The John Batchelor Show / Preview: Author James Romm, "Plato and the Tyrant," explains why Plato traveled to all powerful and rich Syracuse to sit at the grotesquely indulgent Syracusean tables with the tyrant Dionysius the Elder. More later.

View our embed guidelines

This site uses Javascript

Please enable it in your browser's preferences.

You can visit our support center if you're having problems.

Sorry, your browser isn't supported.

We recommend upgrading to the latest Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge.

You can visit our support center if you're having problems.