Overdue Classics

Brandon is joined by Patty and Alec Bianco to discuss the first book of Herodotus' History. In this episode, they look to sections 73-144 and the culmination of Croesus unraveling Fate. They also discuss Herodotus account of the rise of Cyrus in Persia.

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Brandon is joined by Patty and Alec Bianco to discuss the first book of Herodotus' History. In this first episode they tackle sections 1-72 discovering Herdotus' purpose for writing, meandering style, and navigation between myth and reporting.

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Andrea, Brandon, and Matt wrap up the Epic of Gilgamesh answering a few of your questions and a few of our own. We also take a little time to mock one of our tens of listeners.

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Children's Gilgamesh: https://bookshop.org/p/books/gilgamesh-the-hero-geraldine-mccaughrean/12576965?aid=1329&ean=9780802852625&listref=overdue-classics

A Land of Giants: http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/lordofspirits/land_of_giants

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Andrea, Brandon, and Matt discuss the final book of the Epic of Gilgamesh. We see the culmination of Gilgamesh's pursuit of immortality, a near eastern flood narrative, and many other connections to the Old Testament narrative. The hosts discuss whether the ending is satisfying and lay out some questions for the Q&A episode.

Matt's Groundhog Day blog post: https://classicalconversations.com/blog/groundhog-day/

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Andrea, Brandon, and Matt discuss Gilgamesh's mourning of Endiku. As mourning leads to fear, we follow Gilgamesh on treacherous journey, risking death in pursuit of eternal life.

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Gilgamesh and Endiku face off with Humbaba in the Cedar Forrest. But their hero's welcome is short-lived. Andrea, Brandon, and Matt discuss the fallout of their battle, insulting the gods, and the dreams of Endiku.

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We pick back up with new best friends Gilgamesh and Endiku as they head out to best the best of the Cedar Forrest. Andrea, Brandon, and Matt discuss more connections to the Bible and other ancient mythology.

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Matt, Andrea, and Brandon reach far back to one of our oldest stories, The Epic of Gilgamesh. The oldest fragments of this story are from Akkadian tablets, dating back almost 1000 years before Homer composed his epics. Join us as we discuss the sense of deep connection to the narrative of the Old Testament and much more.

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Matt, Andrea, and Brandon journey far and wide across philosophical landscape to answer questions on Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy. From the language of heeling, references to Plato, bridging pagan philosophy and Christian Theology, and why we should read Boethius we try to cover as much as possible...only to realize we just need to read it again!

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Does Lady Philosophy make good on her promise to lead Boethius(and us) home? Is she sidetracked by Boethius' own insatiable desire to have all his questions answered? Matt, Andrea, and Brandon try to sort it all out in the last book of A Consolation of Philosophy.

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