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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.
Unknown Host hosts Ancient Greece Today, a education show with 8 episodes published.
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
Show notesLong 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
Show notesIn 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
Show notesIn 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
Show notesIn 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
Show notesIn 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
Show notesIn 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
Show notesIn 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
Show notesWhat 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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Ancient Greece Today is hosted by Unknown Host. The show is categorised under Education (Courses) and has published 8 episodes.
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