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Back to SearchThe Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part VIII (Ad Navseam, Episode 194)
Episode 199
What hath Athens to do with Jerusalem, Corinth with Philadelphia, or Ephesus with Ft. Lauderdale? Perennial questions these, no doubt, and it doesn't take a Tertullian to ask or answer them. Charles …
Published on 9 hours ago
Mythbusting Asbestos We Can: Fire at the Library of Alexandria? (Ad Navseam, Episode 193)
Episode 198
Check this one out! This episode is long overdue! All will be fine(s). Don't get all Dewey-eyed (and other book-borrowing puns)! This week the guys delve into the history (and some stubborn myths reg…
Published on 1 week ago
Brother, Can You Spare a Daimon? Plato’s Apology, Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 192)
Episode 197
This week, Jeff and Dave wrap up the third installment in their brief series on Plato's Apology. So what exactly is Socrates' daimon? Is it like conscience, sometimes accusing, sometimes excusing? Is…
Published on 2 weeks ago
A Daimon in the Rough: Plato’s Apology, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 191)
Episode 196
Sorry (not sorry), it’s back to Plato’s Apology this week for round two. This time the guys tackle the nature of the elenchus—the method of question and answer that Socrates uses to get closer to the…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Daimons are Forever: Plato’s Apology, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 190)
Episode 195
At long last, Jeff and Dave get around to talking about the great granddaddy of all Western philosophy: Socrates. In this episode, the guys lay the groundwork for a look at Socrates' defense speech, …
Published on 1 month ago
How the Greeks Built Cities, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 189)
Episode 194
This week the guys finish up their look at Wycherley’s How the Greeks Built Cities. We pick up the text with a consideration of the “agora,” a term (as Wycherley emphasizes) that encompasses much mor…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
How the Greeks Built Cities, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 188)
Episode 193
Jeff and Dave are back at the classical goodness this week, with a two-parter from R.E. Wycherly's slim yet substantive volume, How the Greeks Built Cities (1962). Did you ever wonder why today's cit…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
What's the Best Textbook for Learning Ancient Greek? - Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 187)
Episode 192
This week Jeff and Dave are wrapping up the Attic portion of their whirlwind tour through beginning Greek textbooks. On the menu today is the text of Donald Mastronarde, as well as Athenaze. After so…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
The Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part VII (Ad Navseam, Episode 186)
Episode 191
This one is a Thoreau-back! After a brief hiatus the boys are back in town following sojourns in Greece (Jeff) and South Africa (Dave). It’s also time for our annual “4th of July”(ish) episode—so we …
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
What's the Best Textbook for Learning Ancient Greek? - Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 185)
Episode 190
The guys are back at it this week, with round two of the deep dive into textbooks for Attic Greek. After some opening shenanigans, a corrigendum, a choice quote from Basil of Caesarea, and a trip to …
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago