The History of Ancient Greece

Ryan Stitt

  • 2 hours 35 minutes
    112 The Korinthian War

    In this episode, we discuss the first three years of the Korinthian War from 395-393 BC

    Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2024/09/112-korinthian-war.html

    12 September 2024, 12:00 am
  • 2 hours 18 minutes
    111 The Spartan Hegemony

    In this episode, we discuss Spartan imperial policy at home and abroad in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War at Sparta from 404-396 BC, including their war with Elis, the imperial ambitions of Lysander and the ascension of Agesilaos, Kinadon's foiled socio-political revolution, and Sparta's invasion of Persia to "free" the Eastern Greeks

    Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2024/02/111-spartan-hegemony.html 

    28 February 2024, 1:00 am
  • 2 hours 40 minutes
    110 Xenophon and "The Ten Thousand"

    In this episode, we discuss the life, influences, drawbacks, and positives of the Athenian military leader, philosopher, and historian--Xenophon (ca. 430-354 BC)--who was one of Sokrates' more famous pupils; and the post-Peloponnesian war Panhellenic campaign into the heart of the Persian Empire that he made famous through his writings (the Anabasis)

    Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2023/01/110-xenophon-and-ten-thousand.html

    5 January 2023, 1:00 am
  • 1 hour 46 minutes
    109 Sokrates

    In this episode, we discuss the life and death of Sokrates (ca. 470-399 BC), who is widely considered to be the father of western philosophy, with in-depth overviews of Aristophanes' Clouds and Plato's dialogue Euphyro, Apologia, Krito, and Phaido. 

    Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2022/03/109-sokrates.html

    21 March 2022, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 37 minutes
    108 The Thirty Tyrants

    In this episode, we discuss the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War at Athens, including the reign of the Thirty Tyrants, the Athenian civil war, and the restoration of the democracy 

     

    Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2021/10/108-thirty-tyrants.html

    11 October 2021, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    107 Sparta Triumphant

    In this episode, we discuss the final two years of the Peloponnesian War (405-404 BC), including the comedic play "The Frogs" by Aristophanes; Lysander's elevation to Persian satrap, his rebuilding of the Peloponnesian fleet, his tactical moves in the Hellespont, and his crushing victory over the Athenians at Aegospotami; the besiegement and blockade of Athens; and the Athenians' surrender and the terms of the peace treaty

     

    Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2021/04/107-sparta-triumphant.html

     

    12 April 2021, 12:00 am
  • 2 hours 14 minutes
    106 Frustrations and Poor Decisions (Part II)

    In this episode, we discuss the years 409-406 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the Athenians’ achieving control in the Hellespont and Bosporus, Alcibiades’ triumphant return to Athens, the ascension of Lysander and his bromance with Cyrus, the Athenian defeat at Notium and the disgrace of Alcibiades, Kallikratidas victory over Konon at Mytilene, and the subsequent Battle of Arginusae with its disastrous consequences for the Athenians.

    Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2020/10/106-frustrations-and-poor-decisions.html

     

    26 October 2020, 12:00 am
  • 59 minutes 24 seconds
    ***Special Guest Episode on Classics and White Supremacy w/Curtis Dozier***

    In today's special guest episode, I am joined by Dr Curtis Dozier, Assistant Professor of Greek and Roman Studies at Vassar College. He is the producer and host of The Mirror of Antiquity, a podcast featuring classical scholars discussing the intersections of their research, the contemporary world, and their own lives. More importantly to our discussion, He is also the director of Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classicsa website devoted to documenting and responding to appropriations of ancient Greece and Rome by hate groups online. We discuss some of the reasons how, as well as why, White Supremacists have taken to coopting Classical imagery to support their twisted world views.

     

    Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2020/10/special-guest-episode-on-classics-and.html

     

    5 October 2020, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 12 minutes
    ***Special Guest Episode on Race, Antiquity, and Its Legacy w/Denise McCoskey***

    In today's special guest episode, I am joined by Dr Denise Eileen McCoskey, Professor of Classics and affiliate of Black World Studies at Miami (OH) University. She has written extensively on the politics of race and gender in antiquity and is currently at work on a project examining the role of eugenics in early twentieth-century classical scholarship. In 2012, she published her book Race: Antiquity & Its Legacy, which will be the topic of today’s conversation. It accounts for the various ways in which ancient cultures thought about race (including race as social practice and racial representations). We also dig into the "Black Athena" controversy a bit and why the field of Classics handled it so poorly.

    Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2020/09/special-guest-episode-on-race-antiquity.html

     

    21 September 2020, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    105 Carthage Enters the War

    In this episode, we discuss the Second Greco-Punic War (410-406 BC), as hostilities in Sicily draw in Carthage and the Syracusan fleet away from the eastern Aegean and the Hellespont, including Hannibal Mago's first invasion of Sicily and the destruction of Selinus and Himera, the rebellion of Hermocrates, the rise of Dionysius as tyrant of Syracuse, Hannibal Mago's second invasion of Sicily and his destruction of Akragas, and the ceasefire which would see Carthage and Syracuse as the two strongest powers on Sicily

    Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2020/08/105-carthage-enters-war.html

     

    Introduction by Alex Goodman of Antiquity in Question

    Website: https://anchor.fm/alexandergoodman

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    Twitter: https://twitter.com/AIQpodcast

     

    24 August 2020, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 42 minutes
    104 The Democratic Empire Strikes Back

    In this episode, we discuss the years 411-410 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the shifting of the naval war to the Hellespont, the vigor that the Athenian democracy showed in carrying on the war effort against Sparta and Pharnabazos with victories at Cynossema and Cyzicus, the re-establishment of the radical democracy at Athens, and the transition from the historical account of Thucydides into that of Xenophon's Hellenica.

    Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2020/08/104-athenian-empire-strikes-back.html

     

    Intro by Megan Lewis of Digital Hammurabi

    Website: https://www.digitalhammurabi.com

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBQo27DbqeB-xG17-kekrdQ

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalhammurabi/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/digi_hammurabi

     

    3 August 2020, 12:00 am
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