Casting Through Ancient Greece

A Podcast on the history of Ancient Greece for those new to, and familiar with Greek history.🔊

🏛️ The Ancient Works Companion Series begins! 📖 The Odyssey, Book 1: A World Without Odysseus. Now out on Patreon: bit.ly/3UAq7TB Why does Homer begin his epic without its hero? Join me as we explore the Odyssey, one book at a time, uncovering its stories, themes and ancient Greek world. 🎧 Listen now! bit.ly/3UAq7TB #TheOdyssey #AncientGreece

⚓ 100 Athenian triremes needed 17,000 rowers. Many were ordinary citizens from Athens' poorest classes. Their labour built an empire. But did it also help shape democracy? 🎙️ Bonus Ep 64: The Men Beneath the Oars patreon.com/castingthroughan… #AncientGreece #History

Coming Soon! Athens was fighting for survival in 411 BC. Alcibiades promised Persian support, but at a price: democracy itself. Conspiracy, intimidation and betrayal followed as the Four Hundred seized power. 🎙️ Ep. 109 — Plot Against Democracy #AncientGreece #HistoryPodcast

🏛️ A new journey begins! Introducing the Ancient Works Companion Series, starting with Homer's Odyssey. ⚓ Episode 0: Before the Odyssey is here. 🎧 Introduction to the series: buzzsprout.com/809024/episod… Join us on Patreon: patreon.com/castingthroughan…

📜 Introducing Ancient Works Companion! A new series exploring the great surviving texts of antiquity, one section at a time. Our first journey begins with Homer's Odyssey. 🎧 Listen to the full introduction: buzzsprout.com/809024/episod… #AncientGreece #Homer

Euboea or Chios? Euboea offered Sparta a chance to strike at one of Athens' vital lifelines. But Chios had already revolted—and was now under growing Athenian pressure. If Sparta abandoned Chios, why would anyone else risk rebellion? Sparta chose Chios. 🎙️ Ep. 108 — Sparta’s Persian Gamble bit.ly/4xCHXTj

A new project on Casting Through Ancient Greece is taking shape after much work. An exploration of ancient works will take place alongside the main series. Can you guess where we are beginning? Details coming soon #ancientworks #history #ancientworld

Athens knew Rhodes might revolt. It still arrived too late. A Peloponnesian fleet of 94 triremes reached the island, Rhodes abandoned Athens, and Sparta secured 32 talents. Another wealthy member of the Athenian Empire was gone. 🎙️ Ep. 108 — Sparta’s Persian Gamble bit.ly/4xCHXTj #Rhodes #AncientGreece #PeloponnesianWar #Athens #Sparta #GreekHistory #AncientHistory #Aegean

Sparta claimed to be fighting for Greek freedom. But defeating Athens required Persian money. The result was an alliance filled with contradictions: Sparta opposed Persian territorial claims while depending upon Persia to keep its fleet at sea. 🎙️ Ep. 108 — Sparta’s Persian Gamble bit.ly/4xCHXTj #Sparta #AncientPersia #AncientGreece #PeloponnesianWar #GreekHistory #PersianEmpire #HistoryReels

Sparta apparently wanted Alcibiades dead. So he changed sides. Again. Now advising Persia, Alcibiades encouraged Tissaphernes to keep Sparta fighting Athens—but not give them enough support to win. And behind it all was another plan: his return to Athens. 🎙️ Ep. 108: Sparta’s Persian Gamble bit.ly/4xCHXTj

Persia is back. Sparta needs Persian money. Athens refuses to collapse. Alcibiades changes sides once again. Across the Aegean, revolts spread and alliances begin to fracture. 🎙️ Episode 108 — Sparta’s Persian Gamble Coming soon. #AncientGreece #PeloponnesianWar

Athens survived Sicily. Then 55 enemy ships appeared in the Aegean — including veterans from Syracuse. 🎙️ Ep. 107 — The Ionian War Begins castingthroughancientgreece.…

Less than 70 years after Sparta helped lead the Greek resistance against Xerxes, it made a deal with Persia. By 412 BC, defeating Athens mattered more than old rivalries. Sparta needed Persian support to compete at sea. 🎙️ Episode 107: The Ionian War Begins castingthroughancientgreece.… #AncientGreece #Sparta #AncientPersia

Five ships. One bluff. And a rebellion that began spreading across the Athenian Empire. 🎙️ Ep. 107 — The Ionian War Begins castingthroughancientgreece.…

Aristides was remembered as “The Just.” Yet the alliance he helped create would eventually become the foundation of the Athenian Empire. How did Aristides become the architect of the Delian League? 🎙️ New Casting Through Ancient Greece bonus episode on Patreon. bit.ly/3VnxSrq #AncientGreece #DelianLeague #Aristides

Athens was supposed to be finished after the disaster in Sicily. Instead, it rebuilt its fleet, secured Samos, recovered Lesbos and went back on the offensive. By 412 BC, Athens was advancing on Miletus. The war was far from over. 🎙️ Episode 107: The Ionian War Begins castingthroughancientgreece.… #AncientGreece #PeloponnesianWar

New Episode coming soon Athens survived Sicily. Its empire might not. In 412 BC, Chios revolted, Alcibiades helped Sparta undermine Athens, and Persia returned to Greek affairs. Then 55 enemy ships appeared — including ships from Syracuse. 🎙️ The Ionian War Begins castingthroughancientgreece.… #AncientGreece #PeloponnesianWar

Everyone remembers Xerxes' invasion... Few remember what Persia did next. For nearly 70 years, the Persian Empire watched Athens and Sparta weaken each other in the Peloponnesian War. Then Persia returned—not with armies, but with diplomacy, silver, and strategy. 🎙️ New episode of Casting Through Ancient Greece. bit.ly/PersianSuccessions #AncientHistory #Persia #PeloponnesianWar

Who really killed Xerxes? In 465 BC, the Persian king was dead. A Babylonian tablet points to one of his sons. Greek historians tell a story of conspiracy, betrayal, and palace intrigue. Nearly 2,500 years later, historians are still debating what really happened. The answer would shape Persia's future role in the Greek world. 🎙️ New episode of Casting Through Ancient Greece bit.ly/4vFpMeF #AncientHistory #Xerxes #Persia

A League by Choice? 🏛️ Did the Greeks willingly choose Athenian leadership after the Persian Wars? Or was an empire always inevitable? 🎙️ New Patreon Bonus Episode now available. Full Patreon Episode: bit.ly/3VnxSrq Free Teaser episode: bit.ly/4fqd1hY #AncientGreece #History #DelianLeague #Athens #Sparta #PersianWars #GreekHistory #HistoryPodcast #ClassicalHistory #Patreon