The Ancient World Podcast is about the deep Treasures of the Past, the Greek Tradition, the Biblical Stories, the Roman Empire and the Great Rebirth of the Florentine Renaissance. Enjoy!
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The Greek and Roman Epics, and the Personal Journey. w/Sean Eckmann! (00:51:08)
A new conversation with Sean Eckmann from Mythos & Logos, where we're looking at the role of emotion, passion, and intervention of the metaphorical Gods in the Ancient Epics of the Iliad, Odyssey and ...
Episode 10 - The Escape, and Seeing the Stars (00:09:08)
The Pilgrim and Virgil run over to Lucifer, and start climbing down his giant body. At the midpoint the whole world flips upside-down, and after climbing up a small tunnel, they come out - and once ag...
Episode 9 - The Deepest Pit (00:10:58)
The Pilgrim and Virgil start walking on the Lake of Ice, and deeper into the darkness. They meet Ugolino and Ruggieri, and then later in the distance - something looking like a giant windmill. Then th...
Episode 8 - The Ten Ditches (00:11:35)
The Pilgrim and Virgil move on through the ten ditches of Fraud, and learn some important lessons about lies, and about Intellectual Hubris. Then they come to the Well with the Giants.Enjoy!Follow us ...
Episode 7 - The Lower Inferno (00:11:14)
Virgil explains the overall structure of the Inferno to the Pilgrim, and the three deepest circles. Then they walk through the seventh circle, and meet the monster Geryon, flying them down into the Ab...
Episode 6 - The City of the Underworld (00:09:47)
Virgil tries to open up the Gates to the Underworld, but the demons slam the door in his face. Then comes the Help, walking across the River Styx.Enjoy!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/bra...
Episode 5 - The Circles of Passion (00:10:25)
The Pilgrim and Virgil travel through the four circles of Incontinence, and speak with the souls who were controlled by their passions, rather than reason, in life.Enjoy!Follow us on Instagram: @Ancie...
Episode 4 - Limbo, and Aristotle. (00:10:25)
The Pilgrim wakes up on the other side of the river Acheron, and enters the first Circle, with Limbo. We'll also look at the overall structure of Dante's Inferno and Aristotle's Moral Philosophy.Enjoy...
Episode 3 - The Gate (00:10:55)
Virgil and the Pilgrim pass through the Gate, and reach the river Acheron, with the boatman Charon. The horrors of Inferno makes the Pilgrim pass out at the shores.Enjoy!Follow us on Twitter: @Ancient...
Episode 2 - Beatrice (00:10:16)
After deciding to go with Virgil, the Pilgrim is suddenly full of doubts and changes his mind. Then Virgil explains why he has come, and who is supporting them.Enjoy!Follow us on twitter! @AncientWorl...
Dante's Inferno: Episode 1 (00:10:31)
A new series! We'll look at the first book in Dante's Divine Comedy, with brief overviews and highlights - and how this work is relevant for understanding life and navigating the world better. In this...
The Ancient World, and Today. (00:03:26)
How the Ancient Wisdom is sometimes also Current Wisdom - a second excerpt from the interview we did with Adam Bishop, host of the Unlimited Opinions Podcast earlier this week.Full interview is here:h...
Mythology and the Stories we tell (00:02:19)
The role of myth and stories in the understanding of Ancient Cultures - a quick excerpt from an interview we did with Adam Bishop, host of the Unlimited Opinions Podcast this week.Full interview is he...
Etymology - the meaning of "Easter" and "Equinox"! (00:03:20)
The origins of the words "Easter", "Pasqua" (In the Italian), and "Equinox".Enjoy!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Sordello's Poem "Blacatz", and its echo in The Valley of Princes. (00:15:03)
A look at the Sordello's most famous Provençal Poem "Blacatz" (c. 1240), and how Dante draws inspiration from this poem in his description of the Valley of Princes in Canto VII of the Purgatory.Enjoy!...
The Epic Poem "Aeneid" by Virgil, the Founding Story of the Roman Empire (00:20:18)
We're currently publishing a 10 episode series on the "Aeneid" by Virgil (from 29-19 BC) on the subscription podcast for the Ancient World, and its influence and connections with Dante's Divine Comedy...
"The Lord of the Rings", a Book Talk with Podcaster Adam Bishop (00:24:58)
In this episode we'll be talking about the great literary epic of J.R.R. Tolkien: "The Lord of the Rings" with podcaster and student of linguistics in Missouri, Adam Bishop. The focus of the conversat...
Interview: Dr. Phil Cary about Dante's Cosmology, and the 24 Wise People in the Sun. (00:56:40)
Join us for an excellent conversation with Ivy League Professor Dr. Phil Cary, about the structure of Dante's Cosmology and the 24 wise people in the sphere of the Sun.
We'll also talk about the movem...
Meditation #7 - How to escape the Grip of the Sirens (00:08:29)
In the second Dream of the Purgatory, Dante is giving us a practical suggestion as to how we could escape the temptations and being in the thrall of the destructive Sirens. He then sums it all up in o...
Meditation #6 - What motivates us, and how to create a great life! (00:06:57)
In the very heart of the Divine Comedy, Virgil explains the nature and source of our motivations, and how they can be misguided even if they feel good.
This also lies at the center of the overall argu...
Meditations #5 - Dante's thoughts on Free Will and a Predictable Future. (00:07:31)
When Dante asks his great-great grandfather Cacciaguida about his own future, Cacciaguida explains how this can be foreseen in the timeless Realm of Paradiso, without removing Dante from his Free Will...
Meditations #4 - Dante's view on Imagination (00:07:14)
In this episode and Meditation #4 we'll look at Dante's thoughts on the nature of Imagination, and how he is beautifully showing us his experiences of three scenes in his mind, and the going in and ou...
Meditations #3 - Motion, Aristotle, and the key to Empyrean. (00:05:46)
In this Meditation we'll look at how the idea and concept of Motion becomes the transitional point from the Prime Mover, and into the Empyrean in Paradiso. It's deep within the motion itself, that the...
Meditations #2 - Dante asks; Why all the suffering in the World? (00:06:30)
In the terrace of Wrath, the Pilgrim asks Marco Lombardo about all the evil in the world, as he saw it in Italy in the 13 hundreds. Main ideas from Dante is that our Free Will to make choices had been...
Meditations #1 - Dante, and Aiming in Life. (00:05:46)
Welcome back to the Ancient World Podcast!
We'll be warming up again now with some short meditations and reflections from the Ancient World and the Renaissance, aiming for shorter episodes with inspi...
