Simon Goldhill
Professor of Greek, University of Cambridge
I'm Professor of Greek Literature at the University of Cambridge. I'm co-director of Humanity’s Urban Future programme and a fellow of the British Academy. My research areas are in Greek literature and culture of all periods and also in Victorian Britain, the history of sexuality, the history of culture and what makes a good city of the future.
EXPs by Simon Goldhill
What makes Greece unique is not its theatre, democracy, politics and art, but its idea of self-reflection.
In antiquity, the sexual object is rarely a defining characteristic: how you sleep with someone is as important as who you sleep with.
The Odyssey is the hero’s story of travel, adventure and coming home – a myth of myths.