By Lexie Henning
Join Lexie Henning as she chats with thought leaders in academia and the entertainment industry about how they got into their field, their current work, and how they connect with the past. Together
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Dr. Anthony Kaldellis, a professor of Classics at the University of Chicago, joins Lexie to discuss how we define the Byzantine Empire, the multiple reinventions and conceptions of “Rome” over time, the importance of analyzing historical figures and their choices in their proper historical contexts, and the media reception of the East Roman Empire. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!
Learn more about Dr. Kaldellis: https://classics.uchicago.edu/people/anthony-kaldellis
Listen to his podcast Byzantium & Friends: https://byzantiumandfriends.podbean.com/
Buy his new book The New Roman Empire: https://www.amazon.com/New-Roman-Empire-History-Byzantium-ebook/dp/B0CC69PLHQ?ref_=ast_author_mpb
Check out his publications on Academia: https://chicago.academia.edu/AnthonyKaldellis
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject
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Dr. Emily Wilson, a professor of Classics at UPenn, joins Lexie to discuss the process of choosing translation projects, addressing scholarly disagreements over different translations of ancient works, other texts that might or might not merit future translations, and how politicisation of the ancient world complicates reception studies. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!
Learn more about Dr. Wilson: https://www.classics.upenn.edu/people/emily-wilson
Find her books via her personal website: https://www.emilyrcwilson.com/
Follow her on Twitter: https://x.com/emilyrcwilson?lang=en
Follow her on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/emilyrcwilson.bsky.social
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject
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Dr. Melissa Funke, a professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg, joins Lexie to discuss the fragmentary nature of history, her new book Phryne, favourite ancient Greek tragedies, what to do with the chorus in tragedies, and her work as a content creator with Peopling the Past. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!
Learn more about Dr. Funke: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/classics/faculty/melissa-funke.html
Follow her on Twitter: https://x.com/melissakafunke?lang=en
Find her new book Phryne: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/phryne-9781350371873/
Learn more about the Lux Project: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/classics/the-lux-project.html
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject
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Dr. Annetta Alexandridis, a professor of Art History at Cornell, joins Lexie to discuss her experience working on a Roman villa and navigating different archaeological sites, the benefits of working with casts/material culture, defining ‘archaeology’, how the field has changed, and determining who gets to define its meaning. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!
Learn more about Dr. Alexandridis: https://arthistory.cornell.edu/annetta-alexandridis
Check out her publications on Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/AnnettaAlexandridis
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject
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Dr. Athena Kirk, a professor of Classics at Cornell, joins Lexie to discuss working on Plutarch/other favourite texts, differentiating text & object from ‘text-objects’, and media reception and misconceptions of ancient works. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!
Learn more about Dr. Kirk: https://classics.cornell.edu/athena-kirk
More info for the CUNY Latin/Greek Institute’s summer programs: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/latin-greek-institute
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject
Custom music by Brent Arehart of Arehart Sounds and edited by Dan Maday.
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Actress Melissanthi Mahut, (voice of Kassandra in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey!), joins Lexie to chat about her favourite myths/stories from growing up in Greece, acting preferences between history & mythology, her experience playing Kassandra in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and assessing the impact of the game in academia. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!
Follow Melissanthi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissanthimahut/?hl=en
Follow her on Twitter: https://x.com/mlssmahut?lang=en
Watch her TEDX Talk on acting in video games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6EhnqH2zrI
Find all of her projects on her IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3562015/
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject
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Actor Michael Antonakos, (voice of Alexios in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey!), joins Lexie to chat about getting into acting, his fascination with the Minoans and telling lesser known stories, a deep dive into his experience working on Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and a fun behind the scenes story from making Odysseus Voyage to the Underworld. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!
Note: Both of his websites are currently unavailable while undergoing redesigns - we will drop them here when they are available.
Follow Michael on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelantonakos/?hl=en
Follow his on Twitter: https://x.com/mikeantonakos?lang=en
Follow Ikaros Films on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ikaros_films/?hl=en
Check out his YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@michaelantonakos8568?app=desktop
Find all of his projects on his IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1862545/
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject
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Dr. Astrid Van Oyen, a Roman archaeologist and professor at Radbound University, joins Lexie to discuss her focus on the agrarian experience in the ancient world, the development of rural economies, examining practices of gift exchange, pottery, & storage, and media adaptations of rural Roman daily life. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!
Learn more about Dr. Van Oyen: https://www.ru.nl/en/people/van-oyen-a
Check out her publications on Academia: https://radboud.academia.edu/AstridVanOyen
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject
Custom music by Brent Arehart of Arehart Sounds and edited by Dan Maday.
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Darby McDevitt, a game developer and writer, best known for his work on the Assassin’s Creed series, joins Lexie to discuss curating a love of writing/history via his Irish heritage & Ulysses, writing for multiple games in the Assassin’s Creed series, navigating anachronistic inclusions and non-historical concessions in AC games, and his thoughts on AC’s Discovery Tour mode. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!
Check out Work with Indies if you’re curious about getting into the gaming industry: https://www.workwithindies.com/
Check out Darby’s most recent game, AC Valhalla: https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/assassins-creed/valhalla?isSso=true&refreshStatus=noLoginData
Follow updates about the next AC: Codename Hexe: https://www.gamesradar.com/assassins-creed-codename-hexe-guide/
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject
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Dr. Alex Dressler, a professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, joins Lexie to discuss his favourite Roman poets and Sappho’s legacy, queer theory and its relationship to Classics, and issues of politics, death, and Christianity in the ancient world. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!
Learn more about Dr. Dressler: https://canes.wisc.edu/staff/alex-dressler/
Check out his publications on Academia: https://wisc.academia.edu/AlexDressler
Find his book Selections from the Poems of Paulinus of Nola: https://www.routledge.com/Selections-from-the-Poems-of-Paulinus-of-Nola-including-the-Correspondence-with-Ausonius-Introduction-Translation-and-Commentary/Dressler/p/book/9781138561359
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject
Custom music by Brent Arehart of Arehart Sounds and edited by Dan Maday.
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The podcast currently has 120 episodes available.