Episode – 2124 : Sparta: The Ancient Greek Warrior State Podcast Transcript Few societies in history have inspired as much fascination as ancient Sparta. It was a city-state built on […]
Episode – 2116 : The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Episode – 2116 : The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Podcast Transcript On the night of July 21, 356 BC, the sky over the city of Ephesus glowed with the […]
Episode – 2091 : The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Victory That Saved Ancient Greece
Episode – 2091 : The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Victory That Saved Ancient Greece Podcast Transcript In 480 BC, the most powerful empire on Earth set out to crush […]
Episode – 1883 : Questions and Answers: Volume 34
Episode – 1883 : Questions and Answers: Volume 34 Podcast Transcript September is upon us. It means going back to school and the autumnal equinox. The days get shorter in […]
Episode – 1740 : The Ancient World Isn’t Done With Us (Live)
Episode – 1740 : The Ancient World Isn’t Done With Us (Live) This was a live episode, and there is no script available.This episode can be found at: https://everything-everywhere.com/the-ancient-world-isnt-done-with-us-live/
Episode – 1692 : The Greek Gods
Episode – 1692 : The Greek Gods Podcast Transcript The ancient Greeks had a polytheistic religion and a pantheon of gods. They didn’t just have many gods; they had a […]
Episode – 1581 : Squaring the Circle
Episode – 1581 : Squaring the Circle Podcast Transcript Ancient mathematics was very different than the mathematics you are used to today. Two primary tools ancient mathematicians used were the […]
Episode – 1443 : Phillip II of Macedon
Episode – 1443 : Phillip II of Macedon Podcast Transcript Alexander the Great was one of the most famous people from the ancient world. He defeated a vastly larger Persian […]
Episode – 1335 : Questions and Answers: Volume 16
Episode – 1335 : Questions and Answers: Volume 16 Podcast Transcript Several centuries ago, many places celebrated the start of the new year in March, not January. March was originally […]
Episode – 1178 : The Battle of Marathon
Episode – 1178 : The Battle of Marathon Podcast Transcript In the year 490 BC, one of the most pivotal battles in world history took place. Just north of the […]
Episode – 0922 : Zeno’s Paradoxes
Episode – 0922 : Zeno’s Paradoxes Podcast Transcript About 2,500 years ago, a Greek philosopher by the name of Zeno of Elea proposed several paradoxes about the natural word. His […]
Episode – 0912 : The Trojan War
Episode – 0912 : The Trojan War Podcast Transcript Sometime about 3,200 years ago, one of the most famous wars in ancient history took place. Maybe. It has been the […]
Episode – 0642 : The Republic of Letters
Episode – 0642 : The Republic of Letters Podcast Transcript Starting in the early Renisanase and going through to the early 19th century an intellectual community developed in Europe and […]
Episode – 0065 : The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Episode – 0065 : The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Transcript People didn’t travel much in the ancient world. But, for those who did they developed the ancient equivalent […]
Episode – 0044 : Damnatio Memoriae
Episode – 0044 : Damnatio Memoriae Transcript The ancient Romans had a practice called Damnatio Memoriae, which was to banish someone’s memory from public life. It was also sometimes known […]