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Pope Hyginus, or Inigo (insert Princess Bride reference here), is said to have held the papacy in a time of relative peace. But is that true? How recent, or short was this peace? In this episode, we will discuss Hyginus’s life, heretics, and church hierarchy, which he may or may not have had anything to… via…
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Hoc in colloquio, Iason et Annula Llewellyn, Sydneae versantes, res musicas tractant. Intersuntne vestra melodramata? Quae carmina Latina, aut carmina in sermonem Latinum versa, vobis placent? Certiores nos facias aut hac in pagina (infra) aut apud Prosopobiblion (“Facebook“) aut pipiando (“tweeting”) @QDicitur–adice #QDPod112. Quomodo Dicitur? Podcast: Episode 112 by Justin Slocum Bailey, Gus Grissom, and… via…
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In this week’s episode Jean is joined by Grace Page whose current research focuses on gender roles in Aeschylus’ tragic trilogy of plays, The Oresteia. Grace hones in on Clytemnestra’s role in the Greek tragedies and how Aeschylus uses the art of persuasion, speech and deception to characterize her and play with gender roles. Clytemnestra… via…
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Julius Caesar was popular with the people, but that didn’t extend as far as the senate. Wary of the risk of a new monarchy and eager to restore the proud Roman republic, Brutus, Cassius and Decimus decide to do away with their dictator. Recorded live at the Wheeler Centre, Melbourne, on 8th August 2018. ‘Caesar’s… via…
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Resuming our narrative of the history of Carthage, we turn to one of the successor realms in the West led by a second cousin of Alexander the Great: Pyrrhus, King of Epirus. via Episode 26 – Hamilcar Barca and the End of Carthaginian Sicily — The Layman’s Historian
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