Episodes
Friday Mar 20, 2020
Thucydiocy Episode 5: Hope is Expensive
Friday Mar 20, 2020
Friday Mar 20, 2020
"Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared." A topical quote for a time of global pandemic - and at least half of it is genuine Thucydides. The other half is arguably more interesting...
Friday Aug 30, 2019
Thucydiocy Episode 4: Teaching by Examples
Friday Aug 30, 2019
Friday Aug 30, 2019
"History is philosophy teaching by examples." The good news: it's a genuinely ancient line, rather than a modern quote that's been misattributed to Thucydides. The bad news: it's still a misattribution...
Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
Thucydiocy Episode 3: Manifestations of Power
Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
"Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most": not Thucydides, whatever Colin Powell thought - but was it Menander, Quintilian, Proverbs, or the Swami Vivekananda..?
Monday Jul 01, 2019
Thucydiocy Episode 2: Peace and War
Monday Jul 01, 2019
Monday Jul 01, 2019
'Peace is only an armistice in an endless war.' It's just SO Thucydides, isn't it? Certainly the writers of Wonder Woman thought so, as did Graham Allison, of 'Thucydides Trap' fame. But it isn't...
Thursday Jun 13, 2019
Thucydiocy Episode 1: Scholars and Warriors
Thursday Jun 13, 2019
Thursday Jun 13, 2019
'The society that separates its scholars from its warriors...' - not Thucydides, as is often claimed on Twitter, but who is it? Neville Morley investigates, with occasional interruptions from his cats.