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Discover how the best physician is also a philosopher… From the gladiators' arena to the imperial court, the life and career of the ancient doctor Galen is among the most extraordinary in the ancient world.A Greek, a Roman, a doctor, and a thinker, Galen was also one of the most prolific of all ancient writers, having written ten per cent of all ancient texts from before 350CE.Today, Anya is joined by KATHERINE D. VAN SCHAIK, herself both a Classicist and an MD, to discuss Galen's immense legacy in medicine, what he got right and wrong about health… and how a dream may have changed the course of history.Katherine D. Van Schaik is a MD, PhD, MA and author of “How to Be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness”. She received her PhD in Ancient History from the Harvard Department of the Classics and her MD from Harvard Medical School. You can buy How to Be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691206271/how-to-be-healthyHosted by Anya Leonard of Classical Wisdom. To learn more about Classical Wisdom, and sign up for our free newsletter, please go to https://classicalwisdom.substack.com/ 

This episode originally aired in June 2023. Liv speaks with PhD student Yentl Love about queerness in the ancient world and Greek mythology, about classical reception in Lil Nas X, and so much more. Follow Yentl (the Queer Classicist) on Twitter, and learn more on her site. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Victor Davis Hanson, Distinguished Fellow, Center for American Greatness; Historian & Classicist at Hoover Institution; AUTHOR: “The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PREVIEW: ROMAN WOMEN: GREEK WOMEN: Author and classicist Daisy Dunn, "The Missing Thread," explains that the metaphor of weaving cloth for the family was also understood as weaving the fabric of lives. More later tonight on Greek and Roman women's roles. undated women of Rome

In this episode of The Unicorny Marketing Show, Dom talks to Tas Tasgal, Keynote speaker, author and trainer about the intricacies of human behaviour in marketing.Tas challenges common perceptions in marketing, emphasising that decision-making is often unconscious and influenced by emotions rather than rational thought. Key points:Traditional market research often fails to capture true consumer motivationsThe role of emotions in decision-makingEngaging narratives can significantly enhance brand communicationListen in to rethink conventional strategies and explore deeper emotional connections with your audience.Competition time!

In this episode of The Unicorny Marketing Show, Dom talks to Tas Tasgal, Keynote speaker, author and trainer about the intricacies of human behaviour in marketing.Tas challenges common perceptions in marketing, emphasising that decision-making is often unconscious and influenced by emotions rather than rational thought. Key points:Traditional market research often fails to capture true consumer motivationsThe role of emotions in decision-makingEngaging narratives can significantly enhance brand communicationListen in to rethink conventional strategies and explore deeper emotional connections with your audience.Competition time!

Send us a textFor the past few centuries, we have philosophically operated under Newtonian physics where questions of experience and of the soul were seen as subjective, with no connection to the numerical certainty of science. However, then came quantum physics.In his new book, Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith, classicist Dr. Spencer Klavan retells the history of science and highlights the philosophical implications of each era. He argues that quantum mechanics, with its exploration of uncertainty and consciousness, has not only returned physics to the question of the soul. But, also, has provided an incredible argument for the Genesis account of creation.You may recognize Dr. Klavan from his appearance in episode 104 - Modern Problems, Ancient Solutions - Applying the Wisdom of the Classics to the Cultural Conflicts of TodayTopics:The purpose of this bookMusic of the Spheres & the Medieval View of the world - the World as Beauty + OrderPhilosophical implications of "ghost in the machine" philosophyAI and the mechanical view of the universeGenesis, Consciousness, and Quantum MechanicsWorldviews and ScienceA clash of cultures: Scientism and Skepticism in AmericaConfusing spiritual truths and scientific truths"What books have had an impact on you?""What advice do you have for teenagers?"Bio:Dr. Spencer Klavan is an associate editor at the Claremont Review of Books and a podcaster on the great works of the West. Dr. Klavan is a scholar, writer, and podcast host of Young Heretics, with a lifelong devotion to the great works and principles of the West. After studying Greek and Latin at Yale University as an undergrad, he spent five years at Oxford University completing his doctorate in ancient Greek literature. Check out his latest book, Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith.Resources mentioned:Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through FaithBooks of impact:In high school: BibleDuring grad school: Owen Barfield's Poetic Diction and Saving AppearancesSince his last appearance: Thomas Traherne's Centuries of MeditationsSocials -Lessons from Interesting People substack: https://taylorbledsoe.substack.com/Website: https://www.aimingforthemoon.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aiming4moon/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Aiming4MoonFacebook:

Preview: Sappho: Conversation with author and classicist Daisy Dunn regarding the vastly celebrated Greek poet Sappho and her jealousy or displeasure of a woman one of her brothers rescued from Egypt. More later. 1831 Sappho

Preview: Rome: Conversation with author and classicist Daisy Dunn, author of "The Missing Thread," regarding the fascination for Agrippina the Younger still: two thousand years after Nero murdered her, his own mother. More later. undated, Nero missing his mother, Agrippina the Younger

Preview: Roman women: Conversation with the classicist Emily South, author of A Rome of One's Own, re: The myths and facts of wives and daughters from the Kingdom to the Christian rise. Here Emily describes how Vestal Virgins were sacrificed when bad news arrived. More later. 1838 ABDICATION OF SULLA

PREVIEW: CLEOPATRA: CAESAR: Conversation with classicist Daisy Dunn on her new work, "THE MISSING THREAD," regarding the Roman people's disregard of the crafty young Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra VII, who famously entranced the all-conquering Caesar. More in the coming weeks. 1891 Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra

PREVIEW: CLASSICAL WORLD: HELEN TO AGRIPPINA THE YOUNGER: Conversation with classicist and author Daisy Dunn on her new book, "THE MISSING THREAD: A Women's History of the Ancient World," ranging from the Minoans and Trojans of the Late Bronze Age to the Romans of the Iron Age. The book emphasizes wives, mothers, daughters and their choice metaphors of weaving and spinning the fate of heroes. More in the coming weeks. https://www.amazon.com/Missing-Thread-Womens-History-Ancient/dp/0593299663 1873 Women of Pompeii

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by award-winning classicist and author of seven books, Dr. Daisy Dunn. We discuss her newest book, “The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World through the Women Who Shaped It.” Follow Daisy: @DaisyfDunn

Send us a Text Message.A rich understanding of history allows us to recognize patterns and the possible trajectory of the present. But sometimes, this analysis provides sobering prophecies. In this episode, renowned classicist and military historian, Dr. Victor Davis Hanson discusses his 2024 book, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation. In it, he outlines the common factors in the downfalls of great civilizations. And soberingly, he proposes that America aligns with many of these patterns.A Quick Note as this episode deals with contemporary politics:Aiming for the Moon has a diverse audience. I strongly believe that developing your own perspective comes from speaking with people who you both agree with and disagree with. Iron sharpens iron. That's why this podcast is a platform that hosts interesting and successful people from a variety of worldviews. Gen. Z has the opportunity to trailblaze a culture of conversation. So, let's go. Topics:Patterns of Civilization Decline and Why We Should CareHuman Nature and Historical Progress - Why aren't we getting better?"What books have had an impact on you?""What advice do you have for teenagers?"Bio:Dr. Victor Davis Hanson is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and chairs the Working Group on the Role of Military History in Contemporary Conflict. He is an American scholar of ancient and modern warfare and has been a commentator on contemporary politics for various media outlets. He is a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno, and the annual Wayne and Marcia Buske Distinguished Visiting Fellow in History at Hillsdale College since 2004. Hanson was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2007 by President George W. Bush and was a recipient of the Bradley Prize in 2008. Hanson is also a farmer and a critic of social trends related to farming and agrarianism. The author of numerous books, his most recent are The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won (2017), The Case for Trump (2019), and The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America (2021). His latest book, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation, was published in May 2024.Socials! -Lessons from Interesting People substack: https://taylorbledsoe.substack.com/Website: https://www.aimingforthemoon.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aiming4moon/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Aiming4MoonFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aiming4moonTaylor's Blog: https://www.taylorgbledsoe.com/

PREVIEW: ROMAN REPUBLIC: 483 BCE: VESTAL VIRGIN: Conversation with the classicist Emma Southon, author A ROME OF ONE'S OWN, re women of Rome from the Kingdom to Late Antiquity - here the human sacrifice of a Vestal Virgin. More tonight in detail.  1875 Cross the Rubicon

PREVIEW: ROME: NERO: Conversation with classicist Anthony Everitt, author NERO, re the moment that Agrippina, Nero's commanding mother, decides that Nero is ready to be emperor and Claudius has to go - Claudius with a weakness for mushrooms. More later. 1902 Rome

This week Jeff and Dave welcome into the studio Classicist extraordinaire and all around good guy Dr. Kirk Summers. We should probably also mention that Kirk is a Prof. of Classics at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, former co-owner of the Red Cat Coffee Houses in the same city, and one of the world's leading experts in Theodore Beza. And he still finds time to root for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Kirk drops by to talk about one of his earliest works on Beza, A View from the Palatine. First published in 1548 before his conversion to the Protestant faith, Beza issued this collection of poems, Sylvae, much in the style of Catullus, Martial, and other Roman love poets. This got him into a little bit of hot water, as Kirk explains. Along the way, we hear how Beza's early training in the humanities shaped him for a career in theology and polemics, about his wife Claudine Desnosse (that she was not Candida of his poetry), and some of bases views on the relationship between Christianity and the ancient Greeks and Romans. All this and more can be yours, if you can survive Dave's first, atrocious pun.

The Kenyan distance runner Peres Jepchirchir won yesterday's elite women's London Marathon, breaking the women's only record with her time of 2:16:16. She beat the previous record set in 2017 of 2:17:01. This was the fastest time in a race without male pace makers. More than 50,000 people ran and some gave themselves an even bigger challenge than just running the course. Laura Bird from St Ives in Cambridgeshire ran with a fridge strapped to her back - aiming to earn a place in the Guinness Book of Records. Peres and Laura both join Krupa Padhy.Rhianon Bragg spoke to Woman's Hour back in February about her concerns for her safety regarding the imminent release of her ex-boyfriend from prison, despite the fact that a Parole Board ruled a few months earlier that such a move would not be safe. In February 2020, Gareth Wynn Jones was given an extended determinate sentence of 4.5 years in prison, with an extended licence period of five years for the crimes of stalking, false imprisonment, making threats to kill and possession of a firearm. Now two months since his release and coinciding with National Stalking Awareness Week, we hear from Rhianon and also Emily Lingley Clark of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust.Taylor Swift's latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, has just been released. We thought it was a great excuse to look at the female poets, past and present, who could be considered ‘tortured'… Or is it more of a male trope? Classicist and author of Devine Might, Natalie Haynes, and Irish Indian poet Nikita Gill discuss.A BBC investigation has traced how a deadly form of synthetic drugs have been getting into the UK from China - and exposed the role of major social media platforms. Nitazenes, which are illegal in the UK, have been linked to more than 100 deaths in England and Wales since June 2023. We hear from Claire Rocha, whose son died after taking drugs unknowingly laced with Nitazene, and Caroline Copeland, a senior lecturer in toxicology and pharmacology at King's College London.Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Kirsty Starkey Studio Manager: Emma Harth

The Christian faith began with the strange claim of a crucified and resurrected Messiah. But can 21st Century people believe in such a miracle at 2,000 years distance? Justin speaks with scholars who are part of a surprising rebirth of the historical evidence for the resurrection.  Alongside thinkers such as Jonathan Pageau, Lydia and Tim McGrew, John Dickson, Lisa Fields, NT Wright and Jeremiah J Johnston he hears the story of Cambridge academic James Orr whose own investigation into the historical Jesus changed the course of his life forever. More info, book & newsletter: https://justinbrierley.com/surprisingrebirth/ Support via Patreon for early access to new episodes: https://www.patreon.com/justinbrierley/membership Support via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/brierleyjustin Support via Tax-deductible (USA): https://defendersmedia.com/portfolio/justin-brierley/ Buy the book or get a signed copy: https://justinbrierley.com/the-surprising-rebirth-of-belief-in-god/ Ep 16 show notes: https://justinbrierley.com/surprisingrebirth/episode-16-did-the-resurrection-really-happen-a-classicist-discovers-the-living-christ The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God is a production of Think Faith in partnership with Genexis, and support from The Jerusalem Trust & the Christian Evidence Society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Iliad is the world's greatest epic poem—heroic battle and divine fate set against the Trojan War. Its beauty and profound bleakness are intensely moving, but great questions remain: Where, how, and when was it composed and why does it endure? To explore these questions is today's guest, Robin Lane Fox, a scholar and teacher of Homer for over 40 years. He's the author of “Homer and His Iliad” and he addresses these questions, drawing on a lifelong love and engagement with the poem. He argues that the poem is the result of the genius and single oral poet, Homer, and that the poem may have been performed even earlier than previously supposed a place, a date, and a method for its composition—subjects of ongoing controversy. Lane Fox considers hallmarks of the poem; its values, implicit and explicit; its characters; its women; its gods; and even its horses.

Even though the Roman empire came to an end thousands of years ago, we still tell stories about the emperors who ruled during that time. From Caligula, who threatened to make his horse a senator, to Nero, who killed his own mother and set fire to the city to make room for his palace, classicist Mary Beard argues that the stories we tell about the Roman emperors might say more about us than they do about the emperors themselves. Beard joins us to talk about her latest book, “Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World,” which attempts to break down what we can actually know about the lives of the Emperors and how they ruled.

TONIGHT: The show begins in California's San Joaquin Valley with Classicist Victor davis Hanson speaking of the cultural chaos these last years as a product of a confusing policy called DEI. Then to Moscow to hear of the Kremlin's campaign to encourage births.. To California to observe the Covid-19 spike with the Omicron variant JN.1.  To Taipei, Taiwan, to Seoul, Korea, to Washington DC, all watching the Taiwan Election in a few hours.  To Quito, Ecuador, to Brasilia, Brazil, to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Guatemala City, Guatemala.  Then to Occitanie, France to celebrate 25 years of the Europ. To Boca Chica to battle with the NLRB. 1860 Visalia, California in the San Joaquin Valley

This episode features:1) The Causes of WW2:A presentation of Sowell's essay "Intellectuals and War," from Sowell 2010 classic "Intellectuals and Society." In particular, I discuss the 6 causes of WWII, from Sowell's perspective.2) My conversation with Victor Davis Hanson, (VDH):VDH is a Classicist and Military Historian at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.You can find his books and columns at: VictorHanson.com and I highly recommend you subscribe for premium access to all his essays.Notes to help you get the most out of this episode:• My four favorite Victor Davis Hanson books: 1.  Mexifornia (2003)2. The Second World Wars (2017)3. The Case for Trump (2019)4. The Dying Citizen  (2021)Dr. Hanson's new book is called "The End of Everything: How wars descend into annihilation," which will be released May 2024.• This episodes' song list:- War Pigs: Black Sabbath-Give Peace a Chance: John Lennon-Let There Be Peace on Earth: Boys Choir or Harlem-Praise the Lord, Pass the Ammunition: Kay Kyser-The Flesh Failures: Galt McDermott-Heal the World: Michael Jackson-We Are the World: USA for Africa-Blowin' in the Wind: Bob Dylan-Where Have All the Flowers Gone-Where is the Love: Black Eyed Peas-Ride of the Valkyries: Richard Wagner-One Day: MatisyahuTHERE ARE 3 WAYS TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST:1) Support the show financially by subscribing with a monthly contribution on Patreon:   www.Patreon.com/SowellGeniusThe money raised through Patreon supports our efforts to popularize the books and ideas of Thomas Sowell.----------------------------------------------2) Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. This helps a lot by nudging the show to the top of Google searches. I really appreciate the many positive reviews, especially this one by Jonsby: "This is one of the few podcasts that I actually slow down so I can savor it!"----------------------------------------------3) Purchase our Thomas Sowell Post It Note pads:  You can find all 250+ digital images of the post it notes HERE, feel free to download them and use them however you like.To purchase pads of printed post it notes, please visit our shop at: GeniusSowell.etsy.com I know you have thousands of other podcasts you could be listening to, and I truly appreciate the time and interest you show in mine.Alan WolanSupport the show

Even though the Roman empire came to an end thousands of years ago, we still tell stories about the emperors who ruled during that time. From Caligula, who threatened to make his horse a senator, to Nero, who killed his own mother and set fire to the city to make room for his palace, classicist Mary Beard argues that the stories we tell about the Roman emperors might say more about us than they do about the emperors themselves. Beard joins us to talk about her latest book, “Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World,” which attempts to break down what we can actually know about the lives of the emperors and how they ruled.

Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) didn't publish her first book until she was sixty-two. But over the next three decades, this former headmistress would become the twentieth century's most famous interpreter of the classical world. Today, Hamilton's Mythology (1942) remains the standard version of ancient tales and sells tens of thousands of copies a year. During the Cold War, her influence even extended to politics, as she argued that postwar America could learn from the fate of Athens after its victory in the Persian Wars. In American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton (Princeton UP, 2023), Victoria Houseman tells the fascinating life story of a remarkable classicist whose ideas were shaped by--and aspired to shape--her times. Hamilton studied Latin and Greek from an early age, earned a BA and MA at Bryn Mawr College, and ran a girls' prep school for twenty-six years. After retiring, she turned to writing and began a relationship with the pianist and stockbroker Doris Fielding Reid. The two women were partners for more than forty years and entertained journalists, diplomats, and politicians in their Washington, D.C., house. Hamilton traveled extensively around the world, formed friendships with Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound, and was made an honorary citizen of Athens. While Hamilton believed that the ancient Greeks represented the peak of world civilization, Houseman shows that this suffragist, pacifist, and anti-imperialist was far from an apologist for Western triumphalism. An absorbing narrative of an eventful life, American Classicist reveals how Hamilton's Greek and Roman worlds held up a mirror to midcentury America even as she strived to convey a timeless beauty that continues to enthrall readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) didn't publish her first book until she was sixty-two. But over the next three decades, this former headmistress would become the twentieth century's most famous interpreter of the classical world. Today, Hamilton's Mythology (1942) remains the standard version of ancient tales and sells tens of thousands of copies a year. During the Cold War, her influence even extended to politics, as she argued that postwar America could learn from the fate of Athens after its victory in the Persian Wars. In American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton (Princeton UP, 2023), Victoria Houseman tells the fascinating life story of a remarkable classicist whose ideas were shaped by--and aspired to shape--her times. Hamilton studied Latin and Greek from an early age, earned a BA and MA at Bryn Mawr College, and ran a girls' prep school for twenty-six years. After retiring, she turned to writing and began a relationship with the pianist and stockbroker Doris Fielding Reid. The two women were partners for more than forty years and entertained journalists, diplomats, and politicians in their Washington, D.C., house. Hamilton traveled extensively around the world, formed friendships with Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound, and was made an honorary citizen of Athens. While Hamilton believed that the ancient Greeks represented the peak of world civilization, Houseman shows that this suffragist, pacifist, and anti-imperialist was far from an apologist for Western triumphalism. An absorbing narrative of an eventful life, American Classicist reveals how Hamilton's Greek and Roman worlds held up a mirror to midcentury America even as she strived to convey a timeless beauty that continues to enthrall readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) didn't publish her first book until she was sixty-two. But over the next three decades, this former headmistress would become the twentieth century's most famous interpreter of the classical world. Today, Hamilton's Mythology (1942) remains the standard version of ancient tales and sells tens of thousands of copies a year. During the Cold War, her influence even extended to politics, as she argued that postwar America could learn from the fate of Athens after its victory in the Persian Wars. In American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton (Princeton UP, 2023), Victoria Houseman tells the fascinating life story of a remarkable classicist whose ideas were shaped by--and aspired to shape--her times. Hamilton studied Latin and Greek from an early age, earned a BA and MA at Bryn Mawr College, and ran a girls' prep school for twenty-six years. After retiring, she turned to writing and began a relationship with the pianist and stockbroker Doris Fielding Reid. The two women were partners for more than forty years and entertained journalists, diplomats, and politicians in their Washington, D.C., house. Hamilton traveled extensively around the world, formed friendships with Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound, and was made an honorary citizen of Athens. While Hamilton believed that the ancient Greeks represented the peak of world civilization, Houseman shows that this suffragist, pacifist, and anti-imperialist was far from an apologist for Western triumphalism. An absorbing narrative of an eventful life, American Classicist reveals how Hamilton's Greek and Roman worlds held up a mirror to midcentury America even as she strived to convey a timeless beauty that continues to enthrall readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) didn't publish her first book until she was sixty-two. But over the next three decades, this former headmistress would become the twentieth century's most famous interpreter of the classical world. Today, Hamilton's Mythology (1942) remains the standard version of ancient tales and sells tens of thousands of copies a year. During the Cold War, her influence even extended to politics, as she argued that postwar America could learn from the fate of Athens after its victory in the Persian Wars. In American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton (Princeton UP, 2023), Victoria Houseman tells the fascinating life story of a remarkable classicist whose ideas were shaped by--and aspired to shape--her times. Hamilton studied Latin and Greek from an early age, earned a BA and MA at Bryn Mawr College, and ran a girls' prep school for twenty-six years. After retiring, she turned to writing and began a relationship with the pianist and stockbroker Doris Fielding Reid. The two women were partners for more than forty years and entertained journalists, diplomats, and politicians in their Washington, D.C., house. Hamilton traveled extensively around the world, formed friendships with Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound, and was made an honorary citizen of Athens. While Hamilton believed that the ancient Greeks represented the peak of world civilization, Houseman shows that this suffragist, pacifist, and anti-imperialist was far from an apologist for Western triumphalism. An absorbing narrative of an eventful life, American Classicist reveals how Hamilton's Greek and Roman worlds held up a mirror to midcentury America even as she strived to convey a timeless beauty that continues to enthrall readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) didn't publish her first book until she was sixty-two. But over the next three decades, this former headmistress would become the twentieth century's most famous interpreter of the classical world. Today, Hamilton's Mythology (1942) remains the standard version of ancient tales and sells tens of thousands of copies a year. During the Cold War, her influence even extended to politics, as she argued that postwar America could learn from the fate of Athens after its victory in the Persian Wars. In American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton (Princeton UP, 2023), Victoria Houseman tells the fascinating life story of a remarkable classicist whose ideas were shaped by--and aspired to shape--her times. Hamilton studied Latin and Greek from an early age, earned a BA and MA at Bryn Mawr College, and ran a girls' prep school for twenty-six years. After retiring, she turned to writing and began a relationship with the pianist and stockbroker Doris Fielding Reid. The two women were partners for more than forty years and entertained journalists, diplomats, and politicians in their Washington, D.C., house. Hamilton traveled extensively around the world, formed friendships with Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound, and was made an honorary citizen of Athens. While Hamilton believed that the ancient Greeks represented the peak of world civilization, Houseman shows that this suffragist, pacifist, and anti-imperialist was far from an apologist for Western triumphalism. An absorbing narrative of an eventful life, American Classicist reveals how Hamilton's Greek and Roman worlds held up a mirror to midcentury America even as she strived to convey a timeless beauty that continues to enthrall readers.

Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) didn't publish her first book until she was sixty-two. But over the next three decades, this former headmistress would become the twentieth century's most famous interpreter of the classical world. Today, Hamilton's Mythology (1942) remains the standard version of ancient tales and sells tens of thousands of copies a year. During the Cold War, her influence even extended to politics, as she argued that postwar America could learn from the fate of Athens after its victory in the Persian Wars. In American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton (Princeton UP, 2023), Victoria Houseman tells the fascinating life story of a remarkable classicist whose ideas were shaped by--and aspired to shape--her times. Hamilton studied Latin and Greek from an early age, earned a BA and MA at Bryn Mawr College, and ran a girls' prep school for twenty-six years. After retiring, she turned to writing and began a relationship with the pianist and stockbroker Doris Fielding Reid. The two women were partners for more than forty years and entertained journalists, diplomats, and politicians in their Washington, D.C., house. Hamilton traveled extensively around the world, formed friendships with Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound, and was made an honorary citizen of Athens. While Hamilton believed that the ancient Greeks represented the peak of world civilization, Houseman shows that this suffragist, pacifist, and anti-imperialist was far from an apologist for Western triumphalism. An absorbing narrative of an eventful life, American Classicist reveals how Hamilton's Greek and Roman worlds held up a mirror to midcentury America even as she strived to convey a timeless beauty that continues to enthrall readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) didn't publish her first book until she was sixty-two. But over the next three decades, this former headmistress would become the twentieth century's most famous interpreter of the classical world. Today, Hamilton's Mythology (1942) remains the standard version of ancient tales and sells tens of thousands of copies a year. During the Cold War, her influence even extended to politics, as she argued that postwar America could learn from the fate of Athens after its victory in the Persian Wars. In American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton (Princeton UP, 2023), Victoria Houseman tells the fascinating life story of a remarkable classicist whose ideas were shaped by--and aspired to shape--her times. Hamilton studied Latin and Greek from an early age, earned a BA and MA at Bryn Mawr College, and ran a girls' prep school for twenty-six years. After retiring, she turned to writing and began a relationship with the pianist and stockbroker Doris Fielding Reid. The two women were partners for more than forty years and entertained journalists, diplomats, and politicians in their Washington, D.C., house. Hamilton traveled extensively around the world, formed friendships with Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound, and was made an honorary citizen of Athens. While Hamilton believed that the ancient Greeks represented the peak of world civilization, Houseman shows that this suffragist, pacifist, and anti-imperialist was far from an apologist for Western triumphalism. An absorbing narrative of an eventful life, American Classicist reveals how Hamilton's Greek and Roman worlds held up a mirror to midcentury America even as she strived to convey a timeless beauty that continues to enthrall readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I conduct an in-person interview with the Assistant Director of the British School at Athens, Dr Giorgos Mouraditis. Giorgos' research focuses on athletic self-representation in inscriptions from the Hellenistic and Imperial periods.  Listeners will be familiar with the British School of Athens from the last episode when I met with its Director, Professor Rebecca Sweetman, to discuss the exciting public engagement work that the institute is working on.  I returned to the BSA for a short visit in May of this year during the fieldwork I am conducting for my thesis chapter in Greece. I thought it might be fun to throw my mic in my rucksack and do some field interviews while I am on the road!Giorgos' upcoming project, ‘Athletics and Paideia' investigates the role of monuments in preserving and the diffusion of knowledge about Hellenic culture and civic education. Giorgos has an upcoming publication that explores Money and Honour in athletics this autumn, and a chapter in a forthcoming volume on Paideia and Performance (2023).You can follow Dr Mouraditis on Twitter @Giorgos_m776 and Instagram @Giorgos.m776. If you would like to find out more about what is going on at the British School at Athens, you can check out their website, www.bsa.ac.uk, or linktree . To read his publications and stay connected through Academia.edu.  If you would like to get in touch, you can contact Dr Mouraditis by email, contact Giorgios at: assistant.director@bsa.ac.uk If you would like to apply to the BSA for ‘Communicating Archaeology: knowledge exchange, impact, and public engagement', apply here: https://www.bsa.ac.uk/courses/communicating-archaeology/ This course will be aimed at PG students or professionals looking to gain hands on experience communicating archaeology to public audiences. This is a brand new programme, with exciting seminars and speakers planned including the fabulous Classicist and award-winning author, Natalie Haynes, journalists, heritage practitioners, and me, podcast and graphic art nerd, Zofia!The deadline for application is October 30th  2023.To get in touch and find out more about Two Friends Talk History:Find us on Instagram & TwitterSupport us through Patreon Buy our merch on RedbubbleExplore more resources and topics about the ancient world on ArchaeoArtistMusic by the wonderfully talented Chris SharplesIllustration by Zofia GuertinIf you'd like to get in touch, email at twofriendstalkhistory@gmail.com. 

The Insight Book: Enhancing Your Creativity By Learning To See Things Differently by Anthony Tasgal About the Book: More than ever, people crave new ideas, new ways of seeing and interpreting behavior; changing their companies and lives, and of being more creative.  Insight today has become an essential tool for seeing things differently and more deeply to enable you to understand better the trends and changes going on around you and your work/business. This book is an entertaining, instructive, and accessible guide to understanding and deploying insight to see things differently and find creativity from all sources and in all places.  Insight has become an important way to gain a deeper understanding of how your customers think and feel about your products and services.  The book explains what insight is, why insight is so important (and yet so poorly misunderstood and under-used), and how can we nurture and develop it in our work and even personal lives. About the Author: Tas is a man of many lanyards: trainer, author, speaker, brand and communications strategist and lecturer.  He is a Course Director for the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the Market Research Society, the Institute of Internal Communication and the Civil Service College. He is a global speaker and regularly reviews the papers and contributes to marketing and communications subjects on TalkTV. His areas of expertise include storytelling, behavioral economics, insightment, and as a lapsed Classicist he also indulges in etymology and Homer (not the yellow one).  He also runs The Guardian masterclass on “Harnessing The Power Of Storytelling” and is a Brand Ambassador for Home Grown Club in London (London's leading business club).  He is the author of the award-winning The Storytelling Book: Finding the Golden Thread in Your Communications (2016),  The Inspiratorium: A Space for the Curious (2018), InCitations: Discovering A World Of Inspiration Through Quotes, Words And Expressions (2020), and The Storytelling Workbook: A Nine-Week Programme To Tell Your Story (2022). And, interesting fact – he is a graduate of the University of Oxford (home of the Fighting Oxen)! Click here for this episode's website page with the links mentioned during the interview... https://www.salesartillery.com/marketing-book-podcast/insight-book-anthony-tasgal

Language is so personal and internal. It exists in your head. You can close your eyes and plug your ears and not engage with the outside world at all, and yet you still have language going on. So I think one of the things that attracts people to [etymology] is, it's discussing something that they feel they have a part in.Mark Sundaram is a medievalist and linguist who specializes in the history of the English language. He's the co-host of the podcast The Endless Knot and the main force behind the Alliterative YouTube channel. Mark has a PhD in Medieval Studies from the University of Toronto and teaches at Laurentian University.Aven McMaster is a Classicist who studies Latin poetry and Roman social history. She is the co-host of the podcast The Endless Knot Podcast and does production work on the Alliterative channel videos. Aven has a PhD in Classics from the University of Toronto and taught at Thorneloe University at Laurentian.They join Chris and Suzanne to talk all about etymologies, dictionaries, and etymological dictionaries. What pleasures are found in reading the dictionary? Why are some people so compelled by etymologies? How do etymologies and puns inform classical poetry?SHOW NOTES.The Endless Knot on Twitter.John Ayto: Dictionary of Word Origins.The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology.Paul Anthony Jones (Haggard Hawks on Twitter): Why Is This A Question?On Webster's Third New International Dictionary.Ernest Weekley: The Romance of Words.Alliterative's video on nation.The etymology of feisty.Ernest Klein: A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. Anatoly Liberman: Word Origins and How We Know Them.The Oxford Etymologist.Calvert Watkins: The American Dictionary of Indo-European Roots.Support The Spouter-Inn and our network, Megaphonic, if you can. Thanks!

Liv speaks with PhD student Yentl Love about queerness in the ancient world and Greek mythology, about classical reception in Lil Nas X (!!) and so much more. Follow Yentl (the Queer Classicist) on Twitter, and learn more on her site. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over the years, Hoover senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson has graced Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson many times, often referring to his family home and farm outside of Selma, in California's Central Valley. So for this interview, we decided to go to Selma and see where Hanson grew up and still lives and where several generations of his family—going back to the mid-19th century—have lived and worked the land. In part one of this two-part interview, we cover Hanson's rich and fascinating family history and the sweeping changes he's lived through in terms of both the business of farming and its social life. In part two (coming in two weeks), we'll cover the political scene, including the upcoming presidential election.

Welcome back to Episode Two of Broken Oars Summer Shorts Series - the book club for rowers where no books about rowing are discussed ...   (And that's a promise ... ).   Instead, to fill the golden dawns and endless twilights of summer, we're taking a whirl through some poets and poetry, leavened with the odd observation about the things that the Northern One used to know about before Covid and Long Covid bollocksed his brain: culture, history, why everything is an art, why artists are as full of crap as the rest of us, self-narration, why squaring early helps with developing a good catch ...   You know ...    Bowsider stuff.   In this episode, following on from our first episode deep dive into Thomas Hardy (and yes, we know: a deep dive into a native of Dorset is not a thing to be taken likely. We speak from experience when it comes to that, but it can be very rewarding, especially if you like rough scrumpy and cold sea swimming as the sun comes up. No, these are not metaphors ... ) we get stuck into the life and work of A. E. Housman.   A late-Victorian Classicist who caught the uneasy mood of late-nineteenth century Britain, Housman's first collection, A Shropshire Lad, appears, on the surface, to reflect the beliefs of his era: the vigour and promise of youth; that England's authentic spirit is held in her landscapes, particularly those of her countryside; and that perhaps something eternal and intrinsic has been lost in Britain's race to invent the modern world.   All of those themes are there, of course. The late-Victorian period is, after all, when the Victorian's literary obsession with little girls as symbols of purity and innocence gives way to celebrating young boys and men - fittingly enough in a culture that suggested that martial prowess had won Britain the empire.   But there is a deeper, resonant melancholy in Housman's work. On one level, this reflects the then-held sense that although British Imperial power had never been greater, there was a feeling that the best had past; that the only way to fulfil youthful promise was to die young and enshrine its potential rather see that potential failed to live up to; that something, indeed, had been lost.   On the other, it speaks more potently of Housman's own unrequited passion for a fellow male undergraduate; what he felt he had lost; that the golden promise of his own youth as manifested in those feelings had not been realised for all his professional success. From this perspective, the landscapes of the blue-remembered hills, read as England's lost pastoral spirit remaining in the land by some, are actually the internal landscapes of the heart, and what Housman himself had lost.   Sounds weird? Yeah. The Victorians were, as the youth of today say, completely mental. So pull up a chair, get a glass of something cold and good, or hot and steaming, and let's dive into an object lesson of how they might be our ancestors but they might as well be aliens for all we have in common with them.   Except for the idea that Britain's best days are behind her - that one's a hardy perennial thrown out regularly by everyone from scoundrel politicos to offshore press barons alike. Plus ca change, eh ... ?   ----- Try listening to us with a coffee - and if you're feeling generous, stand us one.   Buy us a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/brokenoarsD?new=1   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/brokenoarspodc1   Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thelandingstage/                                           www.instagram.com/brokenoarsindoors/

Dr. Johnston is a renowned professor of Religion and Classics at the Ohio State University. She is the author of many books, including - Ancient Greek Divination, Restless Dead: Encounters between the Living and the Dead in Ancient Greece, Hekate Soteira: A Study of Hekate's Roles in the Chaldean Oracles and Related Literature, and her newest book - Gods and Mortals: Ancient Greek Myths for Modern Readers.I invited Dr. Johnston on the podcast to discuss an article she wrote called Whose Gods are These? A Classicist Looks at Neopaganism. This article helped me better understand Paganism in America. It also inspired me to examine Pagan authors for how they ‘poach' from scholarship in order to construct their religions. We also discussed her newest book Gods and Mortals: Ancient Greek Myths for Modern Readers which is now available for purchase here https://a.co/d/fCGqsAXLink to article herehttps://www.academia.edu/3667375/Whose_Gods_are_These_A_Classicist_Looks_at_Neopaganism Get full access to Hearth of Hellenism at angelonasios.substack.com/subscribe

With a serious commitment to the ‘Just War' tradition, Sir Michael Quinlan (1930–2009), chief British nuclear strategist of the late 1970s and 1980s, helped to construct the complex edifice of the British and NATO nuclear deterrence posture. Sir Michael was both a strategic analyst and, as a key British civil servant, a practitioner in so far as his analysis formed the British nuclear strategy. That he was a Jesuit-educated Catholic and an Oxford-educated Classicist explains much about his approach to nuclear strategy: throughout his adult life, he grappled with the nuclear paradox that peace could be the result of the mutual threat of unbearable nuclear conflagration. He sought serious debate with all and sundry, replacing secrecy with transparency and persuasion where at all possible. Dr Tanya Ogilvie-White and Dr Kristan Stoddart join Beatrice and Paul for this week's episode. Both Tanya and Kristan knew Sir Michael and his writings at first hand: Tanya posthumously published his correspondence under the title On Nuclear Deterrence. She is Senior Research Adviser at the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network and a member of the International Group of Eminent Persons – an initiative working to achieve a world without nuclear weapons. Previously, she was research director of the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at the Crawford School of Public Policy (Australian National University) and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and she has held positions at several think tanks. Dr Kristan Stoddart is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Swansea University. He was previously a Reader in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth, and he is the author of Losing an Empire and Finding a Role: Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1964-70 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).

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One of the things that I have been doing during the pandemic opening up are reaching out to different architects and going to their offices to meet in person andI have been visiting a lot of residential architects lately and I have my own projects so this is first in a series on #HousesHousing that I will be focusing on in the new year.One of the first architects whose firm I worked at who primarily specialized in Houses is Marc Appleton. I worked for Marc in the early 90's. I would like to say that everything that I learned the right way is from that office.  And it shows with the list of architects who have gone on to start their own firms or have become partners in other firms, I have interviewed and will be interviewing quite a few of them in the coming months.  Marc Appleton, Appleton Partners LLP-Architects https://www.appleton-architects.com/Marc Appleton is the founding Principal of Appleton Partners LLP-Architects, with offices in Santa Monica and Santa Barbara, California.  He received a B.A. honors degree in English from Harvard College (1968) and a Master of Architecture degree from The Yale School of Architecture (1972.)His design work has received many awards and has been widely published in Architectural Digest, Town and Country, Veranda, Luxe and other periodicals.  He is one of only fourdesigners who were consistently named among Architectural Digest's top 100 designers from 1991-2016. he has written, published or contributed to: Rexford Newcomb's Mediterranean Domestic Architecture in the United States (Acanthus,1999), George Washington Smith: An Architect's Scrapbook (Tailwater, 2001), California Mediterranean (Rizzoli, 2007),New Classicists (Images, 2008), Casa del Herrero (Rizzoli, 2009), Robert Winter's Myron Hunt at Occidental College (Tailwater, 2012), the series Master Architects of Southern California 1920-1940 (Tailwater/Angel City Press, 2016-2020)  Ranches: Home on the Range in California (Rizzoli, 2016) and Lotusland (Rizzoli, 2022.)Publications from his Publishing Company:Marc Appleton, Appleton & Associates, Inc. & Appleton Partners LLP – Architects, & Tailwater Press LLCI. Books by Marc Appleton• Academy Sant' Antonio, Tailwater Press, LLC, 2018• 40 Years - An Architectural Scrapbook, Tailwater Press, LLC, 2016• The Architect's House, Tailwater Press, LLC, 2016• Ranches, Rizzoli International Publications, 2016• New Classicists, Images Publishing, 2008• California Mediterranean, Rizzoli International Publications, 2007• George Washington Smith: An Architect's Scrapbook, Tailwater Press, LLC, 2001II. Edited and/or Published by Marc Appleton / Tailwater Press LLC• The Steedman Silver, Robert Sweeney, Tailwater Press, LLC, 2019• ICAA Southern California Chapter 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Ed. Marc Appleton, 2014• Myron Hunt at Occidental College, Robert Winter, Tailwater Press, Inc., 2012• Classicist, No. 15, Ed. Marc Appleton, 2018• Casa del Herrero: The Romance of Spanish Colonial, Rizzoli International Publications, 2009• Mediterranean Domestic Architecture in the United States, Rexford Newcomb. Ed. Marc Appleton, Acanthus Press, 1999• Santa Barbara Architecture, Wayne McCall. Fifth Impression, Tailwater Press, LLC, 2019• Gordon B. Kaufmann, Roland Coate, Wallace Neff and Paul Williams, Master Architects of Southern California 1920-1940 Series, Tailwater Press, LLC, 2016-2018Link to the blog:https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2023/02/interview-podcast-w-marc-appleton-of.html

Classicist, editor, and writer Peter Stothard joins the show to celebrate the publication of his amazing new book, CRASSUS: The First Tycoon, the first in Yale University Press' Ancient Lives series. We get into what drew him to Crassus, how Crassus' understanding of finance and money revealed new ways to exert power beyond military strength in ancient Rome, how he tried to balance the strengths of Pompey & Julius Caesar as part of the "three-headed monster" that ruled Rome, whether Crassus deserves to be lost to history because of his brutal actions putting down the Spartacus slave revolution, and why writing about the ancients is like walking along a wall and looking down to see the familiar and the alien. We talk about Peter's journey from council estate to studying classics at Oxford to editing the Times of London and then the Times Literary Supplement, the lessons antiquity has for modernity, what he learned in writing a book about Tony Blair and the buildup to the Iraq War, and his upcoming work on the development of the bureaucratic class. We also discuss how he survived a catastrophic form of cancer, rediscovered himself as a classicist-memoirist, and learned how much one gains in life by overcoming a fear of death, and a lot more. Follow Peter on Twitter • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Oh, listeners, we are in for such a treat today! Classicist, teacher, and superstar podcaster Heidi White joins us to talk about the basics and the beauty of why we read good books. Wether you are a beginning reader or a longtime lover of rich literature, Heidi assures us that we can all be part of the ongoing conversation, through books, on what it means to be human and how we fit into this world of ours. We can't wait to hear what you think about this one! Books mentioned in this episode: Little House on the Prairie Series by LE Wilder Anne of Green Gables Series by LM Montgomery The Lovesong of J Alfred Proofrock by TS Elliot Uncle Tom's Cabin by HB Stowe Hannah Coulter by W Berry Paradise Lost by J Milton Frankenstein by M Shelley Jane Eyre by C Bronte The Sun Also Rises by E Hemingway The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer True Grit by C Portis The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien Wuthering Heights by E Bronte Hamlet by Shakespeare To Kill a Mockingbird by H Lee The End of the Affair or The Power and the Glory by G Greene Brideshead Revisited by E Waugh

Dr. Hamish Cameron, a lecturer in Classics at Victoria University of Wellington, joins Lexie to discuss how to be a Classicist and game designer, the differences between the US/NZ academic systems, and share thoughts on anachronistic adaptations of ancient material vs. hyper accurate depictions. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week's exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on social media @The Ozymandias Project or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!   Learn more about Dr. Cameron: https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/hamish.r.cameron Follow Dr. Cameron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/peregrinekiwiSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject Custom music by Brent Arehart of Arehart Sounds. Get exclusive bonus content (ad free episodes, early releases, and experimental content) on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeff and Dave are back at it after a tiny hiatus and a southern-fried roadtrip. In this episode we seek to figure out, with the help of Brooks Otis, why Aeneas is such a passive character in Book IV. Why doesn't he show a little more chutzpah, temerity, and boldness as he traipses around Carthage? And why is Dido so darkly verklempt? Juno and Venus do some role-shifting as the darts of Cupid's passion work their way imperceptibly through Dido's cervine heart. A cave, an eloquent sister serving as matchmaker, the 70's hit Loveboat, and Dave's usual pedantry: this episode nearly has it all. And stay tuned for Jeff's signature exercise program so you can learn how to walk like a Classicist!

How do you have good software design? How does this scale over time? How do you have good organizations and teams? Can this scale? If so, how? Join Chris and Austin as they discuss "Scaling Organizations and Design" with James Shore. James starts out by sharing about the Mob Programming chapter in his book The Art of Agile Development. Then they discuss scaling orgs with the FAST framework and scaling code with evolutionary design. Lastly, they talk about testing without mocks and Classicist vs. Mockist TDD. Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/duF4e3CwW9k 

Victor Davis Hanson and Barry Strauss discuss his recent book, The War That Made the Roman Empire, and his friendship and experiences with Victor as classicists and military historians. Don't miss them on the Roman Empire, reshaping the West, and his fascinating thesis.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Classicist and author Garrett Ryan talks to Kev Lochun about some of the biggest and most commonly asked questions surrounding ancient Greece and Rome. Why are all the statues naked? Who was the biggest drinker in the classical world? And why didn't anyone go looking for the Greek gods on Olympus – or did they? (Ad) Garrett Ryan is the author of Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants (Prometheus, 2021). Buy it now from Amazon:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Naked-Statues-Fat-Gladiators-Elephants/dp/1633887022/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Liv speaks with Classicist and dramaturg Emma Pauly about nonbinary Dionysus in Euripides' Bacchae and the resulting implications for Pentheus (along with queerness in myth and theatre in general!) For a refresher on Euripides' Bacchae you can listen to the past episodes covering the play here and here.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dionysus is Queer as hell. Liv speaks with Yentl Love of the Queer Classicist all about Dionysus and queer theory. Plus, is Harry Styles today's Dionysus?! (Yes.) Here is a link to the post referenced: https://www.thequeerclassicist.com/post/harry-styles-dionysus-reborn.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.