Ancient History Fangirl
An ancient history podcast run by two Millennial women. Misbehaving emperors, poison assassins, mythological mayhem; it’s like if Hardcore History met up with My Favorite Murder in the ancient world, with a heavy helping of booze and laughter.
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Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology: Achilles at War
In this episode, we explore what happened to gender in the pressure-cooker of ancient war, as Achilles’ clash with Agamemnon rose to a fever pitch—over a woman called Briseis.
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Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology: Achilles' Bea...
Achilles left Pyrrha behind, but his time as a dancing girl followed him to the beach at Aulis.
54 min
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Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology: Achilles Coul...
Achilles spent several years passing as a girl. Today, we're going to explore that time in his life--and what it tells us about his gender.
56 min
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Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology: Achilles x Pa...
Join us as we explore the mythology of a genderqueer Achilles and the man who loved him.
78 min
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The Sacred Band of Thebes (Part 3)
As Spartan control in Greece receded, opportunistic warlords and upstart city-states rose up to take advantage of a power vacuum.
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The Sacred Band of Thebes (Part 2)
The Thebans had their city back. Now they had to figure out how to hold it against the Spartans, because the Spartans would strike back.
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The Sacred Band of Thebes (Part 1)
The time was the 300s BC. The place was Thebes. And in this place, in this time, there was an elite military force—the best of the best special ops shock troops—made up of 150 male lovers.
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Gender Rebels of Ancient Greece and Rome: Eunuc...
Last week, we focused on people who chose to undergo castration for religious reasons. But enslaved people were castrated as well--often in childhood.
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Gender Rebels of Ancient Greece and Rome: Eunuc...
Eunuchs were perhaps the most visible queer people in the ancient Roman and Greek world. No study of queer history in that time would be complete without them.
47 min
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Gender Rebels of Ancient Greece and Rome: Inter...
It was dangerous to be Intersex in ancient Greece and Rome.
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BONUS: We Wrote a Book!
Women of Myth is about epic women in mythology from around the world.
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Gender Rebels of Ancient Greece and Rome: Trans...
It's a common belief that being trans is somehow a "modern" invention and there were no trans people in the ancient world. But nothing could be further from the truth.
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Gender Rebels of Ancient Greece and Rome: Queer...
This mini-series-within-a-series will be a deep dive into queer history in ancient Greece and Rome--starting with queer women.
57 min
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Life of Sappho (With Leesa Charlotte from Sweet...
Like her poetry, our picture of Sappho's life is very fragmentary. This week, we team up with Leesa Charlotte from Sweetbitter to try piecing the puzzle together.
41 min
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Ariadne, Dionysus, and the Theseus of it All (W...
In this episode, we talk to Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne, to discuss myth, storytelling, and the lives of women in ancient Greece and Minoan Crete.
49 min
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Janus: God of the New Year
Janus may not be very well-known. But in his time, he was considered one of the most important gods—perhaps more important than Jupiter himself. Today, we’re going to tell you all about him.
54 min
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Krampus: The Goat Knows What You Did
This year, we decided that the holiday season wouldn’t be complete without a mythological foray into one of the most famous characters of the season: The Krampus.
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Bathroom Business (With Kate the Exploress)
In this episode, we team up with Kate the Exploress to delve into the most intimate aspects of daily life for sex workers in ancient Greece and Rome.
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Transgender Aphrodite
Join us as we uncover the historical and mythological evidence for a transgender Aphrodite.
39 min
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Mythology of Aphrodite
Join us for a mythology-packed episode that will demystify the goddess of love.
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The Cult of Aphrodite
Aphrodite was the patron goddess of sex workers in ancient Greece. Join us as we explore how she was worshipped.
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey (With Liv Albert from ...
Come join us on a tour of Ancient Greece as Assassin's Creed Odyssey sees it.
70 min
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Werewolves of Wolf Mountain: Terrors of Ancient...
Join us for a spooky-season deep dive into ancient werewolf mythology from thousands of years ago.
77 min
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Three Ghost Stories from Ancient Greece (with L...
The Ancient Greeks did ghost stories...a little differently.
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Women of the Wolf Den: Sex Workers of Pompeii (...
Elodie Harper, bestselling author of The Wolf Den, joins us to discuss the realities of sex workers' lives in Pompeii--just before the eruption of Vesuvius.
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