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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 Spartan imperial policy at home and abroad in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War at Sparta from 404-396 BC, including their war with Elis, the imperial ambitions of Lysander and the ascension of Agesilaos, Kinadon's foiled socio-political revolution, and Sparta's invasion of Persia to "free" the Eastern Greeks
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2024/02/111-spartan-hegemony.html

111 The Spartan Hegemony

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 Euphyro, Apologia, Krito, and Phaido. 
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2022/03/109-sokrates.html

109 Sokrates

In this episode, we discuss the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War at Athens, including the reign of the Thirty Tyrants, the Athenian civil war, and the restoration of the democracy 
 
 
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2021/10/108-thirty-tyrants.html

108 The Thirty Tyrants

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

107 Sparta Triumphant

In this episode, we discuss the years 409-406 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the Athenians' achieving control in the Hellespont and Bosporus, Alcibiades' triumphant return to Athens, the ascension of Lysander and his bromance with Cyrus, the Athenian defeat at Notium and the disgrace of Alcibiades, Kallikratidas victory over Konon at Mytilene, and the subsequent Battle of Arginusae with its disastrous consequences for the Athenians.
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2020/10/106-frustrations-and-poor-decisions.html

106 Frustrations and Poor Decisions (Part II)

In today's special guest episode, I am joined by Dr Curtis Dozier, Assistant Professor of Greek and Roman Studies at Vassar College. He is the producer and host of The Mirror of Antiquity, a podcast featuring classical scholars discussing the intersections of their research, the contemporary world, and their own lives. More importantly to our discussion, He is also the director of Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classics, a website devoted to documenting and responding to appropriations of ancient Greece and Rome by hate groups online. We discuss some of the reasons how, as well as why, White Supremacists have taken to coopting Classical imagery to support their twisted world views.
 
 
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2020/10/special-guest-episode-on-classics-and.html

***Special Guest Episode on Classics and White Supremacy w/Curtis Dozier***

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 411-410 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the shifting of the naval war to the Hellespont, the vigor that the Athenian democracy showed in carrying on the war effort against Sparta and Pharnabazos with victories at Cynossema and Cyzicus, the re-establishment of the radical democracy at Athens, and the transition from the historical account of Thucydides into that of Xenophon's Hellenica.
 
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 430 and 429 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including a failed Spartan invasion of Zakynthos and Acarnania, Phormio's naval victories at Rhium and Naupactus, an Athenian debacle at Spartolos, the end of the siege of Potidaea, the death of Pericles and Phormio, and a Thracian invasion of Macedonia. 
 
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2019/05/092-end-of-era-part-ii.html
 
 
 
Intro by Ryan Paulsen of Lexitecture
 
Website: http://www.lexitecture.com
 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lexitecture/
 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexitecture and https://twitter.com/PRyanPaulsen

092 The End of an Era (Part II)

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