Redating Matthew, Mark and Luke: A Fresh Assault on the Synoptic Problem, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 202)
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave continue their discussion of John Wenham's arguments against the hypothesis ...
Your Native Tongue Holds a Special Place in Your Brain (Gurgle, Episode 6)
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen up, polyglots and hyperpolyglots: this one is for you. And for the rest of us, ever wonder wh...
Redating Matthew, Mark and Luke: A Fresh Assault on the Synoptic Problem, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 201)
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys dive into John Wenham’s intriguing 1992 book Redating Matthew, Mark and Luke: ...
Gag Reflex: Our Second, More Abysmaler, Clip Show (Ad Navseam, Episode 200)
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Has it finally come to this? Again? Can't you guys come up with any new material? Well, no. Everybod...
Eye Can't Get No Satisfaction: Polyphemus and Galatea in Theocritus' Idyll XI (Ad Navseam, Episode 199)
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Whiter than cottage cheese", "bright as an unripe grape"? This is some world class woo-pitching, an...
The Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part IX (Ad Navseam, Episode 198)
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys wrap up their look at Richard's trenchant book with his final chapter on the clas...
Did St. Paul Speak Latin? and, The Forms You Really Need to Know: Souter and Mahoney (Ad Navseam, Episode 197)
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dave and Jeff this week tackle two fascinating articles in a portmanteau of Classical learning (Saho...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part XVII (Ad Navseam, Episode 196)
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All you Marrou fans out there may have been wondering, "Where did that fabulous Frenchmen go"? After...
Ma, ma, ma, my, Pomona! (Et Alii) in Two More Ovidian Vignettes (Ad Navseam, Episode 195)
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The guys are back to Ovid this week for another pair of vignettes. First up it’s the tragic, would...
The Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part VIII (Ad Navseam, Episode 194)
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What hath Athens to do with Jerusalem, Corinth with Philadelphia, or Ephesus with Ft. Lauderdale? Pe...
Mythbusting Asbestos We Can: Fire at the Library of Alexandria? (Ad Navseam, Episode 193)
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Check this one out! This episode is long overdue! All will be fine(s). Don't get all Dewey-eyed (and...
Brother, Can You Spare a Daimon? Plato’s Apology, Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 192)
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Dave wrap up the third installment in their brief series on Plato's Apology. So ...
A Daimon in the Rough: Plato’s Apology, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 191)
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sorry (not sorry), it’s back to Plato’s Apology this week for round two. This time the guys tac...
Daimons are Forever: Plato’s Apology, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 190)
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At long last, Jeff and Dave get around to talking about the great granddaddy of all Western philosop...
How the Greeks Built Cities, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 189)
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys finish up their look at Wycherley’s How the Greeks Built Cities. We pick up th...
How the Greeks Built Cities, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 188)
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Dave are back at the classical goodness this week, with a two-parter from R.E. Wycherly's s...
What's the Best Textbook for Learning Ancient Greek? - Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 187)
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave are wrapping up the Attic portion of their whirlwind tour through beginning ...
The Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part VII (Ad Navseam, Episode 186)
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This one is a Thoreau-back! After a brief hiatus the boys are back in town following sojourns in Gre...
What's the Best Textbook for Learning Ancient Greek? - Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 185)
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The guys are back at it this week, with round two of the deep dive into textbooks for Attic Greek. A...
What's the Best Textbook for Learning Ancient Greek? - Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 184)
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Attic? Koine? Both? Groten and Finn? Anne Groton's Alpha to Omega? Donald Mastronarde? Hansen and Qu...
The Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part VI (Ad Navseam, Episode 183)
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we head back to Carl Richard's masterpiece from 2009, and the guys are taking a careful lo...
Does the New Testament Imitate Homer? Four Cases from the Acts of the Apostles, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 182)
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So, is there a Homeric influence on the New Testament? Or, more specifically (per MacDonald), did Lu...
Does the New Testament Imitate Homer? Four Cases from the Acts of the Apostles Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 181)
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2003, Dennis R. MacDonald published an important monograph with Yale University Press entitled: D...
Ave atque Vale: Catullus' Goodbye to his Brother, Poem 101 (Ad Navseam, Episode 180)
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Neoteric poetry is on the menu this week, as the guys take a close look at what Dave considers the m...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part XVI (Ad Navseam, Episode 179)
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to blind you with some science! Jeff and Dave follow Marrou's masterful tome (Part II, Cha...
Writing Imperial History: Tacitus from Agricola to Annales with Bram ten Berge (Ad Navseam, Episode 178)
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The guys are excited this week to welcome into the studio (via Zoom) their colleague from Hope Colle...
"Women of Trachis": Sophocles' Forgotten Play, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 177)
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Dave wrap up their look at Sophocles' Trachiniae this week, guided along by the inisghts of...
"Women of Trachis": Sophocles' Forgotten Play, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 176)
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys begin their look at Sophocles' "Women of Trachis", the one play among the surviv...
The Milkman Goeth: Lactantius, Christian Cicero Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 175)
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave are back in the studio to discuss the leading light of early fourth-century ...
The Milkman Cometh: Lactantius, Christian Cicero Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 174)
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys teeter on the edge of Late Antiquity, caught in that liminal space between pagan ...
The Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part V (Ad Navseam, Episode 173)
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave leave aside that French guy (H.I. Marsomething) and go back to their OTHER b...
Tomb it May Concern: Manolis Andronikos and Philip II at Vergina (Ad Navseam, Episode 172)
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On November 8th, 1977 archaeologist Manolis Andronikos made public one of the greatest finds of all ...
The Hunger Games' Swansong: Erisychthon and Cycnus in Two More Ovidian Vignettes (Ad Navseam, Episode 171)
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dave and Jeff are back to Ovid for a couple more vignettes! The guys start with the bizar...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part XV (Ad Navseam, Episode 170)
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave are back to H. I. Marrou and all things ancient education. At first, Jeff ha...
The New Old Way of Learning Languages: James Hamilton and his Interlinears (Ad Navseam, Episode 169)
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave pick up an article (linked below) from Ernest Blum in the American Scholar (...
Having Second Thoughts: Secondary Literature in the Study of the Classics, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 168)
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this second installment in a 2-part series, Dave and Jeff tackle some additional works that you a...
Seconds Count: Secondary Literature in the Study of the Classics, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 167)
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a short hiatus the guys are back, dipping into their personal libraries to present some of the...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part XIV (Ad Navseam, Episode 166)
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Down in the Vomitorium it’s back to Marrou and his section on Primary School and Education in anti...
Libris Helluari, Buried in Books Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 165)
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys resume a conversation begun in Episode 13! What's it like to be a book club of on...
The Bear Switch Project: Two More Ovidian Vignettes (Ad Navseam, Episode 164)
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s back to Ovid this week in the bunker for two more ingenious tales of transformation. We start...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part XIII (Ad Navseam, Episode 163)
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave resume their longstanding friendship with Henri-Irénée Marrou, "French his...
The Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part IV (Ad Navseam, Episode 162)
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week it’s back to Richards’ fascinating book, and finishing up our look at how the Classics...
Let's Get this Potty Started: A Conversation on Aristophanes with Translator Diane Arnson Svarlien (Ad Navseam, Episode 161)
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Dave welcome into the studio seasoned translator Diane Arnson Svarlien, to talk ...
The Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 160)
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave are back to antebellum America with a long and luxurious look at Chapter 2 f...
Civil Serpents: The Myths of Asclepius and the Healing Sanctuary at Epidauros (Ad Navseam, Episode 159)
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys take ya'll on a virtual tour of the ancient cult site Epidauros. As part of Jeff'...
Becoming Nobody: A Conversation with Homeric Bluesman Joe Goodkin (Ad Navseam, Episode 158)
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys interview (via Zoom from Chicago) wandering troubadour Joe Goodkin, a singer/son...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part XII (Ad Navseam, Episode 157)
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Dave are at it again, with a veritable pent, hept, dec -athlon of "Physical Education" bits...
Barbarisms at the Gates: Some Perils in Active Latin Pedagogy, with Patrick Owens (Ad Navseam, Episode 156)
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week sees the return of active Latin guru Patrick Owens, live via Zoom to discuss his 2016 arti...
The Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 155)
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave continue their look at Carl Richard's 2009 masterpiece on Classics in Americ...
The Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 154)
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we salute American independence with a dive into Carl Richards’ fascinating tome The Go...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part XI (Ad Navseam, Episode 153)
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys wrap up the second portion of Marrou's chapter on the ancient ephebia, that syste...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part X (Ad Navseam, Episode 152)
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys are back into Marrou and off into the history of education during the Hellenistic...
Hiss and Tell!: Lucian of Samosata's Alexander the False Prophet, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 151)
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dave and Jeff are off to Abonoteichus this week to wrap up Lucian of Samosata's crazy account of Ale...
Hissterical!: Lucian of Samosata's Alexander the False Prophet, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 150)
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave take a break from the Marrou series to talk about 2nd century A.D. satiri...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part IX (Ad Navseam, Episode 149)
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave continue on with Marrou's clues, finishing up the last portion of Chapter VI...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part VIII (Ad Navseam, Episode 148)
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Isocrates, Yousocrates, Hesocrates? This week Jeff and Dave are back at it with the work of H. I. Ma...
We Know What you Did Last, Summers: A Conversation with Kirk Summers about Theodore Beza as Poet (Ad Navseam, Episode 147)
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave welcome into the studio Classicist extraordinaire and all around good guy Dr...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part VII (Ad Navseam, Episode 146)
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Herein Dave and Jeff resume their tour through Henri-Irénée Marrou's ground-breaking volume on anc...
Make it Come Alive: A Conversation with Veteran Translator Stanley Lombardo (Ad Navseam, Episode 145)
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week tune in as the guys interview one of the greatest and most prolific translators of this an...
Oh boy oh boy: A Conversation with Gary "Hercules" Schmidt (Ad Navseam, Episode 144)
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys welcome back good friend, former colleague, and two-time Newberry Medal honoree, ...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part VI (Ad Navseam, Episode 143)
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Dave resume their woolly perambulations through the wonders of Henri-Irénée Ma...
Anna Maria van Schurman and Women's Education, with Anne Larsen and Steve Maiullo of Hope College (Ad Navseam, Episode 142)
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys are joined in the Bunker (via Zoom) by scholars Anne Larsen (emerita, French, Hop...
Gullible's Travels? An Introduction to Herodotus with Dr. Ken Bratt (Ad Navseam, Episode 141)
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dave and Jeff welcome back into the studio (this guy's becoming a regular!) our longtime f...
In the Beginning was Sermo: Reopening the Conversation on John 1:1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 140)
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the beginning was the…conversation? In this episode Jeff and Dave tackle a fascinating 1977 art...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part V (Ad Navseam, Episode 139)
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Dave continue on their stroll through the wonders of Marrou's volume on ancient ...
The Roman Mysteries: A Conversation with Bestselling Children’s Author Caroline Lawrence (Ad Navseam, Episode 138)
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys have the honor of interviewing kids/young adult author Caroline Lawrence (The Ro...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part IV (Ad Navseam, Episode 137)
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys tackle Chapter IV of H.I. Marrou's monumental work, entitled "The 'Old' Athenian ...
Legend-tripping at Bunnyman Bridge: American Urban Legends and Classical Mythological Tropes (Ad Navseam, Episode 136)
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys tackle the subject of American Urban Legends with an eye to what classical cultur...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 135)
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part 3 of the guys’ walk-through of Marrou’s seminal book on education in antiqu...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 134)
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The guys are back for Round 2 in our look at the history of education in antiquity through the lens ...
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 133)
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this week as Dave and Jeff launch le paquebot onto the deep waters of pedagogical history, n...
Io Wanna be a Cowboy: Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 132)
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave wrap up their 3-parter on Aeschylus' famous play. When Io mooves onto the sc...
Hey, I’ma be Liver Now: Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 131)
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for round two of Aeschylus' tragedy Prometheus Bound, and Dave and Jeff are back at it w...
We Didn’t Steal the Fire: Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 130)
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave - with the help of Prof. Deborah Roberts (Emerita, Haverford College) - begi...
Giving Goliath his Due: Mycenaeans and Philistines, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 129)
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for Jeff and Dave to finish off their brief foray into all things Philistine and Mycenaean...
Giving Goliath his Due: Mycenaeans and Philistines, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 128)
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Does the name Neal Bierling mean anything to you, dear listener? No? Well it will after this episode...
Do the Rite Thing: The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 127)
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave wrap up their two-part series on the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Here we learn ...
No Pain, No Grain: The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 126)
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a welcome hiatus for all of us (especially you, listener), Jeff and Dave are back in the stud...
Whoa, Milo, Come on, Come On, Let’s Go: The Greatest Ancient Athlete (Ad Navseam, Episode 125)
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave talk about Milo of Croton, by all accounts the most accomplished athlete of ...
Use Your Allusion II: Classics in Pop Music (Ad Navseam, Episode 124)
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wait a minute…this STILL sounds like rock and/or roll, or at least the synthy stuff wants to. Join...
Gildy as Charged: Arachne and Midas in two More Ovidian Vignettes (Ad Navseam, Episode 123)
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week it’s back to the bottomless well of Ovidian goodness with a walk through a couple more v...
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: A Conversation with Margolit Fox (Ad Navseam, Episode 122)
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we sit down for a fascinating, lively discussion with author Margalit Fox about her 2013 b...
Loading the Canons: The Art of Classical Rhetoric (Ad Navseam, Episode 121)
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave take a look at the 5 canons of classical rhetoric, and how it is that great ...
Here Comes the Rage Again: Aeneid XII, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 120)
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Well ladies and gentlemen, this podcast within a podcast has finally come to an end: Jeff and Dave, ...
Duel Unto Others: Aeneid XII, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 119)
06 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Dave get back to the Aeneid after a brief, Tarzanian hiatus. As the epic nears i...
Tarzan and Tradition: Classical Myth in Popular Literature II (Ad Navseam, Episode 118)
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave wander back into the lush, crowded undergrowth of Edgar Rice Burroughs' pros...
Tarzan and Tradition: Classical Myth in Popular Literature I (Ad Navseam, Episode 117)
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The guys are back, and this time they are taking a break from the Aeneid series to focus on the appe...
A Thrilla with Camilla: Aeneid XI, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 116)
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jeff and Dave finish off their tour through and analysis of the penultimate book of...
With Pallas toward None: Aeneid XI, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 115)
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Remember way back when the Trojans were “eating their tables”? Well, in Book 11 their tables see...
Male Pattern Baldric: Aeneid X, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 114)
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week there’s more gore in store for shor as Aeneas gets his rage on and goes full Achilles. ...
All’s Hair in Love and War! Aeneid X, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 113)
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave are back at the Aeneid, wading into some deep waters murky and redolent with...
Translating Samuel Rutherford’s Examen Arminianismi (Ad Navseam, Episode 112)
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The guys take a brief break from Vergil this week to talk about some of Dave's recent translation wo...
Turnus Loose: War in Aeneid IX, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 111)
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in this week as the guys wrap up Aeneid 9 and take a look at the fallout and aftermath of Nisus...
A Night to Dismember: The Tragedy of Nisus and Euryalus in Aeneid IX, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 110)
28 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Who drives us to outrageous action? Is it some god, or does each man make of his own desire a god, ...
Signed, Shield, Delivered: Aeneas becomes Achilles in Aeneid Book VIII, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 109)
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys wrap up Book VIII of Vergil's epic by discussing Aeneas' amazing shield. Wrought ...
Et in Arcadia Ego? Evander and Cacus in Vergil’s Aeneid Book VIII, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 108)
07 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave launch into the fascinating, often misunderstood world of Rome way, way back...
The Census of Quirinius in the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 107)
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Christmas-themed episode Jeff and Dave take a break from the Aeneid to look at Luke's Gospel...
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Faces: Janus and Camilla in Aeneid Book VII, Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 106)
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The guys wrap up their look at Book 7 this week but not before transgressing a few more liminal spac...
The Fury’s Still Out on this One: Allecto in Aeneid Book VII, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 105)
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys move (nearer) to the end of Book VII and examine the role of that frightful, hair...
William Morrell and Epic Poetry in Colonial New England (Ad Navseam, Episode 104)
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For a special Thanksgiving episode, this week the guys take a look at the "earliest surviving work o...