57 - Xenophon: Anabasis IV

03/15/23 • 44 min

Xenophon's Anabasis 4: The best parts of all, with analysis for action.

In this Episode:
-How to cross a guarded river
-The mindset of people who push through massive stress and pain
-Distinguishing yourself as middle management
-The Sea, The Sea
-Lawrence of Arabia, Xenophon admirer
-Psychedelic Bees

Xenophon's Anabasis 4: The best parts of all, with analysis for action.

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56 - CoG in Conversation - w/ Ben Wilson of How to Take Over the World

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Announcing a new partnership!
Alex gets interviewed by Ben Wilson of How to Take Over the World
In this episode:

-What's in store
-What Alex is listening to
-Why Cost of Glory exists
-Why biography is energizing
-What the greats, ancient and modern, have in common
-The true meaning of Zeal

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58 - Agesilaus I: Persian Expedition

The story of Sparta's greatest king.

Sponsors:
-The Excellent How To Take Over The World Podcast;
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In This Episode:
-Inspiration from a rough childhood
-The Spartan youth training system
-The Spartan art of consensus building
-The Iliadic vision of a Panhellenic King
-Getting enemies to finance your war effort
-War and Friendship among Greeks and Persians

People:
Agesilaus
Pompey
King Archidamus (of Sparta)
King Agis (of Sparta)
King Leonidas (of Sparta)
Lysander
Alcibiades
Prince Cyrus
King Artaxerxes (of Persia)
Xenophon of Athens
Tissaphernes

Places:
Sparta
Peloponnese (Peloponnesus)
Athens
Mt Taygetos
Mantineia
Thebes (in Boeotia)
Aulis (in Boeotia)
Boeotia
Asia (Minor)
Ephesus
Lydia
Sardis
Phrygia
Corinth
Argos
Haliartus (in Boeotia)
Hellespont
Thermopylae
Orchomenus (in Boeotia)
Cnidus (Knidos)
Coroneia (in Boeotia)