Many important ancient Greek women—poets, philosophers, and leaders— defied norms and shaped history for generations.

This episode explores how Mycenaean Greeks reached the shores of western Anatolia, establishing influence in cities like Miletus while clashing with the Hittite Empire and local powers. Drawing on ...

In Rovelli’s formative book, now published in English for the first time, he argues that a little-known Greek philosopher invented the idea of the cosmos Something very startling happened in Miletus, ...

In cities such as Athens women had few rights and little opportunity to take part in sports, theatre, or public life. Because of this we know only the most general details of their lives, interests, ...

A rebel tyrant arrives in Sparta with a map of the world, asking for help against an empire that already spans continents. This chapter follows the Ionian Revolt, the fall of Miletus, and the shock of ...