Spartan History Podcast - 014. Jason and the Golden Fleece. Part 2

014. Jason and the Golden Fleece. Part 2

09/20/20 • 37 min

EPISODE 14, JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE PART 2.
Welcome back to the Spartan History Podcast. This time around it's back to the story of Jason and his quest for the fleece.
I begin with a digression into the evolution of the story itself and take a look at possible eastern influences along with a quick look through it's references by pre-Apollonian authors.
Picking up the mythical thread where it was previously left, book 2 of Apollonius's Argonautica covers the Argo's voyage from the southern entry of the Bosporus channel through to the eastern edges of the Black sea.
I follow suit and describe the various stops the Argonauts make along the way and obstacles they faced in detail. We'll learn about the poor hygiene practiced by the Harpies, what made Amazons such good archers and why you should always ask somebody their name before challenging them to fight.
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013. Sons of Heracles

Welcome back to Spartan History Podcast. This is the first episode not based in the bronze/mythic age and takes a look at the Dark age era of Spartan history.
It's an intrinsic period to the city that would one day dominate Greece as it was the time that saw it's foundation. Although anachronistically mentioned by Homer in his works, archaeology has as yet not detected any Mycenaean palace in the region of Sparta. Certainly nothing fit for Menelaus and Helen.
All evidence points to the Spartan's settling on the west bank of the Eurotas river around the middle of the 10th century BCE.
The jury is still out on where they came from previously and in this episode we'll take a look at all the different possibilities, both mythic and factual to parse out what truths we can about origin of this enigmatic people.
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015. Lycurgus, the Wolf Worker

EPISODE 15, LYCURGUS, THE WOLF WORKER.
Welcome back to the Spartan History Podcast, this time we return to the Spartan narrative and sink our teeth into the most mercurial being of their legend, Lycurgus.
A liminal figure, striding over the threshold of the dark and archaic ages, the Spartans of the classical period were unsure of his status, divine or otherwise. An early Delphic oracle was even recorded expressing similar doubts as to his position between the world of man and Olympus. Regardless, the attributions assigned to his life and his policy of reform weighed heavily on Spartan law and custom for centuries.
I'll be starting with a biography of his life and take a detailed look at some of his greatest achievements as lawmaker. Then, breaking down the sources I'll look to debunk some of the more outlandish events tied to his legend and set them in their proper place chronologically.
Finishing with my own hypothesis relating to the creation of his myth and hopefully leaving a well rounded picture of his acts, deeds and their significance to classical Spartan history.
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