Forget Herodotus, forget Thucydides - Xenophon is a historian worth getting to know, and he did so much more than simply write histories... Join Owen Rees and I as we chat about a Greek man who turned his hand at just about anything, and whose biography reads like an adventure novel.

Owen Rees is the author of 'The Far Edges of the Known World: A New History of the Ancient Past' and is the founder of www.BadAncient.com, where ancient historians tackle some of the biggest myths and misconceptions about ancient history. You can find him on Bluesky or read his work on Substack.

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What does Classics mean to you? Cadillacs? Mozart? Dickens novels? or Ancient Greece and Rome? And why does the word CLASSIC seem to be used as a synonym for 'best', 'valuable' or 'timeless'?

In this, our first interview episode, your host wrestles with her love-hate relationship with her favourite topic and the way it is taught, and invites Dr Dan Stewart of the University of Leicester to explain why 'Classics' got its name in the first place.

What is 'Classics', anyway?

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The inaugural episode of Ancient History 101!

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If you want to learn about the Ancient Mediterranean but don't know where to start, Ancient History 101 is the podcast for you. Expert guests guide us through a new topic every week with a back-to-basics approach that covers all the essentials. We invite you to join your host Alexandra Sills and her very clever friends as they discuss everything that is entertaining, compelling and even grotesque about the worlds of ancient Greece, Rome and their neighbours.

We have military history, biographies of famous figures, events that changed the ancient world, deep dives into religion, culture and politics and much much more. A comprehensive college curriculum, just without the campus!

Find us online at www.ancienthistory101.org

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If you want to learn about the Ancient Mediterranean but don't know where to start, Ancient History 101 is the podcast for you. Expert guests guide us through a new topic every week with a back-to-basics approach that covers all the essentials. We invite you to join your host Alexandra Sills and her very clever friends as they discuss everything that is entertaining, compelling and even grotesque about the worlds of ancient Greece, Rome and their neighbours.

We have military history, biographies of famous figures, events that changed the ancient world, deep dives into religion, culture and politics and much much more. A comprehensive college curriculum, just without the campus!

Find us online at www.ancienthistory101.org

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