Episode 70: Rome's Forgotten Epic (Statius' Thebaid)
Statius' Thebaid, Books 1-6. This epic is hardly ever read or taught these days, but in 100 CE, it was as famous as anything in the Roman world. Episode 70 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-...
9 Syys 20191h 55min
Episode 69: Rome's Comic Novel (Petronius' Satyricon)
Petronius' Satyricon is a contender for history's first novel, a picaresque filled with sex, misadventures, and details about daily life. Episode 69 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-069/ ...
26 Elo 20192h
Episode 68: Love Means Sin (Seneca's Phaedra)
Seneca's Phaedra (c 50s CE) is the story of an illicit passion, a stoic cautionary tale and simultaneously vivid character study. Episode 68 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-068/ Episode ...
5 Elo 20191h 34min
Episode 67: Jaws Dripping Blood (Seneca's Thyestes)
Seneca's Thyestes, probably written around the 50s CE, is one of the most horrifying and influential plays ever written. Episode 67 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-067/ Episode 67 Transc...
17 Heinä 20191h 12min
Episode 66: Stoicism, Seneca, St. Paul
Stoicism, starting with Zeno in 300 BCE, was a popular philosophy by the lifetime of Seneca, perhaps even making its way into the New Testament. Episode 66 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-...
26 Kesä 20191h 34min
Episode 65: Seneca and the Julio-Claudians (The Life of Seneca)
Seneca the Younger (c 1 BCE-65 CE) practiced the philosophy of stoicism over the course of several volatile, and very different imperial reigns. Episode 65 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-...
30 Maalis 20192h 6min
Episode 64: Ovid's Exile (The Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto)
For mysterious reasons, in 8 CE, Ovid was exiled from Rome. Ovid's last works were composed an ocean away from Italy, on the western shore of the Black Sea. Episode 64 Quiz https://literatureandhisto...
23 Helmi 20191h 39min
Episode 63: All Is in Flux (Ovid's Metamorphoses, Books 11-15)
Ovid's Metamorphoses, Books 11-15. The vast Metamorphoses draws to a resonant conclusion as Ovid brings his great poem to Rome itself. Episode 63 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-063/ Epi...
8 Helmi 20192h 11min
