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Back to SearchH.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part IV (Ad Navseam, Episode 137)
Episode 142
This week the guys tackle Chapter IV of H.I. Marrou's monumental work, entitled "The 'Old' Athenian Education". Relying on Aristophanes, Thucydides,…
2 years, 6 months ago
Legend-tripping at Bunnyman Bridge: American Urban Legends and Classical Mythological Tropes (Ad Navseam, Episode 136)
Episode 141
This week the guys tackle the subject of American Urban Legends with an eye to what classical cultural and narrative archetypes tell us about why the…
2 years, 6 months ago
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 135)
Episode 140
This episode is part 3 of the guys’ walk-through of Marrou’s seminal book on education in antiquity. We pick up where the last episode left off with …
2 years, 7 months ago
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 134)
Episode 139
The guys are back for Round 2 in our look at the history of education in antiquity through the lens of Marrou’s book. This time we zero in on the an…
2 years, 7 months ago
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 133)
Episode 138
Join us this week as Dave and Jeff launch le paquebot onto the deep waters of pedagogical history, namely, H. I. Marrou's seminal work The History of…
2 years, 8 months ago
Io Wanna be a Cowboy: Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 132)
Episode 137
This week Jeff and Dave wrap up their 3-parter on Aeschylus' famous play. When Io mooves onto the scene, her first impulse is to show compassion for …
2 years, 8 months ago
Hey, I’ma be Liver Now: Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 131)
Episode 136
It's time for round two of Aeschylus' tragedy Prometheus Bound, and Dave and Jeff are back at it with a careful look at the role of Ocean in his dial…
2 years, 8 months ago
We Didn’t Steal the Fire: Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 130)
Episode 135
This week Jeff and Dave - with the help of Prof. Deborah Roberts (Emerita, Haverford College) - begin their look at tragedian Aeschylus' magnum opus,…
2 years, 8 months ago
Giving Goliath his Due: Mycenaeans and Philistines, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 129)
Episode 134
It's time for Jeff and Dave to finish off their brief foray into all things Philistine and Mycenaean. This week we wrap up our look at Neal Bierling'…
2 years, 9 months ago
Giving Goliath his Due: Mycenaeans and Philistines, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 128)
Episode 133
Does the name Neal Bierling mean anything to you, dear listener? No? Well it will after this episode. Bierling's 1992 monograph Giving Goliath his Du…
2 years, 9 months ago