106 - Frustrations and Poor Decisions (Part II)

In this episode, we discuss the years 409 to 406 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the Athenians’ achieving control in the Hellespont and Bosporos, Alkibiades’ triumphant return to Athens, the ascension of Lysandros and his bromance with Kyros, the Athenian defeat at Notion and the disgrace of Alkibiades, Kallikratidas’ victory over Konon at Mytilene, and the subsequent Battle of Arginousai with its disastrous consequences for the Athenians

Primary Sources:

Xenophon's Hellenica (Book 1)

Plutarch's Life of Alcibiades

Plutarch's Life of Lysander

Diodorus Siculus' The Library of History (Book 13)

***Special Guest Episode on Classics and White Supremacy w/Curtis Dozier***

In today's special guest episode, I am joined by Dr Curtis Dozier, Assistant Professor of Greek and Roman Studies at Vassar College. He is the producer and host of The Mirror of Antiquity, a podcast featuring classical scholars discussing the intersections of their resharch, the contemporary world, and their own lives. More importantly to our discussion, He is also the director of Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classics, a website devoted to documenting and responding to appropriations of Ancient Greece and Rome by hate groups online. We discuss some of the reasons how, as well as why, various white supremacist groups have taken to coopting Classical imagery to support their twisted world views.


Dr Curtis Dozier
Assistant Professor of Greek and Roman Studies at Vassar College
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtisDozier and https://twitter.com/pharosclassics

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"Doing Justice to the Classics: Introducing Pharos"
"Claiming the Classical: The Greco-Roman World in Contemporary Discourse"

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"Special Guest Episode on Classics and Race/Ethnicity w/Rebecca Futo Kennedy"
"Special Guest Episode on Race, Antiquity, and Its Legacy w/Denise McCoskey"
"'Us' & 'Them' in the Ancient & Anglo-Saxon Worlds"
"Race and Racism in Ancient and Medieval Studies, Part 1: The Problem"
"Race and Racism in Ancient and Medieval Studies, Part 2: The Response"