ancient greek history

Perhaps the first list of Seven Wonders was written by Herodotus sometime in the 400s BC. But the list didn’t really get popularized until the 200s. Why was that? What did [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our sources for this episode include: World History Encyclopedia: The Seven Wonders Diodorus Siculus’ Library of History (C.H. Oldfather translation) [...Read More...]

We’re taking a slight departure from our Gender Rebels series to tell you the story of Zeus and Ganymede. This is the story about the time Zeus kidnapped a teenage boy [...Read More...]

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Achilles is so often portrayed as the most masculine of heroes, but those portrayals generally leave out that he spent a few years of his life passing as a girl. Today, [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our ancient sources include: Plutarch’s Life of Lycurgis (Bernadotte Perrin translation) Plutarch’s Life of Pelopidas (Bernadotte Perrin [...Read More...]

In our last episode, we told you the story of how the Spartans took over the city of and how an intrepid and very queer group of Theban rebels, led by a firebrand named [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our ancient sources include: Plutarch’s Life of Lycurgis (Bernadotte Perrin translation) Plutarch’s Life of Pelopidas (Bernadotte Perrin [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our ancient sources include: Plutarch’s Life of Lycurgis (Bernadotte Perrin translation) Plutarch’s Life of Pelopidas (Bernadotte Perrin [...Read More...]

We’re calling this series gender rebels of the ancient world—because how could we do a season about sex and sex magic without talking about the magical provenance of [...Read More...]