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Alexandria: A Hellenistic World Podcast

Phillip Register 1 Episodes Aug 22, 2026

A podcast telling the lesser-known stories of the Hellenistic period (c.323 – 32 BCE), year-by-year. From the founding of Epicureanism to the sack of Corinth; from refugees hiding in caves to a bureaucrat running a great estate. Poets, philosophers, civil servants; mothers, doctors, prostitutes; everyone in-between.

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5b: Demosthenes, Third Philippic and Funeral Oration Aug 22, 2026 4892 A performance of two famous speeches by Demosthenes, perhaps the greatest orator of ancient Greece. The Third Philippic (341 BCE) solidified his control over Athens and set the entirety of Greece on the warpath against Philip II. The Funeral Oration (338 BCE) shows the aftermath of their catastrophic defeat. These are some GREAT speeches! Dates mentioned: 341–338 BCE. Thanks to Slothinator, our fi

5: Demosthenes Aug 15, 2026 3213 341 BCE. Two Athenian citizens, Antiphanes and Charias, have promised to vote against any war with Macedon. But Demosthenes, the greatest orator of Greece, proves persuasive. Dates mentioned: 384–338 BCE. NEW PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/cw/AlexandriaPod Website (bibliography, episode notes, etc): https://alexandriapod.wordpress.com Tiktok: @alexandriapod Twitter: @Alexandria_Pod Bluesky:

4b: The Derveni Papyrus Jul 25, 2026 2450 Our second B-side presents the Derveni Papyrus, a 4th-century BCE philosophical treatise found in Macedon about the mysterious Orphic religion: the creation of the world, the gods, and the origins of human beings. Zeus has sex with his mom and the Titans eat Dionysus. It's wild! I narrate the Derveni fragments in their entirety, accepting the restorations in the Loeb edition by André Laks and Glen

4: The Macedonians Jul 18, 2026 3425 341 BCE. A young Thracian woman, Mukasokos, has been captured and enslaved by the army of King Philip II. Now, she must learn the preferences and particularities of her new masters: the Macedonians. Dates mentioned: 540s–340 BCE. Website (bibliography, episode notes, etc): https://alexandriapod.wordpress.com Twitter: @Alexandria_Pod Bluesky: @alexandriapod.bsky.social YouTube: AlexandriaPod Inst

3b: Aristotle, Politics; Anaximenes, Rhetoric to Alexander Jul 4, 2026 3470 Our first B-side episode, presenting what Alexander may have been taught in Mieza by his philosopher tutors in their own words. Excerpts from Aristotle's Politics and Anaximenes' Rhetoric to Alexander. Excerpts are: Aristotle, Politics: Book 1, Ch.1; Book 3, Ch.4; Book 7, Ch.10. Anaximenes, Rhetoric to Alexander: Ch.1; Ch.2 (sections 1-2 and 26-32); Ch.38 (sections 1-11). Dates mentioned: 342-

3: The Education of Alexander Jun 27, 2026 2712 342 BCE. The philosophers Aristotle and Anaximenes educate the young Alexander and his designated friends at the Temple of the Nymphs at Mieza. The local devotee of the temple, Theupropos, is not so happy about their presence. Dates mentioned: 384–334 BCE. Website (bibliography, episode notes, etc): https://alexandriapod.wordpress.com Twitter: @Alexandria_Pod Bluesky: @alexandriapod.bsky.social

2: Ptolemy, the Macedonian Jun 13, 2026 3109 322 BCE. Unnefer, an Egyptian living in Alexandria, hears a story by the herald Eurybates: the early life of Ptolemy the Macedonian. His upbringing, his education in Pella, his service at Chaeronea... and, finally, the sack of Thebes. Dates covered: 367–335 BCE. Website (bibliography, episode notes, etc): https://alexandriapod.wordpress.com Twitter: @Alexandria_Pod Bluesky: @alexandriapod.bsky.s

1: The Founding of Alexandria May 30, 2026 2675 331 BCE. Unnefer and Beknef, two local Egyptian fishermen, watch a weird rambling king found a new city. Plus, an introduction to this podcast. Dates covered: 331-322 BCE. Website (bibliography, notes, etc): https://alexandriapod.wordpress.com Twitter: @Alexandria_Pod Bluesky: @alexandriapod.bsky.social YouTube: AlexandriaPod Instagram: alexandria.pod Intro and outro music: "Delphic Hymn to Ap

Alexandria: A Hellenistic World Podcast

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