Louis Markos

The Eric Metaxas Show

Metaxas Media

Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The "Ancient Voices" of classical Greece come alive in Eric's interview with historian Louis Markos; the discussion also focuses on the historical relevance of today's political climate.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Eric Mataxis show.
0:12.0	It's the show you can listen to any way you like.
0:14.8	You can wear what you like or you can wear nothing at all.
0:17.8	And you can sit or stand or even squat.
0:20.3	Go ahead. Squat a little. You've earned it.
0:22.7	I'm squatting. And now your host, Eric Matakna.
0:25.7	Hey, folks, guess what? I get to talk to an old friend about everything. Pretty much everything.
0:35.7	We're going to talk about ancient literature. We're going to talk
0:39.3	about current events. My friend is Louis Marcos, yes, a fellow Greek. He teaches at Houston Baptist
0:48.6	University, which I believe is located in Houston, Texas. And here he is. My friend, welcome to the show.
0:57.4	Thanks. It's great to be here, Eric. I grew up in New Jersey. I'm a Greek. We talk the same language.
1:02.5	I know. I know. Now, listen, people who are watching on video, because a lot of people are going to
1:09.2	watch this on YouTube, they're going to want to know
1:12.2	why a professor of classics and literature at Houston Baptist, why you are wearing what looks like,
1:23.4	you look like you're going to a prom. What is going on with that?
1:26.7	It's because of all the laptops and all the homes and all the world, you've going to a prom. What is going on with that? It's because of all the laptops and all the
1:29.2	homes and all the world, you've got to call mine. So I thought I looked like Rick Blaine here.
1:34.4	Like you look like Rick, Rick's place. Okay. I, listen, you are, you're always fun, and it's why I was
1:40.7	so excited to talk to you. What is your official title at Houston Baptist? What are you, professor of what? Yeah, I'm a professor of English and scholar in residence. And I've got one of those chairs, the Robert H. Ray Chair in humanities. And believe it. Does Robert, no, you have it? 29 years. What's that? 29 years I just finished teaching at Houston Baptist. Holy guacamole. Honestly, that's
2:02.6	staggering. That's because I started teaching when I was 17. I mean, it's amazing. Well, you,
2:08.2	listen, you've written a lot of books, Lewis, and I want to talk to you about your new one.
2:15.5	The new one is called Ancient Voices and Insiders look at Classical Greece.
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