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Ancient Greece Today

Hosted by Unknown Host · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 8 episodes

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Episodes
8
Last ep.
9 days ago
Avg length
68m
Booking Probability™
28
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Listen Score
13
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46
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About this podcast

Hosted by Naomi Weiss (Professor of the Classics, Harvard University), this podcast brings together scholars and artists to explore the ancient Greek world and how it is used and reimagined in the present day.

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Unknown Host hosts Ancient Greece Today, a education show with 8 episodes published.

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Bonus Episode: Glorious Exploits

Jun 4, 202642m0

In this bonus episode, Naomi interviews Ferdia Lennon about his 2024 novel, Glorious Exploits, a book about tragedy and comedy in the wake of the Sicilian Expedition—Athens’ disastrous attempt to seize Sicily in 415–413

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Episode 8: Trojan Women

May 28, 20261h 4m0

Long considered the oldest anti-war play, Euripides’ Trojan Women is a devastating portrayal of the suffering of war’s female victims. It is also about female relationships and forms of agency, as well as the power of ar

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Episode 7: Bacchae

May 21, 20261h 9m0

In this episode, we talk about Euripides’ Bacchae. Dr. Lucy Jackson (Durham University) joins Naomi to explore the theatricality of this play about Dionysus, the questions it raises about gender, and how it has been reim

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Episode 6: Medea

May 14, 202658m0

In this episode, Naomi talks to Professor Al Duncan (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) about Euripides’ Medea as a revenge drama, Medea's liminality, and the particular performance opportunities presented by t

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Episode 5: Antigone

May 7, 20261h 25m0

In this episode, we discuss Sophocles’ Antigone, from classical Athens to 21st-century Mexico. Dr. Andrés Carrete (Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University) joins Naomi to explore different frameworks, ancient and

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Episode 4: Oedipus the King

Apr 30, 20261h 1m0

In this episode, we turn to Sophocles’ Oedipus the King. Dr. Lyndsay Coo (University of Bristol) joins Naomi to discuss the play’s plot, its riddles, its questioning of human knowledge, and the role of the gods in a trag

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Episode 3: Prometheus Bound

Apr 23, 20261h 13m0

In this episode, Naomi introduces Prometheus Bound, a play traditionally attributed to Aeschylus. Professor Mark Griffith (University of California, Berkeley) joins her to discuss Prometheus as philanthropos (“human-lovi

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Episode 2: Oresteia

Apr 16, 20261h 20m0

In this episode, Naomi introduces Aeschylus’ Oresteia, first performed in 458 BCE. She discusses the trilogy’s politics with Professor Afroditi Angelopoulou (University of Southern California) and then talks to author an

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Episode 1: Greek Tragedy and Its Afterlife: An Introduction

Apr 9, 20261h 15m0

What was Greek tragedy and what is it today? In this episode, Naomi discusses the forms and ideas of Greek tragedy, from classical Athens to 20th-century Cuba, with Rosa Andújar (Barnard College, Columbia University) and

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