Loud music, 27 hours on a bike, and a crowd-sourced translation of a giant ancient dictionary. Stream or download the episode, or subscribe on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud, or RSS. Joshua Sosin is Associate Professor of Classics at Duke University. He is co-director of the Duke Databank for Documentary Papyri and… via…

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In this episode, we discuss healing and medicine in the ancient Greek world by looking at Asklepios, Asklepieia, and the earliest physicians; Hippocrates, the Hippocratic School of Medicine, and the Hippocratic Corpus; and bacterial/viral diseases, mental diseases, and disabilities… 73 more words via 078 – Healing and Medicine — The History of Ancient Greece Podcast  

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Hot off his victory at Gaugamela, Alexander tries to kick back and enjoy the fruits of conquest. Instead, the destruction of Persepolis, the battle of the Persian Gates, and the trial of Philotas mark the difficult year of 330 BC. Twitter: https://twitter.com/HellenisticPod iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hellenistic-age-podcast/id1377920930?mt=2 Sources Used: The Anabasis of Alexander – Arrian Life of Alexander… via…

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It’s part eight of the Iliad/Trojan War and things are really starting to heat up! Eris gets involved (LOVE Eris), and Achilles continues to be a jerk. Paris is a dink, and Hector and Odysseus are kick ass. Things are getting feisty over in Troy! A general mythology warning: far too many Greek myths involve… via…

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