Author: Ryan Stitt
087 Rhetoric and the Sophists
In this episode, we describe the development of rhetoric in the ancient Greek world as an art that could be studied and employed in the...
086 Early Astronomy
In this episode, part four of five on a series on Greek philosophy, mathematics, and science in the 5th century BC, we describe the...
085 Mathematics and Early Pythagoreans
In this episode, part three of five on a series on Greek philosophy, mathematics, and science in the 5th century BC, we describe the...
084 Pluralists and Other Physiologoi
In this episode, part two of five on a series on Greek philosophy, mathematics, and science in the 5th century BC, we describe the...
083 Eleatics and Atomists
In this episode, part one of four on a series on Greek philosophy, mathematics, and science in the 5th century BC, we describe the lives, influences, and...
082 The Leader of the Muses
In this episode, we discuss the myths, iconography, and cultic worship of Apollo, the god of music, poetry, prophecy, truth, healing, medicine, plague, light, and...
081 Orphism, Omens, and Oracles
In this episode, we discuss the myths, iconography, and cultic worship of Orpheus and his Mysteries; the Orphic Hymns and the Orphic Theogony; the...
080 Hekate and Magic
In this episode, we discuss the myths, iconography, and cultic worship of Hekate, the goddess associated with magic, sorcery, witchcraft, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants,...
079 Old Age, Death, and Burial
n this episode, we discuss what life was like for the elderly in ancient Greece, the liminal stage between life and death, the rituals...
078 Healing and Medicine
In this episode, we discuss healing and medicine in the ancient Greek world by looking at Asklepios, Asklepieia, and the earliest physicians; Hippocrates, the...