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Hosted by Naomi Weiss · education · EN · 9 episodes
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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Signup to Generate a PitchHosted 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.
Ancient Greece Today is hosted by Naomi Weiss. The show has published 9 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Bonus Episode: Glorious Exploits" (4 June 2026, 43 minutes), "Episode 8: Trojan Women" (29 May 2026, 65 minutes), and "Episode 7: Bacchae" (22 May 2026, 69 minutes).
Ancient Greece Today publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 68 minutes across 9 episodes.
Booking probability for Ancient Greece Today is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Ancient Greece Today requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Ancient Greece Today's contact route on record: verified email.
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Naomi Weiss hosts Ancient Greece Today, an education show with 9 episodes published.
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Ancient Greece Today
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...
Ancient Greece Today
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...
Ancient Greece Today
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...
Ancient Greece Today
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...
Ancient Greece Today
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...
Ancient Greece Today
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...
Ancient Greece Today
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...
Ancient Greece Today
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...
Ancient Greece Today
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)...
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