Baths were the place where Romans of all levels of society could get clean, exercise, do business and socialise. Just like the forum, they were a place of congregation, and the three bath houses in Pompeii speak to their popularity. Guest: Dr Chritopher Gribbin (Public Historian)

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The Lysistrata is a comedy play by the ancient Greek Aristophanes. He proposes this: what would happen if all the women banded together to deny sex from the men? 150 more words

• via XXXV: When Women Revolt, Aristophanes’ Lysistrata — Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! A Greek & Roman Mythology Podcast

This episode took me weeks of reading and re-reading! Becoming side-tracked was my state of being this entire time.

• via On the Nature of… Mystery Cults — Ivy Crowned Podcast

Iustus Bostoniae cum Serena (Skye) Shirley comoedias Romanas, artem linguas discendi, necnon alia quaedam argumenta tractat. Quarum aliarum rerum (praeter linguam Latinam) studiosus/a es? Certiores nos facias aut hac in pagina (infra) aut apud Prosopobiblion (“Facebook“) aut pipiando (“tweeting”) […]

• via QDP Ep 93: Bostoniae cum Serena Shirley — Quomodo Dicitur? Podcast

In this episode, we discuss the myths, iconography, and cultic worship of Hera, the queen of the heavens and wife of Zeus, and the guardian of women, marriage, childbirth, and the family unit

• via 072 – The Wrathful Queen — The History of Ancient Greece Podcast