A great opportunity to explore Greece with expert guides and a bunch of fellow history geeks 👇

Which of these podcast episode titles would you be most likely to click on? (Other suggestions welcome 👇) 1) The War that Forged Western Civilization 2) Fire in the Cradle of Democracy (The Persian Wars, Part 1) 3) Thirty Years that Changed the World Forever (509-479 BC)

New episode on the birth of democracy in ancient Athens and the causes of the Greco-Persian Wars. greecepodcast.com/fire-in-the-cr…

There is so much AI-generated garbage now on YouTube Wouldn't it be great if, in addition to a "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" button, there was also an "AI garbage" button, so users could quickly label such "content" and save others the trouble of watching it?

New episodes from L&H on the Talmud and Gregory of Tours. (Sorry, haven't been on X in a year!) Also, the podcast's website is completely rebuilt and we'll be releasing episodes on the 15th of each month from here on out.

Lantern Jack of the Ancient Greece Declassified podcast interviewed me last week on the subject of Ancient Greek and Latin novels - here's the video version: youtube.com/watch?v=0zrUMt…. 😊

It has become fashionable recently to "debunk" the "Myth of Sparta." IOW to claim the Spartans were actually *not* great fighters, & that their fearsome reputation was a "bronze lie." But if that's true, how did Sparta dominate Greece for 2 centuries? Here's a fresh take, ft.

Before spears were thrown at Mantinea in 418 BC, diplomacy nearly toppled Sparta. Alcibiades forged a coalition of Argos, Mantinea, and Elis to isolate Sparta, and even Tegea—Sparta’s oldest ally—considered defecting. The Peloponnesian League was on the verge of collapse.

🔥 In 494 BCE, the proud Ionian city of Miletus faced Persia’s wrath. After the defeat at Lade, the Persians besieged and stormed the city. Miletus was destroyed, its people enslaved or deported — a tragic end to the Ionian Revolt. 🎙️ Hear the full story in Casting Through

What’s that? You want a complete summary of Plato’s REPUBLIC and explanation of its meaning, done by two scholars of ancient philosophy? Oh ok, sure: youtu.be/fOfZev0pd64

Let's turn X into a repository of human wisdom. My contribution: a full, expert-led summary and explanation of Plato's REPUBLIC — probably the single greatest work of philosophy ever written. Take a break from the noise and dive in! Timestamps 00:00 Introduction to the

*Epic* way to open…

MOVING WORDS by a teacher who lost hope. The problem? It’s obviously written by ChatGPT. All the hallmarks are there, from phrases like “No sneer. No malice. Just quiet honesty,” to the use of em-dashes preceded & followed by spaces (no human does that). Why do this?

Modern philosophy is a pale shadow of ancient philosophy. P.S. I wish this weren’t the case. P.P.S. If any scholar wants to challenge me on this they are welcome on my show.

How would you translate this phrase?