Dogs in Ancient Greece
The Ancients
History Hit
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Man's best friend has been at our side for thousands of years. Ancient Greece was no exception, and although some of the types of dog that were popular back then might seem unfamiliar to us today, tales of their loyalty, dependability and downright cuteness certainly are not.
From dog names, to their function in Greek religion, to their usefulness–including their possible deployment on the battlefield–what do we know about dogs in Ancient Greece? In this episode Tristan is joined by Dr Owen Rees of Manchester Metropolitan University to find out just that.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Ancients on History Hit. |
| 0:13.7 | I'm Tristan Hughes, your host, and in today's podcast, I'm really excited for this episode |
| 0:18.4 | to finally drop because you are going to be absolutely blown away by it. |
| 0:23.8 | Because we're talking all things dogs in ancient Greece. |
| 0:27.4 | From dog names to their use in Greek religion to how they could be used, for instance, their |
| 0:32.9 | possible use in Sieges or in warfare, what do we know about dogs in ancient Greece? |
| 0:39.1 | To answer all the questions surrounding this, I was delighted to get on the podcast to go |
| 0:43.2 | and meet in person a couple of months back, Dr. Owen Reese. |
| 0:47.3 | Owen, he works at Manchester Metropolitan University. |
| 0:50.6 | He knows lots of things on ancient Greek history, particularly ancient Greek warfare. |
| 0:55.0 | He's been on the podcast a couple of times before to talk about combat trauma and then |
| 0:59.5 | to Shiner Light on the often overlooked important naval clash at Artemisium during the Persian |
| 1:06.1 | Wars. |
| 1:07.1 | Owen is also a lovely lad. |
| 1:08.6 | It was great to go and meet him in person finally and to talk all things dogs in ancient |
| 1:13.0 | Greece. |
| 1:14.0 | It was a really fun chat and I know they are going to absolutely love this one. |
| 1:18.4 | So that further ado, to talk all things dogs in ancient Greece, here's Owen. |
| 1:22.6 | Owen, great to be back on the podcast and great to meet you finally in person. |
| 1:29.7 | I know finally here we are. |
| 1:31.6 | Thank you very much for having me back. |
| 1:32.6 | I loved all the times I've been on before and it was great to meet finally. |
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