Ostracism, a very tall woman and tyrants.
In this podcast I look at the oddity that was ostracism in Ancient Athens. Why was it needed? What did it aim to do? There's also a brief chat about tyrants and which includes an instance which Herodo...
14 Aug 201831min
Wish you weren't here: The Sicilian Expedition
To what extent does Thucydides alter and tweak his account of the Athenian disaster? In this episode I look at some of the arguments which suggest Thucydides amended and changed his account to align w...
28 Jun 201830min
Marius and Me: marching in Roman armour
On the back of a 5km march in Roman armour for the Rise UK charity (here's my JustGiving) I look at marching in the Roman empire including some fancy stats and how the reforms of Marius affected the l...
3 Jun 201815min
Troy Fall of a City, Episode 8. We got there in the end.
A weekly recap of some pointers from Troy, Fall of a City. In the final epsiode I go over what happened during the sack of Troy, why the wooden horse makes sense and how not to exit a wooden horse if ...
14 Apr 201818min
Troy Fall of a City, Episode 7. Mr Ed or just Mr Dead.
A weekly recap of some pointers from Troy, Fall of a City. In the seventh epsiode I unwrap the dialogue between Priam and Achilles, what the chariots did and wonder where the talking horse got to. Fee...
4 Apr 20188min
Troy Fall of a City, Episode 6. Taxi for Hector.
A weekly recap of some pointers from Troy, Fall of a City. In the sixth epsiode I consider whether we can date Patroclus' death, why Penthesilea would have terrified Hitler had she been on the moon an...
27 Mar 201811min
Troy Fall of a City, Episode 5. "Uncle Owen? Aunt Beru??"
A weekly recap of some pointers from Troy, Fall of a City. In the fifth epsiode I examine the themes of infanticide, jumping off cliffs with Aphrodite and negotiating with Achilles. For obvious reason...
20 Mar 201810min
Troy Fall of a City, Episode 4. Ant Men and Beach Boys
A weekly recap of some pointers from Troy, Fall of a City. In the fourth epsiode I consider a couple of interesting details from Homer's depiction of the duel between Paris and Menelaus, how to annoy ...
13 Mar 201813min
