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In this episode, the Dead Language Ladies discuss whether Cicero is a bad friend in light of the roughly 1000 letters that survive written by and to Cicero--many addressed to his dearest friend Atticus--during the final decades of the Republic and its ultimate fall at the hands of infamous Romans such as Mark Antony, Caesar Augustus, and Lepidus. Listen in to learn about the friendships, enemies, and political maneuvers of the great Roman orator, and decide for yourself whether Cicero played by the rules of Roman amicitia, or if his "friendships" were one of the heralds of his murder.
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In this episode, the Dead Language Ladies talk about the riveting world of noun cases and their personalities in ancient languages like Greek and Latin. Listen in to hear about the bold, showy Nominative, the complex, sexy Genitive, the thrifty, 'junk case' Ablative, and more. Plus, we each pick our favorite cases and choose which case we would be!
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In our first episode of The Dead Language Ladies: A Classics Podcast, we compare Homer's famous protagonists and great heroes, Odysseus and Achilles, discussing everything from their love interest(s), violent habits, modern portrayals in Song of Achilles, and who we ultimately like more.
