Did the ancients love like us?
Love is the big emotion, the one that drives our literature and our lives. It has done since antiquity. But when the Greeks and Romans wrote about love, did they mean the same things we do today? Is love eternal, or has the concept evolved over time? Guest: Marguerite Johnson, Honorary Professor in Classics at The University of Queensland Producer: Alex Tighe
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Love is the big emotion, the one that drives our literature and our lives. It has done since antiquity. But when the Greeks and Romans wrote about love, did they mean the same things we do today? Is love eternal, or has the concept evolved over time?
- Guest: Marguerite Johnson, Honorary Professor in Classics at The University of Queensland
- Producer: Alex Tighe