Episodes

  • Episode III.04 - Roman Mythology I: Roman Religion

    Episode III.04 - Roman Mythology I: Roman Religion
    Jan 15 2025
    The gods through the eyes of the earliest Romans. The Indo-European religious inheritance. Jupiter, Juno, Mars, Minerva. The precision and discipline of Roman religious practice. The ties to early Christianity.
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    47 mins
  • Episode XIB.007 - Genesis 6:1-9:29

    Episode XIB.007 - Genesis 6:1-9:29
    Jan 5 2025
    God chastises the world with the Flood. Only Noah and his family are spared. A breakdown of symbols and morality in the flood narrative.
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    54 mins
  • Episode II.42 - Greek Twilight

    Episode II.42 - Greek Twilight
    Dec 20 2024
    Pyrrhus, Greek king and general, fights the Roman tide that threatens to wash over the entire Greek world. The Seleucid Empire and Ptolemaic Egypt flourish and endure. The Maccabees revolt in Judea and start the Hasmonean dynasty of kings in Jerusalem.
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    42 mins
  • Episode II.41 - The Rise of the Diadochi

    Episode II.41 - The Rise of the Diadochi
    Nov 29 2024
    Alexander the Great dies and leaves behind a fragmented world of multi-cultural states led by Greek soldiers. The Hellenistic period which follows brings western ideas in to East. More than anything, it paves the way for Eastern religions, like Judaism, Buddhism and Christianity, to infiltrate the West.
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    45 mins
  • Episode II.40 - Alexander the Great: The Conquest of Asia

    Episode II.40 - Alexander the Great: The Conquest of Asia
    Nov 16 2024
    Alexander the Great at the Battle of Granicus, the Battle of Issus and at Gaugamela. Jerusalem and Gaza. The Temple of Ammon in Egypt. His horse Bucephalus. His strategos Parmenio. Darius III flees to the East.
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    44 mins
  • Episode II.39 - Alexander the Great: Hegemon of Greece

    Episode II.39 - Alexander the Great: Hegemon of Greece
    Oct 28 2024
    The youth of Alexander the Great. His strange mother Olympias. His friends Ptolemy, Nearchus and others. Cleopatra , Darius III and the fall of Thebes.
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    37 mins
  • Episode III.03 - The Aeneid

    Episode III.03 - The Aeneid
    Oct 17 2024
    Virgil writes of Aeneas and the Trojan origins of Rome. The tale is both distinctively Roman and notably Greek. Heroes such as Odysseus and Achilles are recalled, as are monsters such as Scylla and Cerberus. The relationship between Roman mythology and Greek myths.
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    36 mins
  • Episode II.38 - Introduction to the Hellenic Period

    Episode II.38 - Introduction to the Hellenic Period
    Oct 2 2024

    Phillip II of Macedonia. Alexander the Great. The Sacred Band of Thebes. A brief digression on Greek sexuality. Olympias. Leuctra, Mantinea, Chaeronea. Epaminondas. Pelopidas
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    1 hr