BETTANY HUGHES

British historian, author and filmmaker, Bettany Hughes,  who shot a fascinating documentary series in Greece. Spoke of her great love for the country and its people, recently.

 

In an article published in the Daily Mail, she reveals that “the Greek islands is where I fell in love – twice.  First with my travel companion and second with the land, that we were travelling through. We were island-hopping on ferries, mopeds and bicycles and I was searching for ancient history and fabulous myths and legends.”

Hughes explores the Greek island from antiquity up to present times   Her documentary series “Greek Odyssey” plaid in 2020 on Channel 5, in the UK,

 

“Now, 30 years later, in an epic journey of a lifetime, I’ve gone back across the Aegean, I’ve travelled more than 1.700 miles by boat, through storms and earthquakes, with the company of dolphins (good) and killer bees (bad) on my own modern Odyssey,” she says.

 

“We’re told that around 3.000 thousand years ago, the legendary Greek warrior, Odysseus, travelled by boat from the site of the Trojan war to his home island of Ithaka, having all kinds of adventures on the way. So I decided to pack a film crew and follow the hero’s course,” she adds.

 

Hughes has written two books on ancient Greek subjects.  Her first “Helen of Troy: Goddess,  Princess, Whore” has been translated into ten languages.  Her second “The Hemlock Cup, Socrates, Athens and the Search for a Good Life” was Book of the Week on BBC radio 4.         

 

  

                         British Historian Author and Filmmaker Bettany Hughes