Your Greek Word On A Sunday
Episodes
Myrrh
14 Dec 2025
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Magi
07 Dec 2025
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Kudos
30 Nov 2025
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Elephant
23 Nov 2025
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Gigantic
16 Nov 2025
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Patriots
09 Nov 2025
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Mint
02 Nov 2025
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Chthonic
26 Oct 2025
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Before we begin , a big thank you to everyone who left a review and rated our podcast recently our audience in growing fast and your words matter! If ...
Phantasmagoria
19 Oct 2025
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Metropolis
12 Oct 2025
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October
05 Oct 2025
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Hello everybody and welcome to season 9! I hope you had a great summer and you’re ready to start another year with me! I’ve decided to make a smal...
Episode 306 (summer edition) : Peloponnesus
24 Aug 2025
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Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word on a Sunday summer edition. I just returned from my Greek holidays and the place I’ve been has a great myth b...
Episode 305:Pirate
27 Jul 2025
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Hello and welcome to the last episode for this season. Thank you for staying with me for another year, downloading and sharing the podcast! Our audien...
Episode 304: Stadium
20 Jul 2025
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Episode 303: Cyan
13 Jul 2025
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Episode 302: And the winner is...
06 Jul 2025
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Hello and happy July everyone! The results of the prize draw are in and our winner is...Melanie Bittner from Germany! Congratulations Melanie, you wil...
Episode 301: Stigma
29 Jun 2025
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Episode 300: Crystal
22 Jun 2025
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Hello and welcome to our 300th episode! I know, right? I never thought I'd make it this far and it's all thanks to you! Have you entered the...
Episode 299: Telegraph
15 Jun 2025
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Hi everyone! We are one episode away from our 300th one and I'm going to celebrate by giving to one of you out there, a little gift with your fav...
Episode 298: Talisman
08 Jun 2025
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Before we begin, a shout out to fellow Thespian Constanza Ruff who suggested the word to me. If you'd like to send me ideas, comments or question...
Episode 297: Idol
01 Jun 2025
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Episode 296: Polytheism
25 May 2025
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Episode 295: Tyrant
18 May 2025
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Episode 294: Mesopotamia
11 May 2025
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Episode 293: Moustache
04 May 2025
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Episode 292: Sceptre
27 Apr 2025
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Episode 291: Catholic
20 Apr 2025
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Episode 290:Hilarious
13 Apr 2025
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Let me tell you what happens when you're your own producer, editor and, host. You spend a few hours of research and writing your episode then, yo...
Episode 289: Idiot
06 Apr 2025
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Episode 288: Matriarchy
30 Mar 2025
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Ep.287: Triptych
23 Mar 2025
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Episode 286: Diapers
16 Mar 2025
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Episode 285: Cataclysm
09 Mar 2025
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Before we begin, if you haven't listened to last week's news, we have become an affiliate to Audible. If you like listening to podcasts and ...
Episode 284: Acoustics
02 Mar 2025
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Happy March, everyone!At the beginning of the year, I promised to keep this podcast Ad free and find another way to make it a profitable endeavour and...
Episode 283: Psychedelic
27 Feb 2025
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Episode 282: Geography
16 Feb 2025
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Episode 281: Orthodox
09 Feb 2025
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Episode 280: Diploma & Diplomat
02 Feb 2025
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Episode 279: Carat
26 Jan 2025
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Episode 278: Stoicism
19 Jan 2025
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Episode 277: Metamorphosis
12 Jan 2025
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Episode 276: Epic
05 Jan 2025
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2024 Thank you!
29 Dec 2024
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Hello everyone!As the end of 2024 approaches, I'd like to take a minute to thank each and every one of you for the love and support you've s...
Episode 275: Cinnamon
22 Dec 2024
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Episode 274: Card
15 Dec 2024
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Episode 273: Telephone
08 Dec 2024
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Episode 272: Etymology
01 Dec 2024
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Episode 271: Tripod
24 Nov 2024
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Before we begin, I have an announcement; From December 1st our account on X will no longer exist. Instead we're moving into Blue Sky and I'l...
Episode 270: Palaeolithic & Neolithic
17 Nov 2024
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Episode 269: Meme
10 Nov 2024
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Episode 268: Morphine
03 Nov 2024
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Episode 267: Cemetery
27 Oct 2024
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Before we begin I have a small update for you, we did not win last week's Independent podcast awards but we're very happy we were nominate...
Episode 266: Didactic
20 Oct 2024
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Episode 265: Philosophy
13 Oct 2024
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Episode 264: Mentor
06 Oct 2024
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Before we begin, I'd like to remind you that you can always email me with comments, questions or anything you want to say about what you hear in ...
Bonus Episode-IPA Nomination!
29 Sep 2024
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Hello and Happy Autumn, everyone or Happy Fall if you're on the other side of the pond. Our new season will start in October but until then, I ha...
Episode 263: Myth
28 Jul 2024
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Have you noticed how this year, the first word of every month has been a myth or myth related? Whether you have or not, thank you for listening and st...
Episode 262: Crocodile
21 Jul 2024
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(Intro & piano music)Sometimes, Greeks seem to have many words for the same thing but to their defence, they had many years of thinking, inventing...
Episode 261: Chalk
14 Jul 2024
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(Intro & piano music)Most English words have arrived here either via Latin or Germanic ones. And because it was easier geographically, the ones th...
Episode 260: Acrobat
07 Jul 2024
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(Intro & piano music) This word came to English in 1845 from the French that gave it the specific meaning we use today but: Ακρη (akri) in ...
Episode 259: Ecstasy
30 Jun 2024
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Before we begin, I have a little announcement ,the podcast has finally made it to Instagram. It has now its own separate account than my acting one an...
Episode 258: Panorama
23 Jun 2024
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(Intro & piano music)Until I started this podcast, I didn't realise how many English speaking people named things by combining Greek words; e...
Episode 257: Clerk
16 Jun 2024
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(Intro and piano music)This is an English word based on an ancient Greek one that quickly changed meanings, started going on circles creating more wor...
Episode 256: Platypus
09 Jun 2024
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(Intro & Piano music)The internet reads for this creature; a duck billed, beaver tailed, otter footed, egg laying, aquatic creature native to Aust...
Episode 255: Mania
02 Jun 2024
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(Intro & piano music)From Greek Mythology to Euripides's Greek Drama 'The Bacchae' to Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Neil Gaiman&apos...
Episode 254: Energy
26 May 2024
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(Intro & piano music)Εν (en) in Greek is a preposition meaning 'with' 'within' . Εργο (ergo) means 'action'. T...
Episode: 253: Analogy
19 May 2024
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(Intro & piano music)Greek Mathematicians were the first to use this word until Plato came along and used it to describe different realities and b...
Episode 252: Heresy
12 May 2024
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(Intro & piano music)Plato wrote 'Our salvation depends on the correct choice between pleasure and sadness, that is the choice between more, ...
Episode 251: Charisma
05 May 2024
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(Intro & piano music)In ancient Greek mythology there are three women (sometimes more) , daughters of Zeus (sometimes of the Sun or of Dionysus) t...
Episode 250: Idiosyncrasy
28 Apr 2024
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(Intro & piano music)I have a three combo word for you today, yup, that's as Greek as it gets! And it seems to have been distorted a little i...
Episode 249: Stereotype
21 Apr 2024
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(intro & piano music)Τύπτω (tipto) in ancient Greek means 'I strike', 'hit' or 'dent' something. In Latin it wa...
Episode 248: Pseudonym
14 Apr 2024
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(Intro & piano music)My first job, shortly after I arrived in England, was a stage adaptation of 'Middlemarch', an epic story by George ...
Episode 247: Labyrinth
07 Apr 2024
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(Intro & piano music)The history of this word goes back to those considered to be the first European civilisation. There is truth and there is myt...
Episode 246: Symmetry
31 Mar 2024
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(Intro & piano music)In 3rd century BC there was a biographer of philosophers and author of the history of philosophy, Διογένης Λαέρτ...
Episode 245:Tactic
24 Mar 2024
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(Intro & piano music)Τάσσω (tasso) in an Ancient Greek verb and it means 'I put things in order' . Something that was studied in An...
Episode 244: Cream
17 Mar 2024
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(Intro & piano music)This sweet word is a combination of Ancient Greek and late Latin. It came into English in the 14th century from the French (o...
Episode 243: Autocracy
10 Mar 2024
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(Intro & piano music)Today's word has a small journey as it's very straight forward. It has also been reduced to a single meaning in Gre...
Episode 242:Meander
03 Mar 2024
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(Intro & piano music) There are two versions of this myth and I chose the one places ancient Turkey and Ancient Greece geologically closer than t...
Episode 241: Hectic
25 Feb 2024
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(Intro & piano music)This word came to us from medicine and the metaphorical meaning is what we use today. Χεκτικός (Hektikos), in ancient...
Episode 240: Sardonic
18 Feb 2024
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(Intro & piano music)Oenanthe Crocata, is a flower with a very sweet taste that grows near lakes in Sardinia. It's also known as 'Sardon...
Episode 239: Date
11 Feb 2024
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(Intro & piano music)Today's word is so much older than the Valentine celebration and I have to admit I thought it would make a good joke. ...
Episode 238: Fame
04 Feb 2024
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(Intro & piano music)Φήμη (feme) was one of Gaia's daughters and sister to Hope, among others. She was responsible for spreading the news...
Episode 237: Policy
28 Jan 2024
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Intro & soft piano musicΠόλις (polis) in both ancient and modern Greek means the 'City' . This is a root word for many more that we...
Episode 236: Synthesis
21 Jan 2024
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Intro & soft piano musicΣυν (syn) is a preposition meaning 'and', 'together'. Θέση (thesi) means 'position' C...
Episode 235: Center
14 Jan 2024
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Intro & soft piano musicΚεντρί (kendri) in both ancient and modern Greek means the 'Sting' . Because the point of a compass was as...
Episode 234: Night
07 Jan 2024
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(Intro & soft piano music)Happy New Year everyone! May you be happy, prosper and shine in whatever you decide to do this year!We begin 2024 with a...
Episode 233: Pause
24 Dec 2023
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(Intro & piano music)Merry Christmas to those celebrating and , have a well deserved rest those of you who don't! Today's word is the la...
Episode 232: Orchestra
17 Dec 2023
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(Intro & piano music)The Ancient Greek Theatre has many parts and each of them has their specific function within Greek Drama. I won't talk a...
Episode 231: Catechism
10 Dec 2023
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(Intro & piano music)In every language, I suspect, there are words that have lost their original meaning because they've become closely assoc...
Episode 230: Symbol
03 Dec 2023
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(intro & piano music)There are some words whose history of meaning surprises me because it's not based on reason or practicality but, sentime...
Episode 229: Emphasis
26 Nov 2023
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(Intro & piano music)I love it when I get the chance to prove how tricky Greek language can be. Only because it's a challenge to describe. A...
Episode 228: Irony
19 Nov 2023
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(Intro & piano music)The origins of all three meanings of this word, can be found in Aristotle, Plato and Socrates. But an Ancient Greek comedy ch...
Episode 227: Dialect
12 Nov 2023
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(Intro & piano music)Δια (dia) means 'between', 'across' and it's also the name of the mathematical symbol for divisio...
Episode 226: Metaphor
05 Nov 2023
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(Intro & piano music)We're doing all things language this November!Φέρω (fero) is an ancient Greek verb meaning 'to carry', &ap...
Episode 225: Tomb
29 Oct 2023
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(Intro & piano music)Happy Halloween everyone! This word has an interesting history and several origin theories. The Ancient Greek word Τύμβο...
Episode 224: Phantom
22 Oct 2023
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(Intro & piano music)Approaching Halloween so, let the spooky words in! Φαίνειν is an ancient Greek infinitive and it means 'to appea...
Episode 223: Hypothesis
15 Oct 2023
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(Intro & piano music)There are some Greek words that the original meaning has been almost lost except for the occasional one that is used for this...
Episode 222: Encyclopaedia
08 Oct 2023
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(Intro & piano music)If you see and Ancient Greek text, you'll understand it's difficult to know when a word ends and another begins. To...
Episode 221: Base
01 Oct 2023
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Hello and welcome to our seventh season! Can you believe it?! Seventh! Well, it's thanks to you we're still here. Subscribing, downloading a...
Episode 220: Ocean
02 Jul 2023
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This is the last episode for this season and I'd like to thank you for staying with us for another year! If you have questions, ideas or comments...