Casting Through Ancient Greece

A podcast about the history of ancient Greece for people new to and familiar with Ancient Greek history.The Casting Through Ancient Greece podcast will focus on telling the story of Ancient Greece starting from the pre history through Archaic Greece, Classical Greece and up to the Hellenistic period. Featured throughout the podcast series will be Major events such as the Greek and Persian wars, The Peloponnesian war and Alexander the Greats war against Persia. www.castingthroughancientgreece.com for more resources and creditsSupport the series at www.patreon.com/castingthroughancientgreecefacebook: casting through ancient greeceTwitter: @casting_greece

Podcasting since 2020 • 134 episodes

Casting Through Ancient Greece

Latest Episodes

Teaser: Themistocles Pt 2 (Patreon)

This is a teaser of the bonus episode, "Themistocles Pt 2" found over on Patreon.A single line from Delphi forces Athens to gamble every...

April 27, 2026 • 6:22

103: Defeat of the Athenian Navy

Athens is the greatest naval power in Greece, yet in Sicily it starts to feel helpless. We pick up the story at the moment Nicias sends a careful, politically protective message home and the Athenian Assembly hears what it wants to hear: send m...

April 24, 2026 • Season 1 • Episode 103 • 38:53

Teaser: Themistocles Pt 1 (Patreon)

This is a teaser of the bonus episode, "Themistocles Pt 1" found over on Patreon.Athens doesn’t wake up one day as the master of the Aeg...

March 25, 2026 • 5:59

102: Athens Doubles Down

A general sends home a letter that sounds like a warning and Athens treats it like a challenge. Nicias lays out the ugly reality at the Siege of Syracuse: stretched supply lines, sickness in camp, fading morale, and a siege that is slipping out...

March 24, 2026 • Season 1 • Episode 102 • 38:59

Teaser: Dual Hegemony? (Patreon)

What if the alliance that crushed Persia had become a lasting settlement? We revisit the brief window after Plataea and Mycale when Greece looked coordinated, and we test a bold idea: Athens commands the sea, Sparta secures the land, and both a...

February 22, 2026 • 6:44

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