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Prosper and Succeed with Spartan Realpietik
Episode Length:
10 MINUTES
How do you buy yourself some time when you can't afford to tell people the reason why? A strategy used by a Spartan commander, Dercylidas. Brought to you by the Greek philosopher-historian-warrior Xenophon.
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Analysis
Episode Length:
6 MINUTES
July 20, 2022
How to get lucky when the gods are against you
How to turn bad luck around. SPOILER: it's not just more effort. Stories of Timotheus and Sulla.
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Series
Episode Length:
13 MINUTES
July 5, 2022
Lysander Aftermath: or, How to Keep Fighting
What happened after Lysander died? What was his legacy? What can we learn from his life?
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Series
Episode Length:
68 MINUTES
June 21, 2022
Lysander 3: Kings of Sparta
Lysander returns from his setbacks at Sparta with a revolutionary plan. He consults the gods about the Spartan Kingship; and some of his own prophecies about Greek ge...
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History Contains Power
My name is Alex Petkas, and in The Cost of Glory, I present you with the best stories, analyses and takeaways, from the greatest and most influential figures from Greco-Roman antiquity.
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