Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchH.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part XVII (Ad Navseam, Episode 196)
Episode 201
All you Marrou fans out there may have been wondering, "Where did that fabulous Frenchmen go"? After all, this little podcast has not covered H.I.'s …
1 year ago
Ma, ma, ma, my, Pomona! (Et Alii) in Two More Ovidian Vignettes (Ad Navseam, Episode 195)
Episode 200
The guys are back to Ovid this week for another pair of vignettes. First up it’s the tragic, would-be love affair between little-known Trojan prince …
1 year ago
The 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…
1 year, 1 month 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 d…
1 year, 1 month 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 cons…
1 year, 1 month 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 …
1 year, 1 month 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 g…
1 year, 2 months 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 (…
1 year, 2 months 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 …
1 year, 2 months 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…
1 year, 3 months ago