28. The First Clash

28. The First Clash

The Hellenic league had now arrived in the foothills of the Citheron Mountains, with still more contingents continually arriving throughout the hours and days to come. Pausanias, hastily deployed what forces were currently available down in the foothills where they would be protected to some degree. His mind was focused on forming a strong defensive line, as this had been the advice revealed by the omens. The Persians had seen an opportunity for a cavalry action with it seeming part of the Gr...

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39: Sicily, Conflict & Tyrants

39: Sicily, Conflict & Tyrants

39: Sicily, Conflict & Tyrants The wave of Greek colonisation taking place in the 8th and 7th centuries wouldn’t be the end of the Greeks seeking to establish new cities. More expeditions would be se...

8 Okt 202142min

Interview: The Bronze Lie with Myke Cole

Interview: The Bronze Lie with Myke Cole

Todays episodes sponsor is Hello Fresh Head to Hello Fresh here to receive $80 Discount ($50 - $20 - $10) Including Free Shipping on your First Box! with the code HFAFF80 "Shattering the Myth of Spar...

24 Sep 20211h 20min

38: The Greek Periphery, Sicily

38: The Greek Periphery, Sicily

38: The Greek Periphery, Sicily The prehistory of Sicily, well before the Greeks arrived is still to this day shrouded in some mystery. We are left with a written tradition from a number of Greek wri...

10 Sep 202139min

37: Herodotus, The Father of Lies

37: Herodotus, The Father of Lies

Herodotus; The Father of Lies. “Because it is simple and lacking in effort and easily runs over events, has thoroughly deceived many people” (Plutarch, on the Malice of Herodotus) Plutarch would be b...

27 Aug 202143min

36. Herodotus: The Father of History

36. Herodotus: The Father of History

“Herodotus of Halicarnassus here presents his research so that human events do not fade with time. May the great and wonderful deeds – some brought forth by the Hellenes, others by the barbarians – no...

13 Aug 202143min

35: The Greco-Persian Wars

35: The Greco-Persian Wars

The Greco-Persian Wars: The Greek and Persian wars would be a defining moment in the Greek world helping shape the trajectory of development in Greece and around the Aegean for time to come. Even tod...

30 Jul 202143min

Interview: Mark Adams

Interview: Mark Adams

In this interview Episode I sit down and chat with the author Mark Adams about his book, "Meet me in Atlantis". We talk about his experiences and what he learnt about Plato's tale of the lost city of ...

16 Jul 202159min

34: Persia's Greek War with Trevor Culley

34: Persia's Greek War with Trevor Culley

We have now reached the end of the Greco-Persian Wars, but with most of our sources focusing on the Greek experience and perhaps not giving us a completely accurate picture of the Persians. In this ep...

2 Jul 20211h 29min

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