This week Dave and Jeff welcome back into the studio (this guy's becoming a regular!) our longtime friend, mentor, former colleague, and teacher, the inestimable Ken Bratt. You may know him from such episodes as "From there We Travelled to Philippi" (46), and, "A Visit to the Roman Catacombs" (76). For this go 'round, Ken reaches back into the more distant, misty past, as he talks a little about why he chose Herodotus for his doctoral dissertation at Princeton. Using a 1968 article by J.A.S. Evans entitled, "Father of History or Father of Lies: The Reputation of Herodotus", Ken leads us through questions of Herodotus' purpose, methods, theism, charm, and style. Was the man of Halicarnassus a mere credulous stooge, or is there something deeper going on? Does he really deserve such negative comparisons to Thucydides? And what about the urination practices of Egyptians? Tune in for this and more.
Et in Arcadia Ego? Evander and Cacus in Vergil’s Aeneid Book VIII, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 108)
The Census of Quirinius in the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 107)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Faces: Janus and Camilla in Aeneid Book VII, Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 106)
The Fury’s Still Out on this One: Allecto in Aeneid Book VII, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 105)
William Morrell and Epic Poetry in Colonial New England (Ad Navseam, Episode 104)
Eye of the Tiber: Aeneid Book VII, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 103)
Dis is where it Ends: Aeneid Book VI, Part 4 (Ad Navseam, Episode 102)
If Dis is It, Please Let me Know: Aeneid Book VI, Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 101)
Gouda Nuff for Now: The Cheesy Clip Show (Ad Navseam, Episode 100)
The Palladium (Gvrgle 5)
Memorizing Latin: The Why and Some What, Part 2 (Gvrgle 4)
Dis is the Place: Aeneid Book VI, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 99)
Use Your Allusion I: Classics in Pop Music (Ad Navseam, Episode 98)
Bough Wow: Vergil’s Aeneid Book VI, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 97)
Royal Boxing Day: Vergil’s Aeneid Book V, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 96)
Regatta Love It: Vergil’s Aeneid Book V, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 95)
The Renaissance Idea of the Dignity of Man (Ad Navseam, Episode 94)
Come on Baby Light My Pyre: Vergil’s Aeneid Book IV, Part 4 (Ad Navseam, Episode 93)
It’s Not You, It’s Me: Aeneid Book IV Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 92)
Bride and Gloom: Aeneid Book IV, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 91)
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