My wife & I have been hooked on this podcast & listen every opportunity we have. We were concerned as we approached the last episode only to just see a new episode. Oh joy (or whatever a Greek or Roman would say)!
I’ve just discovered you(through History Extra podcast), so I’ll have a few days’ worth of listening. But it seems this one has ended last April. I think you’re terrific. I’m about to buy your latest books. Thank you from an ex-classicist and retired professor of Italian studies.
Edited to say, however, that Tomis was not on the moon. The city was founded by Greek merchants from Miletus in the 6th century BCE (so not that far from the founding of Rome in 753BCE) and was an important port on the Black Sea. It was conquered by the Romans in 71 BC and renamed Constantiana by Roman Emperor Constantine in honor of his half-sister. It was destroyed by the Avars in 597.
Finally one more point: your guest, so ungracious towards Tomis, spoke the most dreadful Latin I had the misfortune to hear.
I love to listen while gardening or working in our lavender farm shop. Natalie is always informative and entertaining. I’m binge re-listening while awaiting more episodes.
Funny, engaging, intelligent, but riddled with politics and an inability to read ancient literature without superimposing a modern, moralistic, worldview.
Do better.
This podcast is my favorite. It’s the one I rationed out episodes and didn’t let myself binge so I could make them last! Natalie and guests take a topic that is full of life but has been sold through most of our educational experiences as fusty, old, arcana and entirely revives it. Every episode is funny, engaging, and enlightening. They are not-to-be-missed entertainment, the first, second, or even third time you listen to them.
I almost never write reviews but I felt compelled to for Natalie because although I feel this pod is a bit niche, it is so great for those of us who love classics, the Greeks, and mythology generally. I have been interested in these topics since I was a child but still learn something new each episode, and am always entertained by Natalie’s charming, witty, and funny personality. Her passion for the subject shines through this podcast!
This is my favorite podcast. Natalie Haynes is witty, lively, and supremely clear in her presentation of Greek tales and different scholarly takes. I’ve learned and laughed a lot. Thank you!
