Oh say can you see where this one is going? Many people have heard about the influence of the Roman Republic on the shaping of the American government but are perhaps unaware how much deeper the ancient underpinnings go. This week, with Carl Richards' The Founders and the Classics: Greece, Rome, and the American Enlightenment, as their guide, Jeff and Dave take a star-spangled look at the Greeks and Romans read, revered, and almost rejected by the founders of the United States. From the earliest days of the revolution Washington, Adams, and Jefferson (and others) saw themselves and each other through the prism of many an ancient great, both historical and fictional. What did it mean that Sam Adams was the "Palinurus" of the Revolution? Why did Washington see himself as Cato? Why does Benjamin Rush (boo!) come along and try to pour cold, stale ale over the whole classicy enterprise? And perhaps most importantly, if you don't have busts of your friends in your personal library are they really your friends?
Hissterical!: Lucian of Samosata's Alexander the False Prophet (Ad Navseam, Episode 150)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part IX (Ad Navseam, Episode 149)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part VIII (Ad Navseam, Episode 148)
We Know What you Did Last, Summers: A Conversation with Kirk Summers about Theodore Beza as Poet (Ad Navseam, Episode 147)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part VII (Ad Navseam, Episode 146)
Make it Come Alive: A Conversation with Veteran Translator Stanley Lombardo (Ad Navseam, Episode 145)
Oh boy oh boy: A Conversation with Gary "Hercules" Schmidt (Ad Navseam, Episode 144)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part VI (Ad Navseam, Episode 143)
Anna Maria van Schurman and Women's Education, with Anne Larsen and Steve Maiullo of Hope College (Ad Navseam, Episode 142)
Gullible's Travels? An Introduction to Herodotus with Dr. Ken Bratt (Ad Navseam, Episode 141)
In the Beginning was Sermo: Reopening the Conversation on John 1:1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 140)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part V (Ad Navseam, Episode 139)
The Roman Mysteries: A Conversation with Bestselling Children’s Author Caroline Lawrence (Ad Navseam, Episode 138)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part IV (Ad Navseam, Episode 137)
Legend-tripping at Bunnyman Bridge: American Urban Legends and Classical Mythological Tropes (Ad Navseam, Episode 136)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 135)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 134)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 133)
Io Wanna be a Cowboy: Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 132)
Hey, I’ma be Liver Now: Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 131)
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