In this episode, we discuss the various ways in which the ancient Greeks traveled, whether it was via land or sea; the physical layout of the port of Piraeus and the commercial activity that took place there; the mining district of Thorikos and how silver was mined for coinage and how coins were struck; farming techniques and how produce/goods was sold in the agora; the various types of manufacturing workshops at Athens and how they operated; and the disdain that the elites held for for the merchant and manufacturing classes
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2018/01/068-travel-trade-and-work.html
***Special Guest Episode on Classical Monsters and Popular Culture w/Liz Gloyn***
097 The Road to Peace
096 Athens on the Offensive
095 The Greek World Turned Upside Down
***Special Guest Episode on Being a Modern Homeric Bard w/Joe Goodkin***
***Special Guest Episode on Translating Thucydides’ Speeches w/Johanna Hanink***
094 New Leaders and New Strategies
093 Revolt in the Empire
092 The End of an Era (Part II)
091 Attrition and Plague
090 The Road to War
***Special Guest Episode on Ten Caesars w/Barry Strauss***
***Special Guest Episode at MFA Boston w/Phoebe Segal***
089 The Breakdown of Peace
088 Thucydides and Periclean Politics
087 Rhetoric and the Sophists
***Special Guest Episode on Drinking and 'Sportsing' w/Amy Pistone***
086 Early Astronomy
085 Mathematics and Early Pythagoreans
084 Pluralists and Other Physiologoi
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