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Ancient Greece Today

Ancient Greece Today

Di: Naomi Weiss
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Hosted by Naomi Weiss (Professor of the Classics, Harvard University), this podcast brings together scholars and artists to explore the ancient Greek world and how it is used and reimagined in the present day. Filosofia Istruzione Scienze sociali
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  • Bonus Episode: Glorious Exploits

    Bonus Episode: Glorious Exploits
    Jun 4 2026
    In this bonus episode, Naomi interviews Ferdia Lennon about his 2024 novel, Glorious Exploits, a book about tragedy and comedy in the wake of the Sicilian Expedition—Athens’ disastrous attempt to seize Sicily in 415–413 BCE, which resulted in their utter defeat. They talk about the sensory experience of visiting the ancient theater and quarries in Syracuse, […]
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    43 min
  • Episode 8: Trojan Women

    Episode 8: Trojan Women
    May 29 2026
    Long considered the oldest anti-war play, Euripides’ Trojan Women is a devastating portrayal of the suffering of war’s female victims. It is also about female relationships and forms of agency, as well as the power of artistic innovation in the face of brutality and loss. Naomi discusses this strange and beautiful play with Professor Ella Haselswerdt (University of California, Los Angeles) and Rosanna Bruno (artist and illustrator of Euripides’ Trojan Women: A Comic).
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    1 ora e 5 min
  • Episode 7: Bacchae

    Episode 7: Bacchae
    May 22 2026
    In this episode, we talk about Euripides’ Bacchae. Dr. Lucy Jackson (Durham University) joins Naomi to explore the theatricality of this play about Dionysus, the questions it raises about gender, and how it has been reimagined in modern productions. Professor Monica Youn (University of California, Irvine) gives a reading of her poem “Study of Two Figures, Agave/Pentheus” from the collection From From (2023) and talks with Naomi about how this work traces constructions of Asianness, ancient and modern.
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    1 ora e 9 min
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