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The podcast that transports you to the ancient world and back, with some good conversation along the way. It's not just about ancient Greece. It's about a huge chunk of human history that th...
Aeschylus' "Oresteia" is one of the most extraordinary works of literature to have come from Ancient Greece. It's a story about murder, reve...
Plato's Republic isn't just a cornerstone of Western thought—it's a mirror reflecting the challenges of our own time. In this episode of Anc...
How did Sparta—a mere city-state with an agrarian economy and barely any economic growth to speak of—rise to become the supreme power in anc...
Marcus Aurelius became emperor of Rome in 161 AD and went on to win several wars against the northern barbarians. But it wasn't his military...
Some announcements for those of you who care about what's happening at AGD behind the scenes...
I chat with friend and fellow podcaster Doug Metzger about how I first became fascinated with the ancient world and share some of the advent...
During the Persian Wars, the city of Athens was completely razed to the ground by the Persian army. And yet, from its ashes, a new Athens wa...
Unveiling the wild world of ancient Greek and Roman novels with Doug Metzger, host of the " Literature and History Podcast ." --------------...
What did ancient music sound like? In this episode, you will hear three songs that are over 2000 years old! Few people in the world today kn...
Even after thousands of years of supposed progress in philosophy, there are still some who maintain that the entire history of western philo...
In 480BC the Persian Empire invaded Greece with the largest military force the world had ever seen. Meanwhile in Athens, a man named Themist...
The three decades from 508-478BC were possibly the most consequential in all of ancient history. In this episode and the next, we tell the s...
AGD is going back to Greece this January 3-11 for another epic adventure! This time we'll be exploring the Persian Wars and the profound eff...
Bret Devereux is a military historian at North Carolina State University and author of the recent viral article "Spartans Were Losers: The U...
As our world becomes increasingly hi-tech, more and more people have been turning to ancient wisdom traditions in search of meaning. There a...
AGD is going back to Greece this fall (Oct. 11-19) for another epic adventure! This time we'll be exploring areas that in ancient times lay...
This time we're taking a little break from Greece to explore the broader history of democracy. Was democracy really a Greek invention? Histo...
Polybius' theory of anacyclosis is the most sophisticated theory of political (r)evolution to have emerged from ancient Greek and Roman poli...
AGD is going back to Greece this winter (Jan. 3-11) for an epic tour of Greece's northern regions, focusing on mountains and oracles. For mo...
Plato argued that the inevitable next step in political evolution after democracy is tyranny. Many political thinkers throughout history agr...
Was Marcus Aurelius really the enlightened ruler that history books and modern movies portray him as? And is his brand of Stoic philosophy a...
An update on the AGD Tour happening in Greece from August 16-24 For an outline of the itinerary click here .
Thirty three scholars, philosophers, and archaeologists answer the question: If you could time travel to the ancient world, who would you wa...
Philosophers today often dismiss Plato's Theory of Forms as an outdated and failed attempt by a pre-modern thinker to explain knowledge. How...
An announcement about the upcoming Ancient Greece Declassified tour in Greece this summer.
The cave analogy, which takes up the majority of book 7 of the Republic, is one of the most famous passages in all of western philosophy. In...
Plato is at once the most loved and possibly the most hated philosopher of all time. This episode explores five reasons why he drives some p...
Where does the notion of 'moral duty' come from? In this conversation with Simon E. Drew we dive deep into the history of the concept and di...
Book 6 of the Republic is the work's core section where Plato lays out his metaphysics. Appealing to his signature Theory of Forms, Plato of...
Was Homer was influenced by the stories of civilizations to the east of Greece? Joining us to discuss the Hittites and their potential (dire...
The most controversial part of Plato's Republic is its fifth book, wherein Socrates argues for the political equality of men and women, the...
In book 4 of the Republic , Plato sets forth perhaps the most famous psychological theory from Greco-Roman antiquity: the tripartite model o...
What do Plato's Republic, Sigmund Freud, and the Harry Potter saga have in common? Find out in this episode, which offers an exploration of...
Was Alexander the Great really that *great* on his own? Or did he owe much of his success to the work of his father Philip II of Macedonia?...
In the second half of book 3 of the Republic , Plato lays out the controversial theory of mimesis , which states that all art, man-made obje...
Following Socrates' claim that the ideal republic should be ruled by a class of "guardians," the question naturally arises: Who or what will...
Following Socrates' claim that the ideal republic should be ruled by a class of "guardians," the question naturally arises: Who or what will...
This episode is a crosscast in collaboration with the Classical Wisdom Speaks podcast. Anya Leonard, host of that pod and founder of classic...
Our exploration of Plato's Republic continues with this discussion of book 2 with philosopher Rachel Barney. Is the fear of God necessary fo...
The third installment in our ongoing series on Plato's Republic. Use the following timestamps for easier navigation: 2:40 Introduction to bo...
The second installment in our 11-part series on Plato's Republic . Use the following timestamps for easier navigation: 0:22 Introduction: vi...
A foundational text in both ethics and political thought, the Republic was shaped by Plato's traumatic experiences as a young man witnessing...
Rome conquered the Mediterranean world without a professional army, relying instead on its citizens to take up arms when necessary. How did...
Penelope is one of the most compelling characters from ancient Greek mythology. And yet her intelligence and agency in Homer's Odyssey is se...
The Athenian historian Thucydides observed and chronicled the greatest military conflict of his day: the epic contest between Athens and Spa...
What methods and institutions do oligarchic regimes use to maintain their power? How do they fend off the threat of democratic revolution? W...
How do ancient oligarchies compare with modern authoritarian regimes? How did civil war in oligarchies differ from civil war in democracies?...
According to the historical evidence, the first stirrings of philosophical inquiry began 2600 years ago in ancient Greece with a group of th...
We live at a time of increasing economic inequality worldwide. What is driving this trend? And what are the factors that can stabilize or ev...
How did the ancient Greek religion evolve? What was the meaning of sacrifice and other rituals? Did atheism exist back then? How about alter...