2,500 years ago Delos was the most sacred island in Greece. As the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis, it was destined to become both the holiest of sanctuaries and a wealthy trading center.
Its downside was that it was also the region’s largest slave market. Amidst all the temples and sanctimony, traders became immensely rich by selling slaves captured by roving pirates. That wealth became, in the end, the island’s ruin.
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EP 60: Thebes, The City That Gods & Heroes Forsook
EP 59: Artemis Redux
EP 58: Pericles' Funeral Oration
EP 57: How The Gods Began
EP 56: Do This To Live A Good Life
EP 55: The Mysterious Goddess of Persuasion
EP 54: The Gods of Alexander the Great
EP 53: The Doomed Love of Orpheus and Eurydice
EP 52: Persephone's Gift
EP 51: The Dark Goddess Persephone
EP 49: The Goddess of Fortune
EP 48: Goddesses in the Modern World
EP 47: All That Lasts
EP 46: Julian Jaynes & The Delphic Oracle
EP 45: Interview with Greek AF Radio
EP 44: The Dark Years
EP 43: Violence — Human and Divine
EP 42: The Divine Voice
EP 41: Pygmalion — From Ivory to Flesh
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