The guys are back for Round 2 in our look at the history of education in antiquity through the lens of Marrou’s book. This time we zero in on the ancient Spartans. Wait, Spartans??? Weren’t those guys just a bunch of beefed-up lunkheads whose only education was how to better kill the enemy on the battlefield? Well, not quite. In fact, we learn that the Spartans actually led the way when it came to a number of arts—poetry, music, dance—in addition to their noted emphasis on physical fitness. They did, however, have issues when it came to spelling and ancient versions of spandex. Don’t ask, just tune in!
But you Cotta Have Faith, Faith, Faith: Cicero’s De Natura Deorum, Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 73)
Keep Your Eye on the Balbus: Cicero’s De Natura Deorum, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 72)
Stoics Finally Come to This: Cicero’s De Natura Deorum, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 71)
They’ve Lost their Marbles!: Lord Elgin and the Parthenon Sculptures (Ad Navseam, Episode 70)
Licensed to Ille: Children’s Books in Latin (Ad Navseam, Episode 69)
Married with Classicists (Ad Navseam, Episode 68)
Rock Those Socks!: Stocking Stuffers for the Classically Oriented (Ad Navseam, Episode 67)
Growing Up Classical: A Conversation with Jillian Noe (Ad Navseam, Episode 66)
I Want My Mummy!: the Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great (Ad Navseam, Episode 65)
How to be a Latin Guru, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 64)
How to be a Latin Guru, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 63)
There’s No Place Like Dome: Neoclassicism and the Architecture of Washington D.C. (Ad Navseam, Episode 62)
Sedimental Journeys: Two More Ovidian Vignettes (Ad Navseam, Episode 61)
“Just Ghosts To Show Ya” - Halloween Special (Ad Navseam, Episode 60)
“That’s the Power of Love: Two Ovidian Vignettes” (Ad Navseam, Episode 59)
The Jung and the Restless: Joseph Campbell and the Hero’s Journey (Ad Navseam, Episode 58)
The Abiding Value of the Liberal Arts - A Conversation with Heather Mac Donald (Ad Navseam, Episode 57)
Pay no Attention to the Girl behind the Curtain - The Delphic Oracle (Ad Navseam, Episode 56)
Whatsa Motto with You?! - Latin Mottoes of the US States (Ad Navseam, Episode 55)
“Up and Atoms!”: Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, Part IV (Ad Navseam, Episode 54)
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