Conversations: Not the Glory of War, but the Horror of it... The Iliad (kind of) w/ Joel Christensen

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An Interbellum Period That is Just as Confusing as You’d Expect (Hellenistic Period and the Wars of the Diadochi)

Today we are looking through the year 318/17 BCE, the interbellum year between the first and second Wars of the Diadochi. New alliances are made, people die, many a siege happen. Keep an ear out for the Crow snores, it's rare that he snores but he graced you all today.Pre-order L ...  Show more

Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 8 and 9

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