EPISODE #1 DR AMELIA R. BROWN Sapiens by the Fire

iTunes: THE WEALTH OF THE PAST

Dr. Amelia R. Brown is Senior Lecturer in Greek History & Language in the Classics & Ancient History discipline of the School of Historical & Philosophical Inquiry, at the University of Queensland, Australia. She currently holds a Discovery Early Career Research Award from the ARC to research the impact of sailors and travellers on the development of ancient Greek religion and identity. Before coming to UQ in 2010, she was Hannah Seeger Davis Fellow in Hellenic Studies at Princeton University. In 2008 she received her PhD in Ancient History & Mediterranean Archaeology from the University of California at Berkeley, with a dissertation on the history of Corinth in Late Antiquity. Her current research focuses on Late Antiquity, Greek religion and Mediterranean maritime history, particularly in Roman Corinth, Thessaloniki and Malta. 'She has excavated at Halasarna (Kos), Polis (Cyprus), Ancient Messene and Corinth, and is currently completing books on Corinthian history and Mediterranean Maritime Religion.

SHOW NOTES

Dr Amelia R. Brown

https://hapi.uq.edu.au/profile/333/amelia-brown

https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/2277

http://uq.academia.edu/AmeliaRBrown


Corinth in Late Antiquity: A Greek, Roman and Christian City (Dr Amelia R. Brown’s new book)

https://www.amazon.com/Corinth-Late-Antiquity-Christian-Classical/dp/178453823X



Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) https://www.archaeological.org/

Archaeological Site of Troy-UNESCO World Heritage Centre https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/849

Heinrich Schliemann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Schliemann

Frank Calvert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Calvert



Dionysia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysia

Aristophanes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes

The Trojan Women https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trojan_Women

Siege of Melos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Melos

The Melian dialogue https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/students/modules/introhist/usefuldocuments/thucydides_v.84-116.pdf


The Illiad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad

The Odyssey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey

Aeneid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid

Homeric Hymns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeric_Hymns


Podcasts

Great podcast detailing the Melian dialogue—> Daniele Bolelli’s ‘History on Fire’ Episode 43 (available on iTunes)

http://historyonfirepodcast.com/episodes/2019/1/20/episode-43-the-melian-dialogue-the-peloponnesian-war-and-morality-in-history

Dan Carlin’s ‘Hardcore History’ (available on iTunes)

https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/


Movies

Troy (2004) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332452/

Gladiator (2000) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172495/

Hercules (1997) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119282/

A funny thing happened on the way to the forum (1966) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060438/


Youtube

What Is Myth? Crash Course World Mythology #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeX6CX5LEj0&t=27s