Ranked #1
Episode 19: The One Who Struggles with God (The Historical Books and Biblical Archaeology)
Episode 19: The One Who Struggles with God (The Historical Books and Biblical Archaeology)
The Old Testament, Part 5 of 10. The Historical Books tell of Israel’s conflicts with Syria, Assyria, Egypt, and finally... Read more
29 Jun 2016
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2hr 28mins
Ranked #2
Episode 54: Out of Troy (Virgil's Aeneid, Books 1-3)
Episode 54: Out of Troy (Virgil's Aeneid, Books 1-3)
Virgil’s Aeneid, Books 1-3. The Aeneid is Rome’s great epic. Learn the story of its first three books, and when and why ... Read more
31 May 2018
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2hr 12mins
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Ranked #3
Episode 61: Changes of Shape (Ovid's Metamorphoses, Books 1-5)
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Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Books 1-5. This book influenced thousands of years of later literature, and remains one of our bes... Read more
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Episode 65: Seneca and the Julio-Claudians (The Life of Seneca)
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Ranked #5
Episode 40: Hellenism and the Birth of the Self
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The Hellenistic period – 330-30 BCE, saw Alexander’s successor kingdoms rotting away in the east, the rise of Rome, and ... Read more
24 Apr 2017
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Ranked #6
Episode 12: Kleos and Nostos (Homer's Odyssey, Books 1-8)
Episode 12: Kleos and Nostos (Homer's Odyssey, Books 1-8)
The Odyssey, Books 1-8. Adventure, monsters, temptresses, and a whole lot of wine-dark Aegean. Learn all about the worl... Read more
13 Apr 2016
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Ranked #7
Episode 11: Who Was Homer? (Homer's Iliad, Books 17-24)
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The Iliad, Books 17-24. As the Iliad reaches its spectacular climax, it’s time to ask a big question. Who wrote it? Ep... Read more
27 Mar 2016
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1hr 41mins
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Episode 27: The Bloody King (Aeschylus' Agamemnon)
Episode 27: The Bloody King (Aeschylus' Agamemnon)
Aeschylus’ Oresteian Trilogy, 1 of 3. A terrible family curse. A wronged queen. The Trojan War was only the start of the... Read more
14 Oct 2016
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1hr 53mins
Ranked #9
Episode 21: The Bible's Magic Trick (The Book of Psalms)
Episode 21: The Bible's Magic Trick (The Book of Psalms)
The Old Testament, Part 7 of 10. In the Book of Psalms, a single, fascinating, familiar linguistic device propels the w... Read more
27 Jul 2016
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1hr 18mins
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Episode 26: Ancient Greek Theater (The History of 5th-Century BCE Athenian Drama)
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Masks. Choruses. Huge prosthetic penises. Before you read Sophocles, Euripides, and company, it’s a good idea to know a ... Read more
30 Sep 2016
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Ranked #11
Episode 66: Stoicism, Seneca, St. Paul
Episode 66: Stoicism, Seneca, St. Paul
Stoicism, starting with Zeno in 300 BCE, was a popular philosophy by the lifetime of Seneca, perhaps even making its way... Read more
26 Jun 2019
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1hr 34mins
Ranked #12
Episode 22: Fatalism (The Book of Ecclesiastes)
Episode 22: Fatalism (The Book of Ecclesiastes)
The Old Testament, Part 8 of 10. If there is one Biblical book that explains all of life, thick and thin, love and angui... Read more
16 Aug 2016
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1hr 25mins
Ranked #13
Episode 46: The Republic at Twilight (Cicero's Early Life)
Episode 46: The Republic at Twilight (Cicero's Early Life)
Cicero (106-43 BCE) was the undisputed master of the Latin language. During his first thirty years, he witnessed events ... Read more
9 Dec 2017
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1hr 33mins
Ranked #14
Episode 30: Two Legs in the Afternoon (Sophocles' Oedipus the King)
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Sophocles’ Theban Plays, 1 of 3. Oedipus the King is one of literature’s great stories. It’s also a haunting window int... Read more
23 Nov 2016
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1hr 54mins
Ranked #15
Episode 42: The Beginnings of Roman Literature
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Roman literature grew slowly from Greek traditions during the 300s and 200s BCE. Learn about its earliest figures, and h... Read more
17 Sep 2017
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Ranked #16
Episode 33: Woman the Barbarian (Euripides' Medea)
Episode 33: Woman the Barbarian (Euripides' Medea)
Euripides’ Medea is Ancient Greece’s most famous play. But what did it mean to the Athenians in 431 BCE who watched it o... Read more
5 Jan 2017
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1hr 56mins
Ranked #17
Episode 55: Among the Shades (Virgil's Aeneid, Books 4-6)
Episode 55: Among the Shades (Virgil's Aeneid, Books 4-6)
Virgil’s Aeneid, Books 4-6. The story of Dido and Aeneas, and his subsequent journey to the underworld, is the heart of ... Read more
6 Jul 2018
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2hr 23mins
Ranked #18
Episode 38: The Epic Anti-Hero (Apollonius' Jason and the Argonauts)
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Jason and the Argonauts, Books 1-2. Journey with Jason to find the Golden Fleece, and learn about the Greco-Egyptian wri... Read more
22 Mar 2017
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1hr 51mins
Ranked #19
Episode 45: The Uncuttables (Lucretius' On the Nature of Things and Epicureanism)
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Lucretius (c. 94-53 BCE) is our most important source for Epicurean philosophy, perhaps the most misunderstood school of... Read more
16 Nov 2017
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1hr 49mins
Ranked #20
Episode 39: Medea and the Argonauts (Apollonius' Jason and the Argonauts)
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Apollonius’ Jason and the Argonauts, Books 3-4. Mesmerizing Medea takes center stage at the Argonautica’s end, dominatin... Read more
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