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Greece
Tales about the cradle of Western civilisation, from Socrates and the first democracies to the fall of the Roman Empire, the Ottoman yoke, and Britain’s part in the fight for independence.
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The Battle of Salamis
Based on Plutarch
As the Persian Empire’s grip tightened by land and sea, it fell to one man to unite Greece in a last desperate bid to break it.
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A Man called ‘Beta’
By Clay Lane
For a perennial ‘runner-up’, Eratosthenes had a peculiar knack of being first.
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The Miracle of Piso Livadi
Three fishermen let their tongues run away with them, and were left counting the cost.
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The Sacred Snakes of Kefalonia
Once a year, regular as clockwork, the little snakes slither into the convent for a Feast of the Virgin Mary.
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