Why Is Sparta So Weird? Ancient Sparta & The ...

Liv speaks with Dr Gillian Glass about the history of ancient Jewish travel narratives and the beautiful multiplicity of the ancient world. Learn more about Gillian's work here, and the ANINAN project here. Submit your question for the next Q&A via email or a voice note. Get ad-f ...  Show more

Herodotus continues on his narrative about Egypt talking now about the Egyptian people, priesthoods, oracles, and then animals. It's certainly a fascinating narrative, with lots of interesting information that is...completely believable? You never know, but hey it's entertaining ...  Show more

This episode contains themes of a sexual nature

Achilles is one of the greatest heroes in Greek mythology. The son of Peleus, a Greek King, and Thetis, a divine sea nymph, Achilles was a demigod with extraordinary strength and courage. The perfect combinatio ...

Petit voyage en Méditerranée, dans cet épisode de Crousti-History on vous parle des guerres du Péloponnèse.On ne part malheureusement pas à Mykonos, c’est entre Athènes et Sparte que ça se passe. Athènes, qui ne garde pas un très bon souvenir de la dernière guerre, fonde la ligue ...  Show more

In Ancient Greece, the symposium was no ordinary after-dinner drinking party, but one in which the Hellenic men of society got together to wine, recline and philosophise. They took various forms depending on the whim of the leader of the symposium - the symposiarch - but were ...

Ares is the god of war and bloodlust in Greek mythology.One of the twelve Olympian gods, Ares was often depicted as a fierce and bloodthirsty deity - both feared, and revered by the Ancient Greeks. But despite being a major figure in the Greek pantheon, Ares has often been ove ...