095 The Greek World Turned Upside Down
The History of Ancient Greece
Ryan Stitt
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2017
⏱️ 126 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss the years 426 and 425 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the current nature of Athenian politics as dominated by Kleon the anti-aristocratic demagogue, his feud with Aristophanes as seen in the comedic plays "The Acharnians" and "The Knights", the Battles of Pylos and Sphakteria that turned the Greek world upside down, and the brutal conclusion to the Korkyraean civil war
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2019/08/095-greek-world-turned-upside-down.html
Intro by David Cot of the History of Spain Podcast
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| 0:00.0 | Hi listeners of the history of ancient Greece. My name is David Cott, and I'm the host of the |
| 0:07.1 | history of a Spain podcast, a podcast where I talk about the history of my motherland right from the beginning. |
| 0:14.0 | There were a few commercial Greek colonies in Diberian Peninsula and I talked a bit about them in my |
| 0:20.2 | podcast. But I'm not going to lie. I didn't dedicate much time to that or the period of |
| 0:25.6 | Roman rule because I prefer to cover more deeply the subsequent periods of a Spanish history. |
| 0:32.4 | I'm currently telling the story of Bicy Gothic Spain, so the apogee of the Spanish Empire, |
| 0:37.7 | the Peninsula War, or the Spanish Civil War are still years ahead. |
| 0:43.7 | My objective is to narrate and explain the history of a Spain from a Spanish perspective to an |
| 0:49.3 | English audience using both a Spanish and English sources. |
| 0:54.0 | If I awoke your curiosity, I hope you join me in my journey to explore the history of Spain. |
| 1:01.0 | Thanks Ryan for bringing me this opportunity and I hope you |
| 1:04.8 | listeners enjoy the episode. the So, The Hello, I'm Ryan Stitt, and welcome back to the history of ancient Greece. |
| 1:47.0 | Episode 95, the Greek world turned upside down. |
| 1:57.0 | Today's episode is brought to you by our new Patreon supporters from May, June and July. |
| 2:02.0 | Those being Ryan O, Kathy Chapman, Nicholas Campbell, and |
| 2:07.1 | Evan EinRide Hainam Cliven, as well as PayPal donors, Peter Levis and Dale Cook. |
| 2:14.0 | Once again, I do apologize if I didn't pronounce those correctly, |
| 2:17.5 | but I do thank you for your donations in support of the podcast. |
| 2:20.5 | If you too would like to support the History of ancient Greece, you can become a monthly Patreon supporter or a one-time donor at PayPal. |
| 2:27.0 | Links to the various sites are in the show notes. |
| 2:29.0 | And now, let us turn our attention back to the ancient Greeks. |
| 2:34.8 | As we discussed in episode 88, in the 430s BC, and especially after Pericles' death, |
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