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Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 8 – pius
Was Aeneas a pious Faithful or a deceptive Traitor? Caroline and Katrina explore the importance of ‘pietas’ in the Aeneid, spill the tea on the latest episodes of Celebrity Traitors and discuss morality and heroism –...
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 7 – viscum
This week’s episode is a trip to the Underworld, as imagined by Virgil in Book VI. But what does ‘viscum’ mean? A ‘parasitic plant’ (no, not a new description of Aeneas!) and have...
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 6 – Dido (cerva)
It’s our Dido episode at last! In Book VI Line 69 Virgil describes Dido as a ‘cerva’ – a ‘doe’, wounded by an arrow in one of his most impressive and ambiguous similes....
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 5 – musa
We’re sticking with the theme of song and Katrina explains the relevance of some of the minor characters in the Aeneid from Iopas the bard to the unfortunate Cretheus from book 9, with some comparisons to...
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 4 – cano
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep. 4 – cano cano – ‘I sing’! We’re heading back to the beginning, to Book 1, and in this episode, Caroline and Katrina explore the opening lines of the poem, translation...
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 3 – Limen (Part 2)
Following straight on from our last episode, we’re finding thresholds in Books 5-8 – featuring footraces, fatherly mentors, a fearsome Fury and The Shining. In this series, podcast host Katrina Kelly is joined by...
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 2 – Limen
Starting with the word for ‘threshold’, Katrina and Caroline explore storytelling techniques and the stages of the Hero’s Journey; the links between Paddington Bear and Aeneas; and dalliances with death, talismans, chihuahuas and...
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 1 – Lumen
In Episode 1, we jump straight to Book 8 – in medias res, as Virgil would say – and a simile that has caught Caroline’s attention. We’ll discuss wheelie bins and copper bowls, Aeneas’...
TCP Does Rome: Josephus introduction
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The Classics Podcast Does Greece: Episode 6: Aristophanes with Rosie Wyles
The Classics Podcast Does Ancient History A Level Episode 6: Aristophanes with Rosie Wyles Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a single episode!
The Classics Podcast Does Greece: EPISODE 5: Plutarch with Judith Mossman
The Classics Podcast Does Ancient History A Level Episode 5: Plutarch with Judith Mossman Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a single episode!
The Classics Podcast Does Greece: EPISODE 4: Attic Inscriptions with Peter Liddel
The Classics Podcast Does Ancient History A Level Episode 4: Attic Inscriptions with Peter Liddel Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a single episode!
The Classics Podcast Does Greece: EPISODE 3: Why did the Athenians fail to win the Peloponnesian Wars?
The Classics Podcast Does Ancient History A Level Episode 3: Why did the Athenians fail to win the Peloponnesian Wars? Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a...
The Classics Podcast Does Greece: EPISODE 2: The Causes of the Peloponnesian Wars
The Classics Podcast Does Ancient History A Level Episode 2: The Causes of the Peloponnesian Wars Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a single episode!
The Classics Podcast Does Greece: EPISODE 1: Greek Victory in the Persian Wars
The Classics Podcast Does Ancient History A Level Episode 1: Greek Victory in the Persian Wars Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a single episode!
The Classics Podcast Does Roman History: Cassius Dio
Click below to listen to each episode on the historian Cassius Dio with our expert Dr Christopher Burden-Strevens (University of Kent). Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram – give us a follow to make sure...
The Classics Podcast Does Roman History: Suetonius
Click below to listen to each episode on the Roman historian Suetonius with our expert Professor Catharine Edwards (Birkbeck, University of London) Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram – give us a follow to make...
The Classics Podcast Does Roman History: Tacitus
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TCP Does Rome: Cassius Dio Introduction
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The Classics Podcast Does Rome: Suetonius Introduction
The Classics Podcast Does Rome: Tacitus Introduction
Omnibus 70
Contents: Odysseus as bard in the Odyssey – Sam Gartland A child is born: the enduring mystery of Virgil’s fourth Eclogue – Luke Houghton Herodotus and the Persian Wars: memory, recrimination, and the writing...
Omnibus 69
Contents: Dido and Aeneas in Roman Britain – Kathryn Thompson and Zahra Newby Visit the Museum of Somerset Gladstone Memorial Essay Prize 2015 Long-range perspectives in the Iliad – Helen van Noorden How Greek...
