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Around 360 B.C., the Greek philosopher Plato recorded the legend of Atlantis, the great civilization swallowed by the sea. For centuries, adventurers and archaeologists have searched in vain for the lost city. But now, an international team of experts has uncovered evidence of an epic catastrophe that wiped out a technically advanced and wealthy Mediterranean civilization 3,500 years ago. Join us as we detail a devastating natural disaster and the cataclysmic events that changed history and inspired a myth.

Bettany Hughes' series profiling the most celebrated thinkers of the Ancient world continues as she turns her attention to Socrates. Heading to Greece, she details how the Athenian philosopher secured a reputation as an influential maverick.   [video poster="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/GOTAW-ep-2-mp4-image.jpg" width="832" height="468" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/GOTAW-ep.2.mp4" id="1025" src="" loop="false" autoplay="false" preload="metadata" videopress_guid=""][/video]   She also highlights how his contributions as one of the founders of Western philosophy did not please his detractors, as his outspoken defence of his beliefs ultimately led to his execution. Socrates (c. 470 – 399 BC) was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and is known as the first moral philosopher, of t