A master of popular criticism, The New York Times have christened Daniel Mendelsohn “our most irresistible literary critic”. In The Bad Boy of Athens: Classics from the Greeks to Game of Thrones, Daniel uses the ancient past as a lens to examine modern culture in a collection of essays that traverse everything from Sappho’s sexuality and the feminism that can be found in Game of Thrones, to the unexpected connections between Homer and robots. Daniel is joined by Tali Lavi.

A master of popular criticism,&nbsp;The New York Times have christened Daniel Mendelsohn &ldquo;our most irresistible literary critic&rdquo;. In The Bad Boy of Athens: Classics from the Greeks to Game of Thrones, Daniel uses the ancient past as a lens to examine modern culture in a collection of essays that traverse everything from Sappho&rsquo;s sexuality and the feminism that can be found in&nbsp;Game of Thrones, to the unexpected connections between Homer and robots. Daniel is joined by Tali Lavi.

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