Eye of the Tiber: Aeneid Book VII, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 103)
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Book VII! Aeneas and co. find themselves in the second half of the game and the stakes just keep get...
Dis is where it Ends: Aeneid Book VI, Part 4 (Ad Navseam, Episode 102)
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Time to leave behind the valley of souls, make our way out of Dis place and head back to the land of...
If Dis is It, Please Let me Know: Aeneid Book VI, Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 101)
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we find Aeneas getting closer to a reunion with Dad and maybe even an exit from this...
Gouda Nuff for Now: The Cheesy Clip Show (Ad Navseam, Episode 100)
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 100! Will the guys celebrate the century mark by digging even deeper into the Classics, find...
The Palladium (Gurgle 5)
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s fun-size offering tackles the mysterious, quasi-historical object known as the Palladi...
Memorizing Latin: The Why and Some What, Part 2 (Gurgle 4)
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in for Part 2 of our Gurgle on memorizing Latin. In this brief episode we look at selections fr...
Dis is the Place: Aeneid Book VI, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 99)
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There's no going back now—in this episode we follow along as Aeneas enters the Underworld proper. ...
Use Your Allusion I: Classics in Pop Music (Ad Navseam, Episode 98)
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wait a minute…this sounds like rock and/or roll! Indeed, after some digging through attic boxes st...
Bough Wow: Vergil’s Aeneid Book VI, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 97)
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you smell that? Could it be the warm smell of colitas rising up through the air? Or did Dave over...
Royal Boxing Day: Vergil’s Aeneid Book V, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 96)
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys close out their look at Book V with continued questions about the relevance of th...
Regatta Love It: Vergil’s Aeneid Book V, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 95)
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Remember when you were a kid and eagerly waiting for that next episode of Family Ties, so you could ...
The Renaissance Idea of the Dignity of Man (Ad Navseam, Episode 94)
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave take a sustained look at an-oft discussed but ill-defined notion: what, if a...
Come on Baby Light My Pyre: Vergil’s Aeneid Book IV, Part 4 (Ad Navseam, Episode 93)
20 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we at last reach the grim, tragic climax of Book IV of the Aeneid, where the height of Did...
It’s Not You, It’s Me: Aeneid Book IV Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 92)
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re getting to the “dessert” portion of this banquet of a book; sounds great, right? Well, d...
Bride and Gloom: Aeneid Book IV, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 91)
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s getting steamy in Carthage, as Aeneas and Dido find themselves alone in a cave, separated fro...
To Live and Let Dido: Aeneid Book IV, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 90)
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Dave are back at it after a tiny hiatus and a southern-fried roadtrip. In this episode we s...
Dirges for Dead Dido: St. Augustine and Vergil (Ad Navseam, Episode 89)
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dave and Jeff take a break from Vergil (well, kinda) and fast forward a few centuries to A...
Memorizing Latin: The Why and Some What, Part 1 (Gurgle 3)
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Here's your chance, dear listener, to add some famous Latin quips and sayings to your memory storeho...
If at First You Don’t Succeed, Troy, Troy, Again: Aeneid Book III, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 88)
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode the guys make their way through the rest of Book 3 where we find more regressive pul...
Crouching Helen, Hidden Destiny: Vergil’s Aeneid Books II and III (Ad Navseam, Episode 87)
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At the urging of mom (Venus) Aeneas finally decides to bolt from Troy, but not before encountering a...
Oh for Goodness Snakes! Vergil’s Aeneid Book 2, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 86)
11 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Dave and Jeff plow deeper into Book 2 it is clearly getting worse for the Trojans. They didn’t ...
Never Look a Grift Horse in the Mouth: Vergil’s Aeneid Book II, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 85)
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After a few parting remarks and summations to Book 1, Jeff and Dave wander through the dense undergr...
Mist Opportunities: Aeneid Book I, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 84)
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Don't you just hate it when all you want is to have a nice visit with your mom, share some tea and ...
Girl Juno it’s True: Aeneid I and the Causes of Juno’s Wrath (Ad Navseam, Episode 83)
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Well we have finally arrived at the full-scale treatment of the Aeneid. In this episode we take a c...
The Alexamenos Graffito and Roman Persecution of Christians (Gurgle 2)
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this burst of classical interest, Dave and Jeff discuss the graffito discovered on the Palatine H...
A Refugee from Fate: Vergil’s Aeneid 1.1-7 (Gurgle 1)
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this surprise premier, Jeff and Dave plow new ground with a 15 minute huggable portion, a bite-si...
Whaddya Noah?: Deucalion, Pyrrha, and the Flood in Ovid’s Metamorphoses (Ad Navseam, Episode 82)
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many civilizations around the world have traditions in which the gods get upset with mankind and wat...
No Meat, Please, We’re Pythagoreans!: Pythagoras in Book 15 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses (Ad Navseam, Episode 81)
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s back to Ovid this week and you’d best hold on to your hypotenuse. Join us for a deep dive i...
What’s a Motto You, Two? University and College Mottoes (Ad Navseam, Episode 80)
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys are back with more mottos, from the muddled to the magnificent, from bland to gra...
Ides, Ides, Baby!: Caesar’s Assassination in the Roman Historians (Ad Navseam, Episode 79)
02 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Well, the Ides of March may have already come and gone, but the guys are determined to jump headlong...
Clever Jokes for Clever Folks: Robert Mac and Aristotle’s Lost Treatise on Comedy (Ad Navseam, Episode 78)
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dave and Jeff were searching in vain for Aristotle's lost treatise on comedy when they stumbled ...
Dr. Amphibolus, I Presume?: Erasmus as Translator of the Classics (Ad Navseam, Episode 77)
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're going toe-to-toe with the "Prince of the Humanists" himself, Desiderius Erasmus...
A Visit to the Roman Catacombs (Ad Navseam, Episode 76)
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys welcome back to the studio esteemed friend and mentor Dr. Ken Bratt. You may reme...
’Beware of Falling Turtles!’ and other Strange Tales: Death Stories of famous Greeks and Romans” (Ad Navseam, Episode 75)
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There seems to be a universal archetype wherein a famous person dies or utters last words befit...
Cad to the Bone: Alcibiades and Asebeia in 415 BC (Ad Navseam, Episode 74)
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the summer of 415 BC and the Athenians (in the middle of a devastating war with Sparta) are d...
But you Cotta Have Faith, Faith, Faith: Cicero’s De Natura Deorum, Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 73)
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The guys wrap up their three-part dive into De Natura Deorum, and this time it is Cotta the Academi...
Keep Your Eye on the Balbus: Cicero’s De Natura Deorum, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 72)
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Balbus the Stoic is on the hot seat as he attempts to convince this feisty gathering of i...
Stoics Finally Come to This: Cicero’s De Natura Deorum, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 71)
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this first of a three-parter, Dave and Jeff set up a deep dive into a fascinating late work of Ci...
They’ve Lost their Marbles!: Lord Elgin and the Parthenon Sculptures (Ad Navseam, Episode 70)
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The fact that many of the marbles from the Parthenon reside in the British Museum (London) has been ...
Licensed to Ille: Children’s Books in Latin (Ad Navseam, Episode 69)
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since the 1960 publication of Winnie Ille Pu (Winnie the Pooh...or is that Winnie that Well...
Married with Classicists (Ad Navseam, Episode 68)
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
By now listeners have gotten used to (and maybe even enjoyed?) the loose, devil-may-care, locker roo...
Rock Those Socks!: Stocking Stuffers for the Classically Oriented (Ad Navseam, Episode 67)
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Desperate to find the perfect gift to slip into your favorite scholar’s (budding and otherwise) st...
Growing Up Classical: A Conversation with Jillian Noe (Ad Navseam, Episode 66)
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s “Bring Your Daughter to Work Week” in the vomitorium and today Dave’s daughter Jillian ...
I Want My Mummy!: the Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great (Ad Navseam, Episode 65)
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week the guys hopscotch from Babylon, to Memphis (not TN), to Alexandria (not VA), and even to ...
How to be a Latin Guru, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 64)
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Transliminate your favorite room, grab a cronut and get ready for some top-shelf edutainment! Dave a...
How to be a Latin Guru, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 63)
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the best way to learn, retain, and teach Latin? The old school, passive “grammar and rote...
There’s No Place Like Dome: Neoclassicism and the Architecture of Washington D.C. (Ad Navseam, Episode 62)
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wonder why the American capitol is chock full of columns, pediments, and triglyphs, or why the ...
Sedimental Journeys: Two More Ovidian Vignettes (Ad Navseam, Episode 61)
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's tufa one in the Vomitorium today! Two petrifying tales from the Metamorphoses, that is. Fi...
“Just Ghosts To Show Ya” - Halloween Special (Ad Navseam, Episode 60)
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you encourage your children to stay in their beds at night by telling them that, if they get up, ...
“That’s the Power of Love: Two Ovidian Vignettes” (Ad Navseam, Episode 59)
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Dave wade into the Olympic-sized pool that is Ovid’s masterpiece, the Metamorphoses. Afte...
The Jung and the Restless: Joseph Campbell and the Hero’s Journey (Ad Navseam, Episode 58)
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today the guys tackle the life and work of public intellectual Joseph Campbell, best known for his t...
The Abiding Value of the Liberal Arts - A Conversation with Heather Mac Donald (Ad Navseam, Episode 57)
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dave and Jeff sit down with intellectual powerhouse and controversialist Heather Mac Donal...
Pay no Attention to the Girl behind the Curtain - The Delphic Oracle (Ad Navseam, Episode 56)
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week join Jeff, Dave, and Toto on a climb up the fragrant slopes of Mount Parnassus to consult ...
Whatsa Motto with You?! - Latin Mottoes of the US States (Ad Navseam, Episode 55)
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ever run into the phrase Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur (“Whatever is said in Latin seem...
“Up and Atoms!”: Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, Part IV (Ad Navseam, Episode 54)
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave wrap their look at Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, doing their best to break d...
Shebang, the Whole: Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 53)
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dave and Jeff make their way through the heart of the matter with a close look at Books 2-...
The Heart of Hidden Things: Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 52)
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our dive into Lucretius continues this week and after a quick review of Epicureanism we get to the p...
The Whole Enchilada: Epicureanism and Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura (Ad Navseam, Episode 51)
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave may have bitten off more than they can chew as the subject of the day is, we...
“Brekekekex! Koax! Koax!”: Ancient Greek Comedy and Aristophanes’ Frogs (Ad Navseam, Episode 50)
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What better way to ring in our 50th than with the ribald, ridiculous, and righteous ruckus that is A...
What’s the Best Latin Textbook? - A Discussion with Hillsdale’s Dr. Patrick M. Owens, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 49)
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week the throw-down continues as Dave, Jeff, and Dr. Patrick M. Owens dig into a pile of Latin ...
What's the Best Latin Textbook? - A Discussion with Hillsdale's Dr. Patrick M. Owens, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 48)
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dave and Jeff sit down for Part I of a wide-ranging discussion with good friend and Latin ...
How Many Ships Can Your Face Launch?: Gorgias' "Encomium of Helen" and the Delayed Punchline" (Ad Navseam, Episode 47)
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Dave bring the first show from Vomitorium West, where they take a close look at the sophist...
“From there we travelled to Philippi”—Talking Archaeology with Dr. Ken Bratt (Ad Navseam, Episode 46)
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Vomitorium is graced with the presence of Dave and Jeff’s friend, former colleague, ...
A Conversation with Ross King (Ad Navseam, Episode 45)
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dave and Jeff sit down with New York Times Bestselling author Ross King whose works such a...
Fathers' Foundings: Classics and the American Revolution (Ad Navseam, Episode 44)
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Oh say can you see where this one is going? Many people have heard about the influence of the Roman ...
Ten Things We Hated about Grad School (Ad Navseam, Episode 43)
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dear Starry-Eyed Undergrads, you know that dream of your future grad school you have where you’re ...
Paul, Barnabas, Baucis, and Philemon in Lystra — Acts 14 and Ovid (Ad Navseam, Episode 42)
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dave and Jeff take a close look at a well-known passage from ch. 14 of the Lukan history o...
"We Bulled This City”—the Mysteries of Mithras (Ad Navseam, Episode 41)
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave do some spelunking to try figure out what the strange mystery rites of ...
How to Tell a Joke—a conversation with Michael Fontaine (Ad Navseam Episode 40)
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a lively discussion with Dr. Michael Fontaine (Classics, Cornell University) as we talk ...
U Can’t Dutch This - Daniel Heinsius and the Dutch Renaissance (Ad Navseam Episode 39)
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave take a trip to the Dutch Renaissance with a look at prolific Latin poet, th...
A Literary Archaeology—Sallust and the Invention of the Monograph (Ad Navseam Episode 38)
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today Jeff and Dave dive into the oeuvre of Roman historian Gaius Sallustius Crispus (known as “S...
Olive's Well that Ends Well: Homer's Odyssey, part 11 (Books 23-24), Ad Navseam Episode 37
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After the smoke clears from some much needed post-slaughter fumigation, Dave and Jeff finally lumber...
Come for the Wine, Stay for the Retributive Justice—Homer’s Odyssey, Part 10 (bks 20-22); Episode 36
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dave comes into the Vomitorium in a bit of a gloomy mood, and what’s on tap in these books does no...
Antipasto! Top 9 Reasons to Study Greek and Latin - Episode 35
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What happened to Episode 35 and Dr. Michael Fontaine? Well, our hosts had some tech diffs. That plan...
“Take a Gander at this Dream I Had…” Homer’s Odyssey, Part 9 (Books 18-19) - Episode 34
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When does Penelope know who the stranger really is? This question is at the center of today’s ep...
Ad Navseam Episode 33: “Reunited and it Feels so Good”--Homer’s Odyssey, Part 9 (Books 15-17)
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ecce! Here it is, the tearjerking, heartbreaking, bird-shrieking, deeply satisfying reunion between ...
Ad Navseam Episode 32: Swined and Dined—Homer’s Odyssey, part 8 (Books 12-14)
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Odysseus wraps up his epic yarn for the Phaeacians by threading the needle between the “...
Ad Navseam Episode 31: Mortal Republic, How Rome Fell into Tyranny - a Conversation with Dr. Ed Watts of UC San Diego
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we welcome Dr. Ed Watts into the vomitorium. A highly respected historian of Rome fr...
Ad Navseam Episode 30: More Pain in the Nekuia—Odysseus in the Underworld, Part 2 (Homer’s Odyssey, part 7)
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dave and Jeff katabisate back into Hades where we watch a parade of mythic women, but no marching ba...
Ad Navseam Episode 29: A Pain in the Nekuia—Odysseus in the Underworld, Part 1 (Book 11)
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Come along as we follow Odysseus on his ultimate journey—a trip to the LAND OF THE DEAD (cue scre...
Ad Navseam Episode 28: The Well-Trained Mind: A Conversation with Susan Wise Bauer
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave welcome author, teacher, musician, farm guru, and mini-Aristotle Susan Wise ...
Ad Navseam Episode 27: “HOLY MOLY!” — Homer’s Odyssey, part 5 (Book 10)
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After giving the Cyclops everything short of his credit card information, Odysseus and the boys are ...
Ad Navseam Episode 26: “It’s all Fun and Games Till Someone Pokes an Eye Out” - Homer’s Odyssey, Part 4 (Book 9)
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dave and Jeff find themselves trapped with Odysseus and his men in the cave of the dreaded...
Ad Navseam Episode 25: Schmidt-en with the Classics
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome our first in-studio guest (and it’s a big one)—Newberry Award winning young...
Ad Navseam Episode 24: "A Toast to the Host who can Boast the Most Roast” — Homer’s Odyssey, Part 3 (Books 5-8)
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode Zeus sends Hermes to demand that the fair-tressed Calypso release weeping Ody...
Ad Navseam Episode 23: Down on the Pharmaka—Homer’s Odyssey, Part 2
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dave and Jeff clamber aboard a trireme and follow Telemachus as he leaves Ithaca (for the ...
Ad Navseam Episode 22: When will Dad be Home? - Homer's Odyssey, Part 1
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this first of countless (?) episodes on the Odyssey, Jeff and Dave wash ashore on the opening bo...
Ad Navseam Episode 21: Cowboy Up, Verg! Eclogue One and the Origins of Augustan Literature
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dave and Jeff gambol off near sylvan fields to tackle the earliest example of Vergil’s p...
Ad Navseam Episode 20: A Lion at the Gates - The Battle of Thermopylae, Part 2
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Late August, 480 BC. The tension in the pass finally gives way to violence and for the first two day...
Ad Navseam Episode 19: A Lion at the Gates - The Battle of Thermopylae, Part 1
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is this Shhhparta? In this episode Jeff and Dave (with help from Peter Green) make their way towar...
Ad Navseam Episode 18: Cranks for the Memories – William Perkins, Alexander Dicson, and the Ars Memoriae
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Don’t forget to join us this week as we ask the question, “What’s the best way to develop a su...
Ad Navseam Episode 17: “Honey, I’m Home!”—Alcestis, Part 2
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dave and Jeff wrap up their journey through Euripides’ Alcestis and the second half ha...
Ad Navseam Episode 16: “Euripides? Eubuyides!”—Alcestis, Part 1
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dave and Jeff wade into the deep waters of Greek Tragedy for the first time with a two-par...
Ad Navseam Episode 15: I Can't Spare a Square! - Horror Vacui and the Dipylon Vase
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Filling every nook and cranny, Jeff and Dave this week focus on their fears, and the 8th century B.C...
Ad Navseam Episode 14: Cicero Falls at Formiae - A Date which will Live in Infamy
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dave and Jeff take a sober look at the political assassination of Marcus Tullius Cicero, D...
Ad Navseam Episode 13: Buried in Books - Cicero and Cato in a Tusculan Villa
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jeff and Dave tag along with Cicero to sunny Tuscany where they find Cato Uticensis kne...
Ad Navseam Episode 12: Theogony and the Ecstasy - The Archaic Greek Poet Hesiod, Part 2
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dave and Jeff access a Pylon and head back to the beginning—Hesiod’s Theogony (c. 700...
Ad Navseam Episode 11: Workin' for a Livin' - The Archaic Greek Poet Hesiod, Part 1
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Dave get into the dirt with the archaic Greek poet Hesiod (c. 700 B.C.) and his seminal poe...
Ad Navseam Episode 10: Necropolis Now! The Martyrdom and Tomb of St. Peter
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Dave lead you on a tour down into the Scavi below St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, Rom...
Ad Navseam Episode 9: A Fisherman, a Farmer, and a Shepherd Walk into a Painting… - Ovid and Brueghel’s Fall of Icarus
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dave and Jeff serve up some Northern Renaissance art with a close look at Flemish painter Pieter Bru...