33 episodes

That's Ancient History: the podcast for all things classical, old & new. Exploring antiquity from its history to its place in today's world. Host and producer Dr Jean Menzies.

That's Ancient History Jean Menzies

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    • 4.8 • 88 Ratings

That's Ancient History: the podcast for all things classical, old & new. Exploring antiquity from its history to its place in today's world. Host and producer Dr Jean Menzies.

    S.6 E.2 Reimagining the Oedipus Cycle with Meagan Cleveland

    S.6 E.2 Reimagining the Oedipus Cycle with Meagan Cleveland

    Riddles of the Sphinx is out now: https://amzn.to/43ikAkB
    Check out Meagan...
    Website: https://www.meagancleveland.com
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littleredreading/
    X: https://twitter.com/MeaganClevelan8

    Follow the podcast on X: https://twitter.com/thatsancient

    Listen to this Podcast on...
    Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-591915376/classics-is-for-everyone
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0bfJsiS4eV9MN4A3pYMXNt
    Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=1387485444

    The Books We Talked About:
    Sophocles' Theban Plays (Antigone, Oedipus Rex & Oedipus at Colonus): https://amzn.to/48XXXmC
    Statius' Thebiad: https://amzn.to/3vchEJD
    Medea by Eilish Quin: https://www.waterstones.com/book/medea/eilish-quin/9781668020760
    Winter Harvest by Ioanna Papadopoulou: https://www.waterstones.com/book/winter-harvest/ioanna-papadopoulou/9781739234850
    Threads that Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou: https://www.waterstones.com/book/threads-that-bind/kika-hatzopoulou/9780241614648

    You can support my content via...
    Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/jeansthoughts
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bookishthoughts

    • 37 min
    S. 6 E. 1 Classics is for Everyone with Erica Stevenson

    S. 6 E. 1 Classics is for Everyone with Erica Stevenson

    Follow That's Ancient History on X: twitter.com/thatsancient

    In the first episode of season six Dr Jean Menzies chats classics and accessibility with creator and producer of the MoanIn project (Modern Ancients) Erica Stevenson.

    Find Erica & MoanInc:
    Website: https://www.moaninc.co.uk
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/moaninc
    X: https://twitter.com/moaninc

    Find Jean:
    Website: https://www.jeanmenzies.com
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/jeansthoughts
    X: https://twitter.com/jeansthoughts

    The Books We Talked About:
    The Iliad: https://amzn.to/3I3MF54
    The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours: https://amzn.to/49nk4E9
    Savage Beasts: https://amzn.to/3I6m5bz

    • 51 min
    S.5 E.4 Writing Greek Myths for Children with Jen Campbell & Jean Menzies

    S.5 E.4 Writing Greek Myths for Children with Jen Campbell & Jean Menzies

    Jen Campbell Interviews Jean Menzies (That's Ancient History host) about her debut children's book Greek Myths, published by DK and illustrated by Katie Ponder.

    Jean's book Greek Myths: https://amzn.to/3IlJHqN

    Also in the series is Norse Myths by Matt Ralphs: https://amzn.to/3FMVKfg

    And you can currently preorder Egyptian Myths by Jean Menzies: https://amzn.to/33S0pz8

    Check out Jen's latest book, The Girl Who Ate Her Brothers and other Gruesome Tales: https://amzn.to/3rCQwNU

    As well as her series on the history of fairytales on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj_-yiIwc8I&t=0s

    • 30 min
    S.5 E.3 Ask a Classicist with my boyfriend: Hobbies, Courting, and Social Life in Antiquity

    S.5 E.3 Ask a Classicist with my boyfriend: Hobbies, Courting, and Social Life in Antiquity

    Just a Couple of Meeples Board Game Review: https://www.instagram.com/justacoupleofmeeples/

    That's Ancient History on twitter: https://twitter.com/thatsancient

    Books Mentioned:
    Aphrodite's Tortoise: https://amzn.to/30NVhux
    The Old Kingdom Series: The Old Kingdom

    • 34 min
    S.5 E.2 Medusa & Modern Women with Jessie Burton

    S.5 E.2 Medusa & Modern Women with Jessie Burton

    In this episode of That's Ancient History Jean talks to author Jessie Burton about her new book Medusa: https://amzn.to/3Guqp2B

    More from Jessie Burton: https://www.jessieburton.co.uk

    Follow That's Ancient History on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thatsancient

    • 39 min
    S.5 E.1 Answering the Most Googled Questions About Ancient Greece with Jill Scott

    S.5 E.1 Answering the Most Googled Questions About Ancient Greece with Jill Scott

    Support the podcast on Patreon:
    www.patreon.com/bookishthoughts
    Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/thatsancient
    And check out our website: https://www.jeanmenzies.com/podcast

    Check out host Jean's book on greek myths: https://amzn.to/3oVrqKv
    And discover more about antiquity in video format on her YouTube channel: https://www.jeanmenzies.com/ancient-history-videos
    And tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeansthoughts

    In this week's episode Jean Menzies and regular guest Jill Scott welcome back the podcast for a new season by finding out what the most googled questions about Ancient Greece are and have a go at answering them.

    Books recommended:
    The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey: https://amzn.to/3aveXF3
    Democracy by Paul Cartledge: https://amzn.to/2YN8mTY
    The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek by G.E.M. De Ste Croix: https://amzn.to/3iTkcCX
    Greek Myths by Jean Menzies: https://amzn.to/3oVrqKv

    • 28 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
88 Ratings

88 Ratings

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A wonderful podcast of the ancient world

I am so delighted that I found such an informational, yet assessable podcast on ancient history. Jean is a wonderful host and truly is passionate about the subject matter.

Unhappy Anonie ,

Fantastically Approachable!!

Jean is so well-spoken and does amazingly well explaining topics that are often viewed as difficult or something only for experts to discuss. She makes the topics very approachable and easy to process for amateurs/hobby interest people. When she’s interviewing she knows exactly the question to ask to get to past the expertise to the basis of the topic. Absolute favorite podcast!

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