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Ryan Stitt

The History of Ancient Greece Podcast is a deep-dive into one of the most influential and fundamental civilization in world history. Hosted by philhellene Ryan Stitt, THOAG spans over two millennia. From the Bronze Age to the Archaic Period,  from Classical Greece to the Hellenistic kingdoms, and finally to the Roman conquest, this podcast will tell the history of a fundamental civilization by bringing to life the fascinating stories of all the ancient sources and scholarly interpretations of the archaeological evidence. And we won't just detail their military and political history, but their society, how the Greeks lived day-to-day, as well as their culture—their art, architecture, philosophy, literature, religion, science, and all the other incredible aspects of the Greek achievement , while situating the Greeks within a multicultural Mediterranean whose peoples influenced and were influenced by one another.

The History of Ancient Greece

In this episode, we discuss the first three years of the Korinthian War from 395-393 BC
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2024/09/112-korinthian-war.html

112 The Korinthian War

In this episode, we discuss the life and death of Sokrates (ca. 470-399 BC), who is widely considered to be the father of Western philosophy, with in-depth overviews of Aristophanes' Clouds and Plato's dialogue Euthyphro, Apologia, Krito, and Phaido
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2022/03/109-sokrates.html

109 Sokrates

In this episode, we discuss the final two years of the Peloponnesian War (405 and 404 BC), including the comedic play "The Frogs" by Aristophanes; Lysandros' elevation to Persian satrap, his rebuilding of the Peloponnesian fleet, his tactical moves in the Hellespont, and his crushing victory over the Athenians at Aigospotamoi; the besiegement and blockade of Athens and the Peiraieus; and the Athenians' ultimate surrender and the terms of the peace treaty
 
 
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2021/04/107-sparta-triumphant.html

107 Sparta Triumphant

In today's special guest episode, I am joined by Dr Denise Eileen McCoskey, Professor of Classics and affiliate of Black World Studies at Miami (OH) University. She has written extensively on the politics of race and gender in antiquity and is currently at work on a project examining the role of eugenics in early twentieth-century classical scholarship. In 2012, she published her book Race: Antiquity & Its Legacy, which will be the topic of today's conversation. It accounts for the various ways in which ancient cultures thought about race (including race as social practice and racial representations). We also dig into the "Black Athena" controversy a bit and why the field of Classics handled it so poorly.
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2020/09/special-guest-episode-on-race-antiquity.html

***Special Guest Episode on Race, Antiquity, and Its Legacy w/Denise McCoskey***

In this episode, we discuss the Second Greco-Punic War (410-406 BC), as hostilities in Sicily draw in Carthage and the Syracusan fleet away from the eastern Aegean and the Hellespont, including Hannibal Mago's first invasion of Sicily and the destruction of Selinus and Himera, the rebellion of Hermocrates, the rise of Dionysius as tyrant of Syracuse, Hannibal Mago's second invasion of Sicily and his destruction of Akragas, and the ceasefire which would see Carthage and Syracuse as the two strongest powers on Sicily
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2020/08/105-carthage-enters-war.html
 
 
 
Introduction by Alex Goodman of Antiquity in Question
 
Website: https://anchor.fm/alexandergoodman
 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AIQpodcast/
 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AIQpodcast

105 Carthage Enters the War

In this episode, we discuss the years 411 and 410 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the shifting of the naval war to the Hellespont, the vigor that the Athenian democracy at Samos showed in carrying on the war effort against Sparta and Pharnabazos with victories at Kynossema and Kyzikos, the re-establishment of the radical democracy at Athens, and the transition from the historical account of Thoukydides into that of Xenophon's Hellenika
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2020/08/104-athenian-empire-strikes-back.html
 
 
 
Intro by Megan Lewis of Digital Hammurabi
 
Website: https://www.digitalhammurabi.com
 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBQo27DbqeB-xG17-kekrdQ
 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalhammurabi/
 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/digi_hammurabi

104 The Democratic Empire Strikes Back

In this episode, we discuss the years 413 and 412 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including Athens' response at home to the Sicilian Disaster, the Spartan and Theban devastation of Attic agriculture and commerce from Dekeleia, the dissolution of the "friendship" between Athens and Persia, Sparta's building up of a navy and encouraging of revolts of Athens' subject-allies, the shifting of the war to the eastern Aegean, and a series of treaties are made between Sparta and the Persian satrap Tissaphernes
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2020/05/102-livin-on-persian-prayer.html
 
 
 
Intro by Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle of What's Her Name Podcast
 
Website: https://www.whatshernamepodcast.com
 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatshernamepodcast/
 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatsHerNamePC

102 Livin' on a (Persian) Prayer

In this special guest episode, Dr. Owen Rees and I discuss Ancient Greek land warfare in general with lengthy discussions on the definition of a hoplite, its socio-political importance, and the problems surrounding its chronology and historiographic tradition; the problems with the traditional reconstructive models of ancient Greek battles; the important role of cavalry and light infantry, particularly in the Peloponnesian War onwards; and why the concept of an "honorable western way of war" which seeks its origins in ancient Greek warfare is bogus and hyped up in modern ideology. There are also lots of digression on logistics, slaves, baggage trains, training, the Spartan mirage, the brutal experience of war, the fear that it instilled, the war dead, and the transition of soldiers from civilian life to the battlefield and back again, including all the psychological and sociological problems that arise from this.
 
 
 
Show Notes: 
 
 http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2020/04/special-guest-episode-on-greek-land.html
 
 
 
Dr Owen Rees
 
Website: http://owenrees.co.uk
 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/reeshistory

***Special Guest Episode on Greek Land Warfare w/Owen Rees***

In this episode, we discuss the years 421 to 418 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the breakdowns of the Peace of Nikias; the rise of Alkibiades to prominence at Athens; the differences that arose between Sparta and some of their dissident allies; the diplomatic maneuverings that resulted in the quadruple alliance between Athens, Argos, Mantineia, and Eleia; and the decisive Spartan victory at the Battle of Mantineia
 
 
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2019/12/098-peace-unravels.html
 
 
 
Intro by Jacob Collier of The Podcast on Germany 
 
Website: https://www.podcastongermany.com
 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastonGermany/
 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/on_germany

098 The Peace Unravels

In this special guest episode, Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid and I discuss ancient Mesopotamian medicine, in general, and her current research on the use of metaphor in descriptions of mental distress in cuneiform medical texts
 
 
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2019/11/special-guest-episode-on-mesopotamian.html
 
 
 
Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid
 
Post-Doc at Wolfson College, University of Oxford
 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Moudhy

***Special Guest Episode on Mesopotamian Medicine w/Moudhy Al-Rashid***

In this episode, we discuss the innovations during the 5th century BC in the realm of temple building (outside of Attika, that is); included are the Temple of Aphaia at Aigina, the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Hera II at Poseidonia (Paestum), the Temple of Victory at Himera, the Temple of Apollo at Syracuse, the Valley of the Temples at Akragas (Agrigento), the Temple of Hera at Selinous, the unfinished temple at Segesta, and the Temple of Apollo at Bassai
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2017/10/058-classical-temples.html
 
 
 
Intro by Ben Jacobs of the Wittenberg to Westphalia: Wars of the Reformation Podcast
 
Website: http://wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com
 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wittenbergtowestphalia
 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/w2wpodcast

058 Classical Temples

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