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A podcast about all things Greek. History. Language. Lore. Culture. Food. Mythology. Family and more. From diners to the Ottoman Empire, from the history of baklava to Greek Independence. What it means to be Greek and how it shapes our world.

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Since You’re Mortal… with James Romm
Since You’re Mortal… with James Romm

The best surviving fragments of lost Ancient Greek plays, collected in one exceptional book of ancient wisdom, humor, and the Greek mindset. Learn why so many manuscripts were lost, and how some may be on the verge of recovery.

James Romm Since You_re Mortal... - 6:25:26, 6.03 PM
Pamela Diotes Wood
Ancient Greek, civilization, culture, Greek, Greek poetry, Greek theater, history, humor, Translations, ancient Greek wisdomPamela Diotes Wood#ancienthistory, #history, #ancientgreeks, #ancientgreekwisdom, #lostgreekplays, #classicalgreektheaterComment
Homer, Ancient Greece, and the Father of Archaeology with Thaao Penghlis
Homer, Ancient Greece, and the Father of Archaeology with Thaao Penghlis

Join us for an intriguing conversation with Thaao Penghlis about the quest for Priam’s treasure, the Lion Gate at Mycenae and the lost tomb of Alexander the Great. We’ll talk about his travels. And his podcast, Thaao Penghlis’s The Lost Treasures, when he follows the path of 19th century Homer fanboy Heinrich Schliemann in his hunt to prove that the people and places of the Illiad were real.

Thaao Penghlis's The Lost Treasures Episode 1

Parthenon by Costa-Gavras

Homer, Ancient Greece, and the Father of Archaeology with Thaao Penghlis
Pamela Diotes Wood
Thaao Penghlis, Archaeology, Ancient Greece, Homer, ancient ruins, civilization, culture, TroyPamela Diotes Wood#thaaopenghlis, #thelosttreasures, #ancientgreece, #theilliad, #theodyssey, #homer, #heinrichschliemann, #priam, #troy, #theliongateofmycenae, #robertbittlestone, #Ithaka, #alexanderthegreat, #egypt, #greece, #history, #greekhistory, #scienceComment
Who Gets to Call Themselves Greek?
Who Gets to Call Themselves Greek?

Why the understanding of what it is to be Greek has changed over time. And why I’m here for it!

Who Gets to Call Themselves Greek?
Pamela Diotes Wood
civilization, culture, ethnic, Faith, food, Greek, Greek diaspora, Greek roots, history, Long live Greece, multiethnic, mixed cultures family, Orthodox Christian, Orthodoxy, Religion, traditionPamela Diotes Wood#greekdiaspora, #ethnicity, #greeklikeme, #greekhistory, #history, #ethnic, #greekroots, #greeksComment
Why Are the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum??
Why Are the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum??

We’re going to follow the Parthenon Marbles, damaged and orphaned, to their new place of residence, in England. Discover how a powerful government claiming it was based on justice, abetted one of the biggest heists of all time. Give them back!!

Parthenon Battle/National Geographic

How the Parthenon Marbles Ended Up in the British Museum

Why Are the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum??
Pamela Diotes Wood
Acropolis, ancient ruins, architecture, Athena, Athens, civilization, culture, Greek, Greek gods, Greek Independence, history, Looting, Lord Elgin, Ottoman Empire, Parthenon, The British Museum, imperialism, Lord Byron, The Curse of MInerva, Stolen artifactsPamela Diotes Wood#theparthenon, #parthenonmarbles, #thebritishmuseum, #greekarchitecture, #classicalgreece, #athens, #athena, #phidias, #christopherhitchens, #theodorevrettos, #lordbyron, #parliamentselectcommittee, #imperialism, #ottomanoccupation, #ottomanempire, #britishempire, #lordelgin, #stolenartifacts, #ancientworlds, #greece, #greekculture Comment
The Theft of the Parthenon Marbles
The Theft of the Parthenon Marbles

The Parthenon and its spectacular marbles survived for two thousand years. Then Ottoman Occupation enabled an opportunistic British diplomat to run amok among Greece’s greatest monuments, and pillage the symbol of Greek civilization and democracy.

The Unexplained: Sacred Greek Temple is an Optical Illusion

Phidias, Parthenon Sculptures

The Theft of the Parthenon Marbles
Pamela Diotes Wood
Acropolis, ancient ruins, architecture, Athena, Athens, civilization, culture, Greek, Greek heroes, history, mythology, Orthodoxy, Ottoman Empire, the Parthenon, Parthenon, Lord Elgin, LootingPamela Diotes Wood#theparthenon, #parthenonmarbles, #thebritishmuseum, #greekarchitecture, #classicalgreece, #athens, #athena, #phidias, #christopherhitchens, #ottomanoccupation, #ottomanempire, #britishempire, #lordelgin, #ancientworlds, #greece, #greekculture Comment