Documentary series · 8 episodes · Ancient Greek texts · Manuscripts, transmission and survival

Rescued in Time / Σωσμένα

Released · 2023

Classical Greece

Theodoros Papakostas follows the people, manuscripts and historical circumstances through which ancient Greek texts reached the present.

View towards the Acropolis from the Pnyx in Athens — The Pnyx and Acropolis, Athens. Contextual photograph; not a production still. George E. Koronaios · Source · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped and resized.

The production story

Rescued in Time follows the survival of Greek literature across antiquity, medieval manuscript culture and later transmission. Its historical scope extends beyond the date when the original texts were written.

The University of Athens identifies eight episodes, with its philologists Amfilochios Papathomas and Theodora Antonopoulou acting as scientific advisers, and gives the premiere as 3 February 2023. COSMOTE independently lists the series as 2023. This is one series record, not eight separate productions.

Known filming locations

The series travels within and outside Greece to meet specialists. The cited pages do not supply a complete list of filming locations.

Developments

3 February 2023
Series premiere announced by its University of Athens academic collaborators. Source ↗

Related Archaeopolis expertise

Historical dress, equipment and material culture for contemporary interpretations of the Classical Greek World.

Explore Classical Greek World Production Support →

For a documented contemporary presentation of ancient musical culture through instruments, performance and explanation:

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For the series’ transmission of Greek texts through the Byzantine world:

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Independent production monitoring — inclusion does not imply a collaboration with Archaeopolis.