supportingcast.fm/
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Instant Classics podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Odyssey
Homer
#2 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Iliad
Homer
#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes
History of Rome
Michael Grant
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
I, Claudius
Robert Graves
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Life of Pericles
Plutarch
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The crimes of Elagabalus
Martijn Icks
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Apology of Socrates
None
Plato
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Homer
Homer
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Remus
T. P. Wiseman
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Aeneid
Virgil
James Howard Mantinband
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Religions of the Ancient Greeks
Simon Price
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Parthenon
Mary Beard
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The return of Ulysses
a cultural history of Homer's Odyssey
Edith Hall
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Emperor
Downfall of an Autocrat
Ryszard Kapuściński
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Aeneid
Virgil
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Annals
American Academy of Political and Social Science.
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Description of Greece
Pausanias
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Writing Rome
Catharine Edwards
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars
Suetonius
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
