The Peloponnesian War Podcast Episodes

Written by Thucydides , Steven Lattimore

31 Episodes - 530 pages - ★★★★ - 151 ratings

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Funeral Oration of Pericles, from The History of the Peloponnesian War

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A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, religion, science and humor. Included in this collection are the "Oath of Hippocr...
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18 - Book 6, pt. 3 - About the temperature of waters. About magnets and why metals are attracted to them. About the origin and cause of diseases. Description of the plague that depopulated Athens during the Peloponnesian war.

On the Nature of Things (Watson translation) by CARUS, Titus Lucretius - - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Written in the first century b.C., On the Nature of Things (in Latin, De Rerum Natura) is a poem in six books that aims at explaining the Epicurean philosophy to the Roman audience. Among digressions about the importance of philosophy in men's life and praises of Epicurus, Lucretius created a sol...
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25th April 404 BCE: Sparta defeats Athens in the Peloponnesian War

HistoryPod - April 25, 2022 02:05 ★★★★ - 234 ratings
The Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian ...
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The Peloponnesian War

K&R Rewind - February 04, 2020 23:52 - 42 minutes
We discuss the basic timeline of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, and how being power-hungry never did anybody any good.
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The Peloponnesian War Part 3

Good Enough Guess - January 20, 2020 20:50 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
The Third Episode on the Peloponnesian War, continuing on into the Second Persian Invasion, the legendary battle of Thermopylae, the Battle of Salamis, and the Battle of Platea.
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The Peloponnesian War Part 2

Good Enough Guess - December 07, 2019 01:04 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
An Episode on the Peloponnesian War, continuing on from the previous episode and going into the Persian Wars through the First invasions.
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The Peloponnesian War Part 1

Good Enough Guess - October 26, 2019 02:53 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
An Episode on the Peloponnesian War, discussing the story of how the city-states of Athens and Sparta fought a widespread war in the Greek world. The Episode specifically discusses how the stage was set for the war, focusing on how the Persian Empire influenced the war and how Greece was slowly ...
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Bookish @ Bethel - Episode 3: Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War

Channel 3900 - September 16, 2019 08:30 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratings
In this week's episode of Bookish @ Bethel, Philosophy Professor Carrie Peffley and History Professor AnneMarie Kooistra are joined by Bethel English Professor Mark Bruce to discuss Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War.
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404BC: The Golden Age of Greece, the Peloponnesian War and how Thucydides Saved America

Message to Kings - A Biblical History of Man - July 04, 2019 20:49 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 70 ratings
How Thucydides Saved America The Golden Age of Greece is marked by great innovation. We cover a list of Greek accomplishments and the rise of Athens as the leading power in Greece leading into the Peloponnesian War and its devastating fall. Thucydides is our chief historian of the war...
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TGC The Peloponnesian War Part 2 of 2

Heisenbook 2.0 - June 22, 2019 06:46 - 9 hours ★★★★★ - 269 ratings
The Peloponnesian War pitted Athens and its allies against a league of city-states headed by Sparta. The ancient Greek historian Thucydides captured this drama with matchless insight in his classic eyewitness account of what was arguably the greatest war in the history of the world up to that t...
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TGC The Peloponnesian War Part 1 of 2

Heisenbook 2.0 - June 22, 2019 06:45 - 8 hours ★★★★★ - 269 ratings
The Peloponnesian War pitted Athens and its allies against a league of city-states headed by Sparta. The ancient Greek historian Thucydides captured this drama with matchless insight in his classic eyewitness account of what was arguably the greatest war in the history of the world up to that t...
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What happened in the Peloponnesian War?

IDK History - June 15, 2019 17:25 - 1 hour
Alex teaches RJ about Greek City States, Sparta, the Peloponnesian War, Greek Hegemonies and a lot more! Thanks for listening IDK History is a part of the Podmage Production Team. Podmage.com | A different kind of casting
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What happened in the Peloponnesian War? | Season Two | Episode Four

IDK History - June 15, 2019 17:25 - 1 hour
Alex teaches RJ about Greek City States, Sparta, the Peloponnesian War, Greek Hegemonies and a lot more! Thanks for listening IDK History is a part of the Podmage Production Team. Podmage.com | A different kind of casting
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Episode 13 - Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Part 2/2

Classics - June 11, 2019 13:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Listen to the conclusion of Andrew Zwerneman’s conversation with Hunter Rawlings as they continue to discuss Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War.
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Episode 12 - Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Part 1

Classics - June 05, 2019 20:09 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Recently, Andrew Zwerneman had the privilege to visit the Washington, DC, home of Hunter Rawlings, President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Classics at Cornell University, and discuss with him that timeless classic, Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War.
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Episode 89 – It’s All Greek to Me: The Peloponnesian War

Miss Information: A Trivia Podcast - April 09, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 211 ratings
In our 89th episode, Julia takes us back to the cradle of Western civilization in the 5th century BC to learn all about the Peloponnesian War [quite possibly the hardest conflict to spell correctly on the first try]. Just who were the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League? [And why didn't ...
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The Peloponnesian War, the end of an independent Greece?

Antiquity In Question - March 17, 2019 17:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
This episode talks about Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta, was it this war that caused Greece to lose its independence? Or alternately, was this war just another conflict in a long process for one state to become dominant? Welcome to the AIQ podcast, bringing the world of Ancient Hist...
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The Historians, episode 45: The Peloponnesian War Part 3

Global Echoes Radio - WNTN 1550 AM - February 04, 2019 15:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The Historians is weekly radio show on Boston's WNTN 1550 AM featuring Boston University professors Loren Samons and Brendan McConville. Tune in Saturday's 8:00am - 9:00am on the radio or stream worldwide at www.wntn1550am.com or check our SoundCloud account!
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The Historians, episode 44: The Peloponnesian War to 421 B.C.

Global Echoes Radio - WNTN 1550 AM - January 28, 2019 16:50 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The Historians is weekly radio show on Boston's WNTN 1550 AM featuring Boston University professors Loren Samons and Brendan McConville. Tune in Saturday's 8:00am - 9:00am on the radio or stream worldwide at www.wntn1550am.com or check our SoundCloud account!
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Historians, Episode 43: The Peloponnesian War: Part 1

Global Echoes Radio - WNTN 1550 AM - January 22, 2019 20:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The Historians is weekly radio show on Boston's WNTN 1550 AM featuring Boston University professors Loren Samons and Brendan McConville. Tune in Saturday's 8:00am - 9:00am on the radio or stream worldwide at www.wntn1550am.com or check our SoundCloud account!
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EPISODE 43 The Melian Dialogue (The Peloponnesian War and Morality in History)

History on Fire - January 21, 2019 14:05 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 5.4K ratings
Where history and epic collide--"History on Fire" is a podcast by author and university professor Daniele Bolelli.
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Episode 12: The Peloponnesian Wars and Macedon

Western Civ - December 05, 2014 15:32 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 129 ratings
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The Peloponnesian War

Ancient Greece: Myth, Art, War - May 06, 2013 07:31 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 36 ratings
Between 431 and 404 BC a bitter war known as the Peloponnesian War was fought between the two major powers of ancient Greece – Athens and Sparta – and their respective allies. In this lecture, Dr Gillian Shepherd outlines the events of the Peloponnesian War and looks at two figures critical to o...
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The Peloponnesian War (handout)

Ancient Greece: Myth, Art, War - May 06, 2013 07:31 - application/pdf ★★★★ - 36 ratings
Between 431 and 404 BC a bitter war known as the Peloponnesian War was fought between the two major powers of ancient Greece – Athens and Sparta – and their respective allies. In this lecture, Dr Gillian Shepherd outlines the events of the Peloponnesian War and looks at two figures critical to o...
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J. E. Lendon, “Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins” (Basic, 2010)

New Books in Western European Studies - February 18, 2011 22:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Reading J. E. Lendon’s writerly Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins (Basic Books, 2010) took me back to the eventful days of my youth at Price Elementary School, or rather to the large yardon which we had recess. We called it a “playground.” But we did not play on it. We did battle. We d...
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J. E. Lendon, “Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins” (Basic, 2010)

New Books in Literary Studies - February 18, 2011 22:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
Reading J. E. Lendon’s writerly Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins (Basic Books, 2010) took me back to the eventful days of my youth at Price Elementary School, or rather to the large yardon which we had recess. We called it a “playground.” But we did not play on it. We did battle. We d...
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J. E. Lendon, “Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins” (Basic, 2010)

New Books in Military History - February 18, 2011 22:10 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 140 ratings
Reading J. E. Lendon’s writerly Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins (Basic Books, 2010) took me back to the eventful days of my youth at Price Elementary School, or rather to the large yardon which we had recess. We called it a “playground.” But we did not play on it. We did battle. We d...
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J. E. Lendon, “Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins” (Basic, 2010)

New Books in History - February 18, 2011 22:10 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 187 ratings
Reading J. E. Lendon’s writerly Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins (Basic Books, 2010) took me back to the eventful days of my youth at Price Elementary School, or rather to the large yardon which we had recess. We called it a “playground.” But we did not play on it. We did battle. We d...
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J. E. Lendon, “Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins” (Basic, 2010)

New Books Network - February 18, 2011 22:10 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 123 ratings
Reading J. E. Lendon’s writerly Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins (Basic Books, 2010) took me back to the eventful days of my youth at Price Elementary School, or rather to the large yardon which we had recess. We called it a “playground.” But we did not play on it. We did battle. We d...
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The Peloponnesian War (Part Two)

Military History Podcast - November 10, 2007 04:34 - 9 minutes ★★★★ - 176 ratings
The Peloponnesian War was fought by Athens and Sparta in the late 5th century BC.  It was an epic war between two superpowers, and the similarities to the Cold War are numerous.  Since most people know about the Cold War, since it was so recent, I will summarize this episode via comparisons betwe...
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