In this episode, we discuss the myths, iconography, and cultic worship of Orpheus and his Mysteries; the Orphic Hymns and the Orphic Theogony; the Orphic Hymn to Melinoe and her connection to the Mysteries, Hekate, and Hermes Psychopompos; the roles of omens, divination, and itinerant seers (including the mythic figures of Tiresias, Mopsus, and Chalcias,…

• via 081 – Orphism, Omens, and Oracles — The History of Ancient Greece Podcast

The Villa of the Mysteries is on the outskirts of Pompeii, and it would be like any other Roman villa if it weren’t for a special set of paintings. One room is lavishly decorated on all walls with a fresco depicting what appears to be an initiation ceremony into a mystery cult. Guest: Dr Gillian…

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In this episode we talk about the history of education in Europe, from classical Greece to the 19th century, covering the origins of many education-related words. Then we turn to the history of second-language teaching of Latin, from Roman Egypt to today’s Living Latin movement.DSM (channel about language and etymology)Sound EducationClassic CocktailEducation videoLearning Latin and…

• via Episode 61: Classing up our Languages? — The Endless Knot

The first episode in a series covering the Wars of the Diadochi, we follow the immediate aftermath of Alexander the Great’s death with the Partition of Babylon, the Lamian War and more marriages than a Hapsburg family gathering during the years 323 – 321 B.C. Title theme by Lina Palera (@user-994392473) Distributed by suRRism-phonoethics (surrism-phonoethics.bandcamp.com/)…

• via 014: To the Strongest – The King is Dead, Long Live the…Kings? — The Hellenistic Age Podcast

After reading a whole bunch of books, we’ve finally gotten to the odyssey part of the Odyssey! Giants, dead people, sort-of-goddesses—these books have it all.

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