Liv Reads Plato: The Critias Dialogue

Odysseus' story finally begins... Liv reads Books 8 and 9 of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Ian Johnston. This modern translation is used with immense gratitude to translator Ian Johnston and Vancouver Island University. Submit questions and prompts for future Odyssey readings at ...  Show more

Today we are finishing up the First War of the Diadochi and getting on with Hellenistic business. Pre-order Liv's Odyssey adaptation (!!!), The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. Submit your question for the next Q&A via email or a voice note. Get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, ...  Show more

Protagoras by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Plato's Protagoras, a young and ambitious Athenian named Hippocrates rushes to Socrates with exciting news: the celebrated sophist Protagoras has arrived in town, and Hippocrates wants to become his student. Socrates agrees to a ...  Show more

Symposium by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy The Symposium is a philosophical book written by Plato sometime after 385 BCE. On one level the book deals with the genealogy, nature and purpose of love, on another level the book deals with the topic of knowledge, specifically how ...  Show more

Gorgias by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Plato's Gorgias, a late-night conversation in Athens turns into a fierce trial of what it means to live well. Socrates meets the celebrated rhetorician Gorgias and his ambitious students, Polus and Callicles, and presses a deceptiv ...  Show more

Ion by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Ion, Plato stages a sharp and surprisingly playful conversation between Socrates and Ion, a celebrated rhapsode who earns his living performing and interpreting Homer for public audiences. Fresh from a competition victory, Ion claims s ...  Show more