Nigel Spivey
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Dr Nigel Spivey teaches Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, where he is a Fellow of Emmanuel College. He has written extensively on the Etruscans and on the Olympic Games.
He has presented various television series:
- For BBC: How Art Made the World, 2005
- For ITV: Digging for Jesus, 2005
- For Channel 5: 'Kings and Queens', and 'Heroes of World War II'.
His Books include:
- Songs On Bronze: Greek Myths Retold (2005)
- Panorama of the Classical World (With Michael Squire) (2004)
- Etruscan Art (1997)
- Greek Art (1997)
- Understanding Greek Sculpture
- The Ancient Olympics: War minus the shooting (2004)
As an undergraduate, he was a three-times victor at the Oxford-Cambridge athletics match -- first staged in 1864 -- and he remains an active member of the Achilles Club, which has supplied numerous medal-winners at the modern Olympics.
