Subscribe or Log In to Anytime
Access audio & film from your favourite writers and thinkers
Give the gift of Anytime
Treat someone to a Hay Festival Anytime subscription

Emilio del Río in conversation with Carlos Aganzo

Carpe Diem: Self Help with the Classics

Segovia 2025, 

The answers to many of our personal problems are not to be found in the future, but in history. Faced with the pressing and ever-shifting issues of modern times, the classics provide timeless concepts that have stood, sound and infallible, through the tests of time. In classical culture, myths also serve to explain our Western culture and its codes of behaviour: heroism, generosity, selfishness, courage, envy, and so on. The gods of Olympus and the heroes of classical antiquity are leading characters in a fascinating series of tales that never cease to amaze us. Emilio del Río reflects on modernity, myths and the relevance of the classics in our lives, in conversation with writer and journalist Carlos Aganzo.

At the end of the event, the author will sign copies of his books

Event in Spanish