Myths and History of Greece and Rome

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Myths and History of Greece and Rome

Introducing the History Collage and Scheduling Announcement

The History Collage is a project produced by a group of history podcasters.  Each episode has a...

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Chapter Fifty Four: The Wrath of Venus

Introducing Cupid and Psyche from a Roman perspective.  Also we tell two other tales from Roman...

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Chapter Fifty Three: Love and Death

Not a happy ending in sight as we follow three more tragic tales.  Expect plenty of divine...

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Chapter Fifty Two: Tales from Ovid

Three tales from the Roman poet Ovid’s unique take on Greek mythology.

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Chapter Fifty One: The Gods of Rome

A quick look at the similarities and differences between the Greek and Roman pantheons.

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Chapter Fifty: Two Thousand Years Later

An epilogue: How Greece emerged from Roman rule and then fell to the Turks before rebelling and...

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Chapter Forty Nine: Greeks Being Clever - Part Three

More Greek philosophers. Introducing the Cynics, the Stoics, and the man who lived in a barrel.

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Chapter Forty Eight: Perseus and Pydna

Greek independence comes to an end.  The last king of Macedon does his best but when there are...

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Chapter Forty Seven: One More Philip; One More Chance

Philip V of Macedon does his best but he’s only delaying the inevitable. The Romans are only...

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Chapter Forty Six: The Cloud Rising in the West

It’s finally time to introduce the people who will finally and Greek independence. The city of...

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Chapter Forty Five: Greeks Being Clever - Part Two

A brief look at some famous Greek mathematicians and their groundbreaking discoveries. There are...

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Chapter Forty Four: Some Things Never Change

We concentrate now on the Greek and Macedonian part of Alexander’s fractured empire.  The...

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Chapter Forty Three: To The Strongest

Hold on tight everyone as this is a bit of a rollercoaster of a chapter.  Alexander’s generals...

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Chapter Forty Two: The Greatest Commander of Them All

Alexander the Great.  A man who really lives up to his billing… even if he’s a bit crazy too!

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Chapter Forty One: Achilles and the Knot

The King of Macedon goes about executing his plans but comes up against a bit of an issue: his...

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Chapter Forty: Greeks Being Clever - Part One

In a quick detour we take a brief look at philosophy in Ancient Greece. We barely scratch the...

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Chapter Thirty Nine: Here Come the Macedonians

With Greece in disarray, brought to its knees by constant internal warfare, the time is ripe for...

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Chapter Thirty Eight: Greece Implodes

The title of the chapter says it all. More infighting results in all of the poleis becoming...

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Chapter Thirty Seven: The Small Things that Change History

Athens and Sparta have knocked the stuffing out of each other for years. Two men from another...

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Chapter Thirty Six: The Talker and the Sailor

Two men take centre stage in the battles between Athens and Sparta. And everyone gets weaker....

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