THE DAWN OF DEMOCRACY
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM
Against the glorious backdrop of ancient Greece, classical historian Bettany Hughes (The Spartans, Helen of Troy) explores the truth about the “Golden Age” of ancient Athens. Far from an environment of peace and tranquility, democratic Athens was a bloody, tumultuous place of both brilliant ideas and a repressive regime with a darker side.