Chronicles of Ancient Greece

We're back! After a "okay, let's get accustomed to this newborn thing"-hiatus in the podcast, I can proudly proclaim that whoever claimed to know how to handle a baby after five weeks is a liar. Anywa...

27 Apr 202522min

This week: Empire Jenga on the finale of Season 1! We'll talk about some of the most important empires and cultures of the Mediterranean during the Bronze Age and then we'll crash them into a wall. Or...

23 Mar 202533min

Well, this week, Odysseus finally gets home. First though, he has to escape the amorous clutches of a nymph, lose all his men because they could not resist angering the gods, and kill about 100 men wh...

16 Mar 202522min

This week, the journey gets even more confusing, as Odysseus and his crew, instead of sailing straight back to Ithaca, start criss crossing the entire Mediterranean and apparently also the underworld....

9 Mar 202524min

This week, Odysseus is going to mess with a Cyclops. Spoiler Alert: That's a really really bad idea. Oh, and also: What's in the bag?!

2 Mar 202525min

In this episode, we'll take a loot at the climactic events of the Trojan War. The famous duel between Hector and Achilles, what Achilles does once Hector is defeated, how Achilles meets his own downfa...

23 Feb 202529min

We're back! This time we'll dive into the nitty gritty of the Trojan War. How the war itself could have been ended after it had barely begun, how the Amazons made even Achilles think twice, and how no...

19 Feb 202525min

Welcome back to Chronicles of Ancient Greece!In this episode, we explore the origins of the Trojan War, from the golden apple that sparked a divine rivalry and the oath that bound Greece’s greatest wa...

9 Feb 202525min