The Parthenon: Wonder of Athens

The Ancients

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🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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It is the most famous monument of ancient Greece. Its remains standing tall above modern Athens today, more than 2,000 years old. The Parthenon. A temple, treasury, the residence of a powerful general after Alexander the Great’s death…and his courtesans, a church, a mosque, a gunpowder store, a tourist site. It’s safe to say that the Parthenon has had a pretty fascinating story over the past two and a half millennia. Not to mention the amazing art and architecture of the building that continues to awe people down to the present day. In this episode of our sister podcast Echoes of History, our very own Tristan Hughes joins Matt Lewis to find out more.

Edited by Aidan Lonergan. The producer is Joseph Knight, the senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

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0:00.0	Hi Tristan here and I have an exciting announcement. The ancients has been invited to open
0:06.1	the London Podcast Festival. We will be recording our very first live show on Thursday the 5th of September at 7 p.m. at King's Place and
0:16.3	being the first live show where we want it to be extra special so I've invited a
0:20.6	friend of the podcast professor Lloyd Loeen Jones, to join me on stage where we will be
0:25.3	diving into the captivating story of the Tower of Babel. From its first mention in the Book of
0:31.2	Genesis to the real life great ancient Babylonian structure
0:35.3	that it was based on. Of course the ancient is nothing without you, so we want you to be there
0:41.3	in the audience taking part and asking us your burning questions.
0:45.7	Tickets for the festival always sell fast, so book yourself a seat now at
0:50.0	www. King'splace dot Co. UK,
0:54.0	or click the link in the show notes of this episode.
0:58.0	I really hope to see you there.
1:00.0	A temple, a treasury, the residence of a powerful general after Alexander the Great's
1:06.5	death and his cortisans, a church, a mosque, a gunpowder store, a tourist site. It's safe to say that the Parthenon has had a pretty
1:15.7	fascinating story over the past two and a half millennia, not to mention the
1:20.1	amazing art and architecture of the building that continues to all people down to the present
1:25.8	day.
1:27.6	It's the ancients on history hit.
1:30.0	I'm Tristan Hughes your host and I'm doing this intro from Northern Scotland. I am on holiday.
1:36.0	The scenery is beautiful. The sun is starting to poke out from amongst the clouds.
1:40.9	I can see mountains in the distance. There are sheep nearby, a small river, a burn, near my feet.
1:47.0	It is a relaxing time, but not for the ancients because the podcast well it never sleeps and today
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