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The Great Greek Reboot
The 8th century BCE brought big changes to Greece, including an increase in population and a dramatic upswing in economic activity. Many of the defining features of Greek civilization began to take shape. Monumental temples appeared. The Olympic Games began, inspiring a sense of a common Greek iden…
Tales of the City-State: The Rise and Flourishing of the Greek Polis
The polis was the defining sociopolitical system of ancient Greece. It was the environment where Greek drama, architecture, philosophy, and other cultural developments reached their peak. In this episode, host Scott Emmons explores the beginnings of the polis, military developments that helped shap…
Not Such an Ugly Word: Tyranny in Archaic Greece
In modern English, a “tyrant” is someone who rules oppressively. To the ancient Greeks, the word tyrannoscould just refer to a king, but more specifically it meant an autocrat who had come to power by overthrowing an existing regime. The 7th and 6th centuries BCE saw the rise of many Greek tyrants …
Chaos and Compromise: Early Athens and the Reforms of Solon
At the start of the 6th century BCE, Athens had only recently escaped a tyranny. Draco's published law code made the law accessible to more people but did nothing to alleviate the crushing debt that afflicted the poor. As Aristotle puts it, the poor were slaves of the rich. To forestall the rise of…
Pisistratus and Sons: The Age of Tyranny in Athens
Despite the best efforts of the lawgiver Solon, political upheaval continued in Athens. A strongman named Pisistratus, after twice seizing power and losing it, ultimately established an autocratic regime that lasted over 35 years. During that time, he and his successors improved city infrastructure…
Hurrah for the Pirate King! Polycrates and the Tyranny of Samos
The tyrant Polycrates of Samos impressed classical authors by building the first naval empire in the Aegean since the legendary king Minos of Crete. He dominated island cities, employed his navy for piracy, dedicated an island to Delian Apollo, and forged a strong alliance with the Egyptian pharaoh…
You Say You Want a Revolution: Cleisthenes and Athenian Democracy
After the expulsion of the tyrant Hippias, two prominent citizens were foremost in the competition for power. Isagoras was a conservative aristocrat who favored a narrow oligarchy. Cleisthenes, although a member of the blue-blooded Alcmaeonid clan, drew support from the people by proposing radical …
Keep Buggering On
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The Horse
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On this week's episode I tell Dan about something that had been haunting me. The events in the Strait of Hormuz feel eerily similar to a story captured 2,800 years ago. I had just seen Nolan's version of The Odyssey and been left with the feeling that Hor…
The Greek Dark Ages and Greek Renaissance Audiobook by Charles River Editors
Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: The Greek Dark Ages and Greek RenaissanceSubtitle: The History and Legacy of the Bronze Age Transition to Archaic GreeceCategories: Ancient, Europe, Greece, HistoryAuthor: Charles River EditorsNarrator: Tracy WellsPublisher: Char…
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