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First transmitted in 1958, Sir Mortimer Wheeler sails from Venice to Greece, to determine why iconic sites continue to fulfil the earnest traveller's sightseeing pleasure. ..via Istanbul, stepping onshore on the Aegean Islands of Lesbos, an ancient trade route site.First transmitted in 1958, Sir Mortimer Wheeler and the Hellenic scholars sail east via Istanbul, stepping onshore on the Aegean Islands of Lesbos, an ancient trade route site..visit Delos and Athens in the last leg of their journey around the Mediterranean..

Marvellous footage over three episodes, Byzantium from the sea...Greek islands, crusader Rhodes (fascinating) and even Venice. Some very interesting vignettes from scholars of the time on theatre, architecture and Christianity. philosophy, and Plato's castes.

Go to BBC iplayer, Factual, Show all Factual...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01...o_Mycenae/

Edit : Rhythm and intonation of spoken Homer and lines from Aeschylus from the back row of the theatre at Epidaurus.