Hodie est a.d. XIII Kal. Nov. 2775 AUC ~ 25 Pyanepsion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
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One of Antiquity’s greatest poets, Virgil’s legacy is seen across history. Following in the footsteps of his predecessor’s Homer and Hesiod – Virgil’s work inspires people even today. With inspiration for his poems coming from the political turmoil and change around him, Virgil’s work offers insight into the tumultuous time he was living in. But who was Virgil, and why are his work’s still so revered? In this episode, Tristan is joined by Dr Anne Rogerson from the University of Sydney to help shed some light on this mysterious figure. Looking at Virgil’s three most famous works, The Georgics, The Eclogues, and of course The Aeneid – why has Virgil’s legacy and name persevered throughout history?
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato’s account of the once great island of Atlantis out to the west, beyond the world known to his fellow Athenians, and why it disappeared many thousands of years before his time. There are no sources for this story other than Plato, and he tells it across two of his works, the Timaeus and the Critias, tantalizing his readers with evidence that it is true and clues that it is a fantasy. Atlantis, for Plato, is a way to explore what an ideal republic really is, and whether Athens could be (or ever was) one; to European travellers in the Renaissance, though, his story reflected their own encounters with distant lands, previously unknown to them, spurring generations of explorers to scour the oceans and in the hope of finding a lost world.
Who were the witches and sorceresses of ancient Greece and Rome–and how did they wield their power? In this episode, ancient occult expert Daniel Ogden introduces us to the world of Greco-Roman witchcraft–including necromancy, love spells, curse tablets, and real-life magical manuals written thousands of years ago by Alexandrian sorcerers. Join us as we explore both mythology and history to uncover a forgotten world of clandestine magic, primarily wielded by women.
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Book Reviews
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends a festering wound and for the common folk, extreme suffering due to the disagreements.
… adapted from the text and translation of:
Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)
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