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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

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

This episode contains graphic references to sex, infant mortality, and sexual assault.

While Spartans are often thought of for their bloodthirsty and fear inspiring performance on the battlefield - their sex lives and relationships have also been immortalise ...

THE STORY: (30 minutes) The transition from shepherd to Crown Prince of Troy isn’t easy, but with some help from Aphrodite (and from the royal harem), Paris manages to settle in to Troy quite nicely. A road trip to the the Greek kingdom of Sparta follows, during which Paris disco ...  Show more

Helen of Troy, the face that launched a thousand ships - but is there more to her than a beautiful face? Commemorated throughout history in ancient epics and modern adaptations, Helen of Troy is known as one of the most beautiful women to ever have lived. But was Helen of Troy ...

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 ...