χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! Here is our third and final episode on Pindar's 1st Olympian Ode.

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Josep & Leandros

Here is the section recited and discussed:

ἦ θαυματὰ πολλά, καί πού τι καὶ βροτῶν φάτις ὑπὲρ τὸν ἀλαθῆ λόγον

δεδαιδαλμένοι ψεύδεσι ποικίλοις ἐξαπατῶντι μῦθοι

30 Χάρις δ᾽, ἅπερ ἅπαντα τεύχει τὰ μείλιχα θνατοῖς,

[50] ἐπιφέροισα τιμὰν καὶ ἄπιστον ἐμήσατο πιστὸν

ἔμμεναι τὸ πολλάκις:

ἁμέραι δ᾽ ἐπίλοιποι

μάρτυρες σοφώτατοι.

35 ἔστι δ᾽ ἀνδρὶ φάμεν ἐοικὸς ἀμφὶ δαιμόνων καλά: μείων γὰρ αἰτία.

υἱὲ Ταντάλου, σὲ δ᾽, ἀντία προτέρων, φθέγξομαι,

[60] ὁπότ᾽ ἐκάλεσε πατὴρ τὸν εὐνομώτατον

ἐς ἔρανον φίλαν τε Σίπυλον,

ἀμοιβαῖα θεοῖσι δεῖπνα παρέχων,

40 τότ᾽ Ἀγλαοτρίαιναν ἁρπάσαι

δαμέντα φρένας ἱμέρῳ χρυσέαισί τ᾽ ἀν᾽ ἵπποις

ὕπατον εὐρυτίμου ποτὶ δῶμα Διὸς μεταβᾶσαι,

ἔνθα δευτέρῳ χρόνῳ

[70] ἦλθε καὶ Γανυμήδης

45 Ζηνὶ τωὔτ᾽ ἐπὶ χρέος.

ὡς δ᾽ ἄφαντος ἔπελες, οὐδὲ ματρὶ πολλὰ μαιόμενοι φῶτες ἄγαγον,

ἔννεπε κρυφᾶ τις αὐτίκα φθονερῶν γειτόνων,

ὕδατος ὅτι σε πυρὶ ζέοισαν εἰς ἀκμὰν

μαχαίρᾳ τάμον κάτα μέλη,

50[80] τραπέζαισί τ᾽, ἀμφὶ δεύτατα, κρεῶν

σέθεν διεδάσαντο καὶ φάγον.

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χαίρετε ἀκροαταί! This week we are continuing with our close reading of Pindar’s 1st Olympian Ode:

… ἀλλὰ Δωρίαν ἀπὸ φόρμιγγα πασσάλου

λάμβαν᾽, εἴ τί τοι Πίσας τε καὶ Φερενίκου χάρις

[30] νόον ὑπὸ γλυκυτάταις ἔθηκε φροντίσιν,

20 ὅτε παρ᾽ Ἀλφεῷ σύτο, δέμας

ἀκέντητον ἐν δρόμοισι παρέχων,

κράτει δὲ προσέμιξε δεσπόταν,

Συρακόσιον ἱπποχάρμαν βασιλῆα.  λάμπει δέ οἱ κλέος

ἐν εὐάνορι Λυδοῦ Πέλοπος ἀποικίᾳ:

25 τοῦ μεγασθενὴς ἐράσσατο γαιάοχος

[40] Ποσειδᾶν, ἐπεί νιν καθαροῦ λέβητος ἔξελε Κλωθὼ

ἐλέφαντι φαίδιμον ὦμον κεκαδμένον.

εὐωχεῖσθε τοῦ ἐπεισοδίου!

Josep & Leandros

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χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! Check out our latest episode reading Pindar's 1st Olympian ode.

Here are the sections discussed:

Ἄριστον μὲν ὕδωρ, ὁ δὲ χρυσὸς αἰθόμενον πῦρ
ἅτε διαπρέπει νυκτὶ μεγάνορος ἔξοχα πλούτου·
εἰ δ᾽ ἄεθλα γαρύεν
ἔλδεαι, φίλον ἦτορ,
μηκέθ᾽ ἁλίου σκόπει
ἄλλο θαλπνότερον ἐν ἁμέρᾳ φαεννὸν ἄστρον ἐρήμας δι᾽ αἰθέρος,
μηδ᾽ Ὀλυμπίας ἀγῶνα φέρτερον αὐδάσομεν·

ὅθεν ὁ πολύφατος ὕμνος ἀμφιβάλλεται
σοφῶν μητίεσσι, κελαδεῖν
Κρόνου παῖδ᾽ ἐς ἀφνεὰν ἱκομένους
μάκαιραν Ἱέρωνος ἑστίαν,
θεμιστεῖον ὃς ἀμφέπει σκᾶπτον ἐν πολυμάλῳ
Σικελίᾳ, δρέπων μὲν κορυφὰς ἀρετᾶν ἄπο πασᾶν,
ἀγλαΐζεται δὲ καὶ
μουσικᾶς ἐν ἀώτῳ,
οἷα παίζομεν φίλαν
ἄνδρες ἀμφὶ θαμὰ τράπεζαν.

εὐωχεῖσθε τοῦ ἐπεισοδίου!

Josep & Leandros

Disclaimer: ποιηταὶ οὐκ ἐσμέν!

Ioannes Stratakis also has the full poem available for free on his website, so you should definitely check that out too:

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χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! Listen to the latest episode in which we discuss another poem by Anacreon.:

ἐρῶ τε δηὖτε κοὐκ ἐρῶ

καὶ μαίνομαι κοὐ μαίνομαι.

ἐρῶμαι καὶ οὐ μαίνομαι

ὁ ἐραστὴς ἐρᾷ τοῦ ἐρωμένου.

εὐωχεῖσθε τοῦ ἐπεισοδίου!

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χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! Here is the first of a few episodes discussing Anacreon's poetry, beginning with the following short poem:

χαῖρε, ὦ φίλον φῶς,

χαριέντι μειδιῶν προσώπῳ.

Enjoy the episode,

Josep & Leandros

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χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! Here is the 1st episode of the new season in which we discuss the languages we can speak... and those we can't!

καλῶς ὑμῖν γένοιτο,

Josep & Leandros

P.S. As of this season the podcast will be released monthly. Look out for #95 on 17/10/25 when we will begin a run of episodes on Ancient Greek poetry in the countdown to #100, stay tuned!

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χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! Here is the 4th and final part of our series on Plato's account of Atlantis from Critias. The podcast will be taking a break over August with the new season due to begin on the 19th of September. However, if you can't wait until then, the new episodes are already available on our Patreon page:

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καλὸν θέρος καὶ εὐωχεῖσθε τοῦ ἐπεισοδίου!

Josep & Leandros

Here are the two sections discussed:

120 δ. ἐπὶ πολλὰς μὲν γενεάς, μέχριπερ ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ φύσις αὐτοῖς ἐξήρκει, κατήκοοί τε ἦσαν τῶν νόμων καὶ πρὸς τὸ συγγενὲς θεῖον φιλοφρόνως εἶχον: τὰ γὰρ φρονήματα ἀληθινὰ καὶ πάντῃ μεγάλα ἐκέκτηντο, πρᾳότητι μετὰ φρονήσεως πρός τε τὰς ἀεὶ συμβαινούσας τύχας καὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλους χρώμενοι, διὸ πλὴν ἀρετῆς πάντα ὑπερορῶντες μικρὰ ἡγοῦντο τὰ παρόντα καὶ ῥᾳδίως ἔφερον οἷον ἄχθος τὸν τοῦ χρυσοῦ τε καὶ τῶν ἄλλων κτημάτων ὄγκον, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μεθύοντες ὑπὸ τρυφῆς διὰ πλοῦτον ἀκράτορες αὑτῶν ὄντες ἐσφάλλοντο, νήφοντες δὲ ὀξὺ καθεώρων ὅτι καὶ ταῦτα πάντα ἐκ φιλίας τῆς κοινῆς μετ᾽ ἀρετῆς αὐξάνεται, τῇ δὲ τούτων σπουδῇ καὶ τιμῇ φθίνει ταῦτά τε αὐτὰ κἀκείνη συναπόλλυται τούτοις. ἐκ δὴ λογισμοῦ τε τοιούτου καὶ φύσεως θείας παραμενούσης πάντ᾽ αὐτοῖς ηὐξήθη ἃ πρὶν διήλθομεν.

ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ μὲν μοῖρα ἐξίτηλος ἐγίγνετο ἐν αὐτοῖς πολλῷ τῷ θνητῷ καὶ πολλάκις ἀνακεραννυμένη, τὸ δὲ ἀνθρώπινον ἦθος ἐπεκράτει, τότε ἤδη τὰ παρόντα φέρειν ἀδυνατοῦντες ἠσχημόνουν, καὶ τῷ δυναμένῳ μὲν ὁρᾶν αἰσχροὶ κατεφαίνοντο, τὰ κάλλιστα ἀπὸ τῶν τιμιωτάτων ἀπολλύντες, τοῖς δὲ ἀδυνατοῦσιν ἀληθινὸν πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν βίον ὁρᾶν τότε δὴ μάλιστα πάγκαλοι μακάριοί τε ἐδοξάζοντο εἶναι, πλεονεξίας ἀδίκου καὶ δυνάμεως ἐμπιμπλάμενοι. θεὸς δὲ ὁ θεῶν Ζεὺς ἐν νόμοις βασιλεύων, ἅτε δυνάμενος καθορᾶν τὰ τοιαῦτα, ἐννοήσας γένος ἐπιεικὲς ἀθλίως διατιθέμενον, δίκην αὐτοῖς ἐπιθεῖναι βουληθείς, ἵνα γένοιντο ἐμμελέστεροι σωφρονισθέντες, συνήγειρεν θεοὺς πάντας εἰς τὴν τιμιωτάτην αὐτῶν οἴκησιν, ἣ δὴ κατὰ μέσον παντὸς τοῦ κόσμου βεβηκυῖα καθορᾷ πάντα ὅσα γενέσεως μετείληφεν, καὶ συναγείρας εἶπεν…

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χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! Here is the third part of our series on Plato's Atlantis. This time we talk about Poseidon's children who ruled the island.

εὐωχεῖσθε τοῦ ἐπεισοδίου!

Josep & Leandros

Here are the sections from Critias which we recite and discuss:

(113ε) αὐτὸς δὲ τήν τε ἐν μέσῳ νῆσον οἷα δὴ θεὸς εὐμαρῶς διεκόσμησεν, ὕδατα μὲν διττὰ ὑπὸ γῆς ἄνω πηγαῖα κομίσας, τὸ μὲν θερμόν, ψυχρὸν δὲ ἐκ κρήνης ἀπορρέον ἕτερον, τροφὴν δὲ παντοίαν καὶ ἱκανὴν ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἀναδιδούς. παίδων δὲ ἀρρένων πέντε γενέσεις διδύμους γεννησάμενος ἐθρέψατο, καὶ τὴν νῆσον τὴν Ἀτλαντίδα πᾶσαν δέκα μέρη κατανείμας τῶν μὲν πρεσβυτάτων τῷ προτέρῳ γενομένῳ τήν τε μητρῴαν οἴκησιν καὶ τὴν κύκλῳ λῆξιν, πλείστην καὶ ἀρίστην οὖσαν, ἀπένειμε, βασιλέα τε τῶν ἄλλων κατέστησε, τοὺς δὲ ἄλλους ἄρχοντας, ἑκάστῳ δὲ ἀρχὴν πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ τόπον πολλῆς χώρας ἔδωκεν. ὀνόματα δὲ πᾶσιν ἔθετο, τῷ μὲν πρεσβυτάτῳ καὶ βασιλεῖ τοῦτο οὗ δὴ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ νῆσος τό τε πέλαγος ἔσχεν ἐπωνυμίαν, Ἀτλαντικὸν λεχθέν, ὅτι τοὔνομ᾽ ἦν τῷ πρώτῳ βασιλεύσαντι τότε Ἄτλας.

(114β) τῷ δὲ διδύμῳ μετ᾽ ἐκεῖνόν τε γενομένῳ, λῆξιν δὲ ἄκρας τῆς νήσου πρὸς Ἡρακλείων στηλῶν εἰληχότι ἐπὶ τὸ τῆς Γαδειρικῆς νῦν χώρας κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνον τὸν τόπον ὀνομαζομένης, Ἑλληνιστὶ μὲν Εὔμηλον, τὸ δ᾽ ἐπιχώριον Γάδειρον, ὅπερ τ᾽ ἦν ἐπίκλην ταύτῃ ὄνομ᾽ ἂν παράσχοι.

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χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! Here is part 2 of our series on Plato's Atlantis. This time we are talking about the founding of the island by Poseidon.

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Josep & Leandros

Here are the sections discussed:

(113 β) καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς πρόσθεν ἐλέχθη περὶ τῆς τῶν θεῶν λήξεως, ὅτι κατενείμαντο γῆν πᾶσαν ἔνθα μὲν μείζους λήξεις, ἔνθα δὲ καὶ ἐλάττους, ἱερὰ θυσίας τε αὑτοῖς κατασκευάζοντες, οὕτω δὴ καὶ τὴν νῆσον Ποσειδῶν τὴν Ἀτλαντίδα λαχὼν ἐκγόνους αὑτοῦ κατῴκισεν ἐκ θνητῆς γυναικὸς γεννήσας ἔν τινι τόπῳ τοιῷδε τῆς νήσου. 

(113 δ) τούτῳ δ᾽ ἦν ἔνοικος τῶν ἐκεῖ κατὰ ἀρχὰς ἐκ γῆς ἀνδρῶν γεγονότων Εὐήνωρ μὲν ὄνομα, γυναικὶ δὲ συνοικῶν Λευκίππῃ: Κλειτὼ δὲ μονογενῆ θυγατέρα ἐγεννησάσθην. ἤδη δ᾽ εἰς ἀνδρὸς ὥραν ἡκούσης τῆς κόρης ἥ τε μήτηρ τελευτᾷ καὶ ὁ πατήρ, αὐτῆς δὲ εἰς ἐπιθυμίαν Ποσειδῶν ἐλθὼν συμμείγνυται, καὶ τὸν γήλοφον, ἐν ᾧ κατῴκιστο, ποιῶν εὐερκῆ περιρρήγνυσιν κύκλῳ, θαλάττης γῆς τε ἐναλλὰξ ἐλάττους μείζους τε περὶ ἀλλήλους ποιῶν τροχούς.

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https://ancientgreek.eu/audiobooks/plato-critias.html