SPOOKY SEASON RE-AIR: Blood-soaked Trees, Erysichthon Eats Himself & Bonus Boogeywomen of Ancient Greece

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Conversations: Blood-Sweat Horses and Empire, Ancient Greece and China w/ Lee Moore

This week Liv and Michaela sit down to talk with Lee Moore of the Chinese Literature Podcast all about the time Ancient China may have met Ancient Greece. The conversations slowly descends into madness and talking about empire generally, as China is very outside of our wheelhouse ...  Show more

RE-AIR: Why Did Clytemnestra Kill Cassandra, Another Q&A

This episode originally aired in February 2025; the question about Clytemnestra and Cassandra is so relevant to the latest series on Aeschylus' Agamemnon, so if you're curious, here's the original question and ancswer... The seminar referenced is In the Ruins of History: A CAWS/# ...  Show more

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