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Greek Like Me

A podcast about all things Greek. History. Language. Lore. Culture. Food. Mythology. Family and more. From diners to the Ottoman Empire, from the history of baklava to Greek Independence. What it means to be Greek and how it shapes our world.

Posts in Ancient Greece
The Restless Dead: Ghosts of Ancient Greece
The Restless Dead: Ghosts of Ancient Greece

Join us for an episode of restless dead, vengeful wraiths, protective spirits, and ghosts summoned to serve the living.

Ancient Greece, Athens, culture, Demons, ethnic, Greek, Greek heroes, history, Homer, mythology, rituals, The Trojan War, Ghosts, Hauntings, Funeral Rites, The Restless DeadPamela Diotes Wood#restlessdead, #ghosts, #ancientgreece, #funeralrites, #homer, #theiliad, #theodyssey, #hauntings, #greekhistory, #greekculture, #ethnic, #greeklikemeComment
Asa Jennings & The Greek Genocide of Asia Minor, Part 1
Asa Jennings & The Greek Genocide of Asia Minor, Part 1

600 years of brutal persecution by Turkish oppressors culminated in the Greek Genocide of Asia Minor. We’ll talk historical context and introduce Asa Jennings, the humble American who said “Enough!”

Anatolia, Ancient Greece, Ethnic cleansing, Faith, Greek, Greek genocide, history, Holocaust, massacre, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Occupation, Refugees, Smyrna, Spetses, World War One, The First Balkan War, Asia Minor, Neruddin PashaPamela Diotes Wood#asiaminor, #greekgenocide, #nationalistturks, #history, #massacre, #smyrnaComment
Mómos, the Greek god of Mockery
Mómos, the Greek god of Mockery

Mómos, Greek god of mockery, blame, scathing criticism and satire. How the Joan Rivers of Mt. Olympus became a vessel for social criticism and rebellion throughout time.

Ancient Greece, Athena, culture, Demons, ethnic, Greek, Greek gods, Greek roots, history, humor, mythology, Troy, Mt. Olympus, Mómos, The Women of Pindus, satire, The Trojan War, The CýpriaPamela Diotes Wood#momos, #greekmythology, #greekgods, #daimon, #greekculture, #greekhistory, #aesopsfables, #lucian, #lukianos, #callimachus, #thetrojanwar, #thecypria, #ancientgreece, #satire, #ancientgreekliterature, #greeklikeme, #podcast, #mockery, #socialcriticism, #socialsatire, #humor, #history, #historynerdComment
The Sacred Band of Thebes
The Sacred Band of Thebes

Happy Pride! The embodiment of gay pride in 4th century BCE was the Sacred Band of Thebes - an elite fighting unit made up of 150 pairs of male lovers. Their love-bond was considered a source of moral virtue and military strength as they battled tyrants in the name of Greek freedom.

The Sacred Band of Thebes, Thebes, Sparta, The Battle of Chaeronea, The Lion of Chaeronea, The Battle of Leuctra, Ancient Greece, AthensPamela Diotes Wood#thesacredband, #thesacredbandofthebes, #thebes, #sparta, #theboeotianleague, #peloponnesos, #leuctra, #chaeronea, #thelionofchaeronea, #lgbtq, #greekhistory, #greekheroes, #greeklikemeComment
Homer, Ancient Greece, and the Father of Archaeology with Thaao Penghlis
Homer, Ancient Greece, and the Father of Archaeology with Thaao Penghlis

Join us for an intriguing conversation with Thaao Penghlis about the quest for Priam’s treasure, the Lion Gate at Mycenae and the lost tomb of Alexander the Great. We’ll talk about his travels. And his podcast, Thaao Penghlis’s The Lost Treasures, when he follows the path of 19th century Homer fanboy Heinrich Schliemann in his hunt to prove that the people and places of the Illiad were real.

Thaao Penghlis's The Lost Treasures Episode 1

Parthenon by Costa-Gavras

Thaao Penghlis, Archaeology, Ancient Greece, Homer, ancient ruins, civilization, culture, TroyPamela Diotes Wood#thaaopenghlis, #thelosttreasures, #ancientgreece, #theilliad, #theodyssey, #homer, #heinrichschliemann, #priam, #troy, #theliongateofmycenae, #robertbittlestone, #Ithaka, #alexanderthegreat, #egypt, #greece, #history, #greekhistory, #scienceComment