That's Ancient History Jean Menzies
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That's Ancient History: the podcast for all things classical, old & new. Exploring antiquity from its history to its place in today's world. Host and producer Dr Jean Menzies.
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S.6 E.2 Reimagining the Oedipus Cycle with Meagan Cleveland
Riddles of the Sphinx is out now: https://amzn.to/43ikAkB
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Website: https://www.meagancleveland.com
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Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=1387485444
The Books We Talked About:
Sophocles' Theban Plays (Antigone, Oedipus Rex & Oedipus at Colonus): https://amzn.to/48XXXmC
Statius' Thebiad: https://amzn.to/3vchEJD
Medea by Eilish Quin: https://www.waterstones.com/book/medea/eilish-quin/9781668020760
Winter Harvest by Ioanna Papadopoulou: https://www.waterstones.com/book/winter-harvest/ioanna-papadopoulou/9781739234850
Threads that Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou: https://www.waterstones.com/book/threads-that-bind/kika-hatzopoulou/9780241614648
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S. 6 E. 1 Classics is for Everyone with Erica Stevenson
Follow That's Ancient History on X: twitter.com/thatsancient
In the first episode of season six Dr Jean Menzies chats classics and accessibility with creator and producer of the MoanIn project (Modern Ancients) Erica Stevenson.
Find Erica & MoanInc:
Website: https://www.moaninc.co.uk
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/moaninc
X: https://twitter.com/moaninc
Find Jean:
Website: https://www.jeanmenzies.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/jeansthoughts
X: https://twitter.com/jeansthoughts
The Books We Talked About:
The Iliad: https://amzn.to/3I3MF54
The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours: https://amzn.to/49nk4E9
Savage Beasts: https://amzn.to/3I6m5bz -
S.5 E.4 Writing Greek Myths for Children with Jen Campbell & Jean Menzies
Jen Campbell Interviews Jean Menzies (That's Ancient History host) about her debut children's book Greek Myths, published by DK and illustrated by Katie Ponder.
Jean's book Greek Myths: https://amzn.to/3IlJHqN
Also in the series is Norse Myths by Matt Ralphs: https://amzn.to/3FMVKfg
And you can currently preorder Egyptian Myths by Jean Menzies: https://amzn.to/33S0pz8
Check out Jen's latest book, The Girl Who Ate Her Brothers and other Gruesome Tales: https://amzn.to/3rCQwNU
As well as her series on the history of fairytales on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj_-yiIwc8I&t=0s -
S.5 E.3 Ask a Classicist with my boyfriend: Hobbies, Courting, and Social Life in Antiquity
Just a Couple of Meeples Board Game Review: https://www.instagram.com/justacoupleofmeeples/
That's Ancient History on twitter: https://twitter.com/thatsancient
Books Mentioned:
Aphrodite's Tortoise: https://amzn.to/30NVhux
The Old Kingdom Series: The Old Kingdom -
S.5 E.2 Medusa & Modern Women with Jessie Burton
In this episode of That's Ancient History Jean talks to author Jessie Burton about her new book Medusa: https://amzn.to/3Guqp2B
More from Jessie Burton: https://www.jessieburton.co.uk
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S.5 E.1 Answering the Most Googled Questions About Ancient Greece with Jill Scott
Support the podcast on Patreon:
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Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thatsancient
And check out our website: https://www.jeanmenzies.com/podcast
Check out host Jean's book on greek myths: https://amzn.to/3oVrqKv
And discover more about antiquity in video format on her YouTube channel: https://www.jeanmenzies.com/ancient-history-videos
And tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeansthoughts
In this week's episode Jean Menzies and regular guest Jill Scott welcome back the podcast for a new season by finding out what the most googled questions about Ancient Greece are and have a go at answering them.
Books recommended:
The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey: https://amzn.to/3aveXF3
Democracy by Paul Cartledge: https://amzn.to/2YN8mTY
The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek by G.E.M. De Ste Croix: https://amzn.to/3iTkcCX
Greek Myths by Jean Menzies: https://amzn.to/3oVrqKv