026 - Sailing Advice from Hesiod, the Farmer-Poet

026 - Sailing Advice from Hesiod, the Farmer-Poet

At long last we make first contact with the Greeks! Today we try to cover the earliest periods of Greek colonization and expansion into the central Mediterranean. Hesiod's writings can give us some insight into the socio-economic conditions in Greece proper, the conditions that spurred the colonization of the 9th and 8th centuries BCE. Early Greek colonies in the Levant connected them with the goods and ideas of the east, flowing west as far is Pithecusae, the oldest Greek settlement west of Greece. From there the colonization really picked up, with settlements being established along the sea-road back toward Greece. We finish our episode by looking at multiple ship depictions on Attic pottery found around the Mediterranean. We try to suss out whether some of these depict galleys or biremes, but the bottom line is the transition to biremes and triremes happened during the colonization phase. By the end today we will have set the stage for the conflicts between trade powers in the central Med, conflicts that will be our focus in coming episodes.

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episoder(60)

*Unlocked* Member Ep. 015 - The Ship(s) of Theseus

*Unlocked* Member Ep. 015 - The Ship(s) of Theseus

Welcome, crew. This is a temporarily unlocked member episode, open to everyone for the remainder of March since I was unable to record a regular episode this month. It will revert to subscriber-only a...

25 Mar 202248min

043 - The Delian League: High and Dry in Egypt

043 - The Delian League: High and Dry in Egypt

Today we continue following the evolution and exploits of the Delian League. In the 450s BCE, they become embroiled in two theaters of conflict. The first saw them begin to more squarely meet Sparta a...

1 Mar 202253min

042 - The Delian League v. Persia: Eurymedon

042 - The Delian League v. Persia: Eurymedon

Now that we have witnessed the birth of the Delian League, in today's episode we trace their exploits in the 470s BCE. The league does a good job landing more blows against the Persian Empire, but at ...

28 Jan 202258min

041 - A League of (Our) Own: The Delian League

041 - A League of (Our) Own: The Delian League

As we kick off Series 3, it's now time to examine one of the most recognizable institutions that existed in Ancient Greece: The Delian League. To make sense of things, we'll compare the Peloponnesian ...

5 Des 202143min

Series 2 Recap

Series 2 Recap

This episode is a recapitulation of the 20 episodes that make up Series 2 of the Maritime History Podcast. The season as a whole examined the high points of maritime history during the early Iron Age,...

15 Nov 20211h 22min

Pod Update - November 2021

Pod Update - November 2021

A brief update on the state of the podcast, our sailing shape, and what lies ahead. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

8 Nov 20218min

The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" by William Hope Hodgson (Part 4)

The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" by William Hope Hodgson (Part 4)

The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" by William Hope Hodgson is a horror/survival novel where survivors of a shipwreck, clinging to the remaining lifeboats, contend with the weird and terrifying elements of...

31 Okt 20212h 12min

The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" by William Hope Hodgson (Part 3)

The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" by William Hope Hodgson (Part 3)

The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" by William Hope Hodgson is a horror/survival novel where survivors of a shipwreck, clinging to the remaining lifeboats, contend with the weird and terrifying elements of...

29 Okt 20211h 30min

Populært innen Fakta

mikkels-paskenotter
fastlegen
dine-penger-pengeradet
relasjonspodden-med-dora-thorhallsdottir-kjersti-idem
foreldreradet
rss-strid-de-norske-borgerkrigene
treningspodden
jakt-og-fiskepodden
sinnsyn
rss-kunsten-a-leve
hverdagspsyken
gravid-uke-for-uke
rss-kull
fryktlos
hagespiren-podcast
rss-var-forste-kaffe
rss-bisarr-historie
level-up-med-anniken-binz
hva-er-greia-med
rss-impressions-2