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  • 5: Demosthenes

    5: Demosthenes
    2026/08/15

    341 BCE. Two Athenian citizens, Antiphanes and Charias, have promised to vote against any war with Macedon. But Demosthenes, the greatest orator of Greece, proves persuasive.

    Dates mentioned: 384–338 BCE.

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    54 分
  • 4b: The Derveni Papyrus

    4b: The Derveni Papyrus
    2026/07/25

    Our second B-side presents the Derveni Papyrus, a 4th-century BCE philosophical treatise found in Macedon about the mysterious Orphic religion: the creation of the world, the gods, and the origins of human beings. Zeus has sex with his mom and the Titans eat Dionysus. It's wild!

    I narrate the Derveni fragments in their entirety, accepting the restorations in the Loeb edition by André Laks and Glenn Most.

    UPDATE 8/5: a kind listener, @CeleraViceroy on Twitter, pointed out some audio errors on the original file. I've (hopefully) fixed those errors. Thanks so much, @CeleraViceroy!

    Dates mentioned: c.380-c.300 BCE.

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    Intro and outro music: "Delphic Hymn to Apollo" as performed by Amber Allayiotis, used with permission.
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    41 分
  • 4: The Macedonians

    4: The Macedonians
    2026/07/18

    341 BCE. A young Thracian woman, Mukasokos, has been captured and enslaved by the army of King Philip II. Now, she must learn the preferences and particularities of her new masters: the Macedonians.

    Dates mentioned: 540s–340 BCE.

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    Intro and outro music: "Delphic Hymn to Apollo" as performed by Amber Allayiotis, used with permission.
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    57 分
  • 3b: Aristotle, Politics; Anaximenes, Rhetoric to Alexander

    3b: Aristotle, Politics; Anaximenes, Rhetoric to Alexander
    2026/07/04

    Our first B-side episode, presenting what Alexander may have been taught in Mieza by his philosopher tutors in their own words. Excerpts from Aristotle's Politics and Anaximenes' Rhetoric to Alexander.

    Excerpts are:

    Aristotle, Politics: Book 1, Ch.1; Book 3, Ch.4; Book 7, Ch.10.

    Anaximenes, Rhetoric to Alexander: Ch.1; Ch.2 (sections 1-2 and 26-32); Ch.38 (sections 1-11).

    Dates mentioned: 342-c.300 BCE.

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    58 分
  • 3: The Education of Alexander

    3: The Education of Alexander
    2026/06/27

    342 BCE. The philosophers Aristotle and Anaximenes educate the young Alexander and his designated friends at the Temple of the Nymphs at Mieza. The local devotee of the temple, Theupropos, is not so happy about their presence.

    Dates mentioned: 384–334 BCE.

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    Intro and outro music: "Delphic Hymn to Apollo" as performed by Amber Allayiotis, used with permission.
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    45 分
  • 2: Ptolemy, the Macedonian

    2: Ptolemy, the Macedonian
    2026/06/13

    322 BCE. Unnefer, an Egyptian living in Alexandria, hears a story by the herald Eurybates: the early life of Ptolemy the Macedonian. His upbringing, his education in Pella, his service at Chaeronea... and, finally, the sack of Thebes.

    Dates covered: 367–335 BCE.

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    52 分
  • 1: The Founding of Alexandria

    1: The Founding of Alexandria
    2026/05/30

    331 BCE. Unnefer and Beknef, two local Egyptian fishermen, watch a weird rambling king found a new city. Plus, an introduction to this podcast.

    Dates covered: 331-322 BCE.

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    Intro and outro music: "Delphic Hymn to Apollo" as performed by Amber Allayiotis, used with permission.
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    45 分