The History of Ancient Greece

In this episode, we discuss the first year and a half of the war (431-430 BC), as both Sparta and Athens initiated their war strategies, including a Theban sneak attack on Plataia that began the war, Peloponnesian land raids on Attika, Athenian naval raids on the Peloponnesos and northwestern Greece, Athenian alliances with Odrysian Thrake, a famous funeral oration by Perikles, and a deadly plague that devastated Athens Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2019/04/091-attrition-and-plague.html   Intro by Jonathan Adly of the History of the Copts Podcast Website: https://hxofcoptspodcast.wordpress.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hxofcopts/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HxCopts

In this episode, we discuss the two major events over 433/2 BC that led Perikles to claim that he could see war "coming out of the Peloponnesos" (the Potidaia revolt and the Megarian embargo); the speeches given by the Korinthians, Spartans, and Athenians on the eve of the Peloponnesian War; and both sides' financial and military resources, war aims, and tactical strategies   Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2019/04/090-road-to-war.html   Intro by Gary Girod of The French History Podcast Website: http://www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheFrenchHistoryPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FrenchHist

In this special guest episode, Dr Barry Strauss and I discuss the content and the methodology behind his new book, the Ten Caesars, his podcast Antiquitas, the importance of public history and writing for non-scholars, and leadership lessons from the ancient world. Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2019/04/special-guest-episode-on-ten-caesars.html   Dr Barry Strauss Professor of History and Classics at Cornell University ***You can order Dr. Strauss' book here (Simon & Schuster or Amazon)*** Website: http://barrystrauss.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barrystrauss.author/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/barrystrauss  

In this special guest episode, I am joined by Dr. Phoebe Segal, Mary Bryce Comstock Curator, Greek and Roman Art, at Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA). She gave me a one-on-one tour of their new “Daily Life in Ancient Greece” exhibit (in Gallery 212A-B) and allowed me to record our conversation while doing it.   Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2019/03/special-guest-episode-at-mfa-boston.html  

In this episode, we discuss the mid-5th century BC history of two areas that were important economically and politically to Athens—the west (including the Sikel Revolt, Syracuse's defeat of Akragas, the establishment of the panhellenic colony of Thourii, and the new Athenian alliances with Segesta, Leontini, and Rhegion) and the northeast (including the founding of Brea and Amphipolis on the Strymon River and the rise of the Odrysrian kingdom of Thrake and the Spartokid dynasty of the Bosporan Kingdom); Athens' growing hostilities with Makedon; and the breakdown of the Thirty Years' Peace treaty (including its inadequacies, the Samian Revolt, and Korkyraean/Korinthian hostilities with the battles of Leukimme and Sybota) Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2019/03/089-breakdown-of-peace.html   Intro by Joshua Hirschmann of The History of the Barbarians Podcast Website: https://historyofthebarbarians.podbean.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historyofthebarbarians/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HBarbarians

In this episode, we discuss the life, influences, drawbacks, and positives of the “Father of Scientific History,” Thoukydides (ca. 460-395 BC); the nature of Athenian politics and political organizations in the time of Perikles; and the domestic political scene in Athens in the late 440s and early 430s BC, including Perikles’ ideological clash with the conservative Thoukydides (not the historian) and the series of personal and judicial attacks on him and his three closest associates (Pheidias, Aspasia, and Anaxagoras) Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2019/02/088-thucydides-and-periclean-politics.html   Intro by Chris Hasler of the History of the World Podcast Website: https://historyoftheworldpodcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/HotWorldpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historyoftheworldpodcast/

In this episode, we describe the development of rhetoric in the ancient Greek world as an art that could be studied and employed in the law courts and politics, and its importance especially in Classical Athens; the roles and various opinions of the Sophists, who were lecturers that traveled from city to city, teaching not only rhetoric but also all of the other subjects that were not being covered by traditional education; and the lives, influences, writings, and various theories put forth by the earliest Rhetoricians and Sophists, including Protagoras, Gorgias, Antiphon, Hippias, Prodicus, and Thrasymachus, as well as synopses on four of Plato's dialogues (Protagoras, Gorgias, Hippias Major, and Hippias Minor) Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2019/02/087-rhetoric-and-sophists.html   Intro by Devon Field of the Human Circus podcast Website: https://humancircuspodcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/circus_human

In this special guest episode, Dr Amy Pistone and I have a lively discussion about ancient Greek drinking culture with a side of sports, aka how college students can relate to the ancient Greeks.   Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2019/01/special-guest-episode-on-drinking-and.html     Dr. Amy Pistone Visiting Professor of Classics at Notre Dame University Website: https://www.amypistone.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/apistone

In this episode, part four of four on a series on Greek philosophy, mathematics, and science in the 5th century BC, we describe the earliest astronomical observations and calculations in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt and their influence on ancient Greek astronomy; the various planets and star constellations found in Greek literature, as well as the origins of the Zodiac; the earliest Greek astronomical speculations of the universe found in Greek mythology (Homer and Hesiod) and in Pre-Socratic philosophy; the Pythagorean model of the universe put forward by Philolaus; and the astronomical calculations made by Oenopides and Meton Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2018/12/086-early-astronomy.html   Intro by Ahsan Irfan of the HistoryTeller podcast Website: https://historytellerpodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historyteller85/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyteller32 

In this episode, part three of four on a series on Greek philosophy, mathematics, and science in the 5th century BC, we describe the lives, influences, and various theories and discoveries made by Greece's earliest mathematicians, including Thales, Pythagoras, Hippasus and the early Pythagoreans, Oenopides, Hippocrates, Antiphon, Bryson, Democritus, and Theodoros Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2018/12/085-mathematics-and-early-pythagoreans.html   Intro by Derek of The Hellenistic Age Podcast Website: https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellenisticpod   The History of Ancient Greece is sponsored by the CLNS Media Network and Today’s episode is brought to you by ZipRecruiter. And right now, my listeners can try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE at this exclusive web address: www.ZipRecruiter.com/greece. Today’s episode is also brought to you by our new October 2018 Patreon supporters Juan Camilo Rodriguez, Andrew, Ine Jordens, and James Welch, as well as PayPal donors Ricardo Carvalho and Robin Allday. If you too would like to support The History of Ancient Greece, you can become a monthly Patreon supporter at (https://www.patreon.com/thehistoryofancientgreecepodcast) or a one time donor at (https://www.paypal.me/RyanStitt).