#101 περὶ τοῦ Ἐπικούρου

χαίρετε πάντες! This week we chat about Epicurus and whether philosophy can help us overcome our fears, paranoias and superstitions so as to lead a better life… We sure hope so, what do you think? εὐωχεῖσθε τοῦ ἐπεισοδίου!Leandros & JosepSupport the podcast and get access to episodes in advance as well as lots of bonus materials: https://www.patreon.com/Hellenizdein Would you like to take AG classes with us? Check out our website for details: https://hellenicadidagmata.wordpress.com/ Follow us on “Twitter”: https://x.com/ancientgreekpod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/leighcobley.bsky.social Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/604916774052809 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientgreekpodcast/ Send us an email: [email protected] 

χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! This week we celebrate our milestone 100th episode of the podcast, in which we finally arrive at the beginning of Ancient Greek literature... Homer! It feels like the long road has all been preparatory work to get ready for this moment and we are now starting out for real. Thanks to everybody who has supported the podcast over the last few years, we have just been warming up and now the real fun is here!καλῶς ὑμῖν γένοιτο!Josep & LeandrosHere is the section discussed (Iliad, 1. 1-7):μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆοςοὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκε,πολλὰς δ᾽ ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προΐαψενἡρώων, αὐτοὺς δὲ ἑλώρια τεῦχε κύνεσσινοἰωνοῖσί τε πᾶσι, Διὸς δ᾽ ἐτελείετο βουλή,ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα διαστήτην ἐρίσαντεἈτρεΐδης τε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς.Support the podcast and get access to episodes in advance as well as lots of other bonus materials: https://www.patreon.com/Hellenizdein Would you like to take AG classes with us? Check out our website for details: https://hellenicadidagmata.wordpress.com/ Follow us on “Twitter”: https://x.com/ancientgreekpod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/leighcobley.bsky.social Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/604916774052809 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientgreekpodcast/ Send us an email: [email protected] 

χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! Here is our third and final episode on Pindar's 1st Olympian Ode.εὐωχεῖσθε τοῦ ἐπεισοδίου!Josep & LeandrosHere is the section recited and discussed:ἦ θαυματὰ πολλά, καί πού τι καὶ βροτῶν φάτις ὑπὲρ τὸν ἀλαθῆ λόγονδεδαιδαλμένοι ψεύδεσι ποικίλοις ἐξαπατῶντι μῦθοι30 Χάρις δ᾽, ἅπερ ἅπαντα τεύχει τὰ μείλιχα θνατοῖς,[50] ἐπιφέροισα τιμὰν καὶ ἄπιστον ἐμήσατο πιστὸνἔμμεναι τὸ πολλάκις:ἁμέραι δ᾽ ἐπίλοιποιμάρτυρες σοφώτατοι.35 ἔστι δ᾽ ἀνδρὶ φάμεν ἐοικὸς ἀμφὶ δαιμόνων καλά: μείων γὰρ αἰτία.υἱὲ Ταντάλου, σὲ δ᾽, ἀντία προτέρων, φθέγξομαι,[60] ὁπότ᾽ ἐκάλεσε πατὴρ τὸν εὐνομώτατονἐς ἔρανον φίλαν τε Σίπυλον,ἀμοιβαῖα θεοῖσι δεῖπνα παρέχων,40 τότ᾽ Ἀγλαοτρίαιναν ἁρπάσαιδαμέντα φρένας ἱμέρῳ χρυσέαισί τ᾽ ἀν᾽ ἵπποιςὕπατον εὐρυτίμου ποτὶ δῶμα Διὸς μεταβᾶσαι,ἔνθα δευτέρῳ χρόνῳ[70] ἦλθε καὶ Γανυμήδης45 Ζηνὶ τωὔτ᾽ ἐπὶ χρέος.ὡς δ᾽ ἄφαντος ἔπελες, οὐδὲ ματρὶ πολλὰ μαιόμενοι φῶτες ἄγαγον,ἔννεπε κρυφᾶ τις αὐτίκα φθονερῶν γειτόνων,ὕδατος ὅτι σε πυρὶ ζέοισαν εἰς ἀκμὰνμαχαίρᾳ τάμον κάτα μέλη,50[80] τραπέζαισί τ᾽, ἀμφὶ δεύτατα, κρεῶνσέθεν διεδάσαντο καὶ φάγον.Support the podcast and get access to episodes in advance as well as lots of bonus materials: https://www.patreon.com/Hellenizdein Would you like to take AG classes with us? Check out our website for details: https://hellenicadidagmata.wordpress.com/ Follow us on “Twitter”: https://x.com/ancientgreekpod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/leighcobley.bsky.social Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/604916774052809 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientgreekpodcast/ Send us an email: [email protected] 

χαίρετε ἀκροαταί! This week we are continuing with our close reading of Pindar’s 1st Olympian Ode:… ἀλλὰ Δωρίαν ἀπὸ φόρμιγγα πασσάλουλάμβαν᾽, εἴ τί τοι Πίσας τε καὶ Φερενίκου χάρις[30] νόον ὑπὸ γλυκυτάταις ἔθηκε φροντίσιν,20 ὅτε παρ᾽ Ἀλφεῷ σύτο, δέμαςἀκέντητον ἐν δρόμοισι παρέχων,κράτει δὲ προσέμιξε δεσπόταν,Συρακόσιον ἱπποχάρμαν βασιλῆα.  λάμπει δέ οἱ κλέοςἐν εὐάνορι Λυδοῦ Πέλοπος ἀποικίᾳ:25 τοῦ μεγασθενὴς ἐράσσατο γαιάοχος[40] Ποσειδᾶν, ἐπεί νιν καθαροῦ λέβητος ἔξελε Κλωθὼἐλέφαντι φαίδιμον ὦμον κεκαδμένον.εὐωχεῖσθε τοῦ ἐπεισοδίου!Josep & LeandrosSupport the podcast and get access to episodes in advance as well as bonus materials such as listening exercises and episode transcripts: https://www.patreon.com/Hellenizdein Would you like to take AG classes with us? Check out our website for details: https://hellenicadidagmata.wordpress.com/Follow us on “Twitter”: https://x.com/ancientgreekpod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/leighcobley.bsky.social Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/604916774052809 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientgreekpodcast/ Send us an email: [email protected] 

χαίρετε πάντες! For several years now we have been making the dream of active Ancient Greek a reality through our podcast freely available to the general public. Next year we aim to expand this program by teaching classes based on our model established in the podcast and the method used at the Polis Institute. Please follow the link below for details about our Ancient Greek classes starting in 2026:Info: https://hellenicadidagmata.wordpress.com/Email: [email protected]

χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! Check out our latest episode reading Pindar's 1st Olympian ode.Here are the sections discussed:Ἄριστον μὲν ὕδωρ, ὁ δὲ χρυσὸς αἰθόμενον πῦρἅτε διαπρέπει νυκτὶ μεγάνορος ἔξοχα πλούτου·εἰ δ᾽ ἄεθλα γαρύενἔλδεαι, φίλον ἦτορ,μηκέθ᾽ ἁλίου σκόπειἄλλο θαλπνότερον ἐν ἁμέρᾳ φαεννὸν ἄστρον ἐρήμας δι᾽ αἰθέρος,μηδ᾽ Ὀλυμπίας ἀγῶνα φέρτερον αὐδάσομεν·ὅθεν ὁ πολύφατος ὕμνος ἀμφιβάλλεταισοφῶν μητίεσσι, κελαδεῖνΚρόνου παῖδ᾽ ἐς ἀφνεὰν ἱκομένουςμάκαιραν Ἱέρωνος ἑστίαν,θεμιστεῖον ὃς ἀμφέπει σκᾶπτον ἐν πολυμάλῳΣικελίᾳ, δρέπων μὲν κορυφὰς ἀρετᾶν ἄπο πασᾶν,ἀγλαΐζεται δὲ καὶμουσικᾶς ἐν ἀώτῳ,οἷα παίζομεν φίλανἄνδρες ἀμφὶ θαμὰ τράπεζαν.εὐωχεῖσθε τοῦ ἐπεισοδίου!Josep & LeandrosDisclaimer: ποιηταὶ οὐκ ἐσμέν!Ioannes Stratakis also has the full poem available for free on his website, so you should definitely check that out too:https://ancientgreek.eu/free/pindar-ol-01.htmlSupport the podcast and get access to episodes in advance as well as bonus materials such as listening exercises and episode transcripts: https://www.patreon.com/Hellenizdein Would you like to take AG classes with us? Check out our website for details: https://hellenicadidagmata.wordpress.com/  Follow us on “Twitter”: https://x.com/ancientgreekpod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/leighcobley.bsky.social Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/604916774052809 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientgreekpodcast/ Send us an email: [email protected] 

χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! Listen to the latest episode in which we discuss another poem by Anacreon.:ἐρῶ τε δηὖτε κοὐκ ἐρῶκαὶ μαίνομαι κοὐ μαίνομαι.ἐρῶμαι καὶ οὐ μαίνομαιὁ ἐραστὴς ἐρᾷ τοῦ ἐρωμένου.εὐωχεῖσθε τοῦ ἐπεισοδίου!Josep & LeandrosSupport the podcast and get access to episodes in advance as well as bonus materials such as listening exercises and episode transcripts: https://www.patreon.com/Hellenizdein Follow us on “Twitter”: https://x.com/ancientgreekpod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/leighcobley.bsky.social Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/604916774052809 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientgreekpodcast/ Send us an email: [email protected] 

χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! Here is the first of a few episodes discussing Anacreon's poetry, beginning with the following short poem:χαῖρε, ὦ φίλον φῶς,χαριέντι μειδιῶν προσώπῳ.Enjoy the episode,Josep & LeandrosCaveats: ποιηταὶ οὐκ ἐσμέν!Support the podcast and get access to episodes in advance as well as bonus materials such as listening exercises and episode transcripts: https://www.patreon.com/Hellenizdein Follow us on “Twitter”: https://x.com/ancientgreekpod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/leighcobley.bsky.social Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/604916774052809 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientgreekpodcast/ Send us an email: [email protected] 

χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! Here is the 1st episode of the new season in which we discuss the languages we can speak... and those we can't!καλῶς ὑμῖν γένοιτο,Josep & LeandrosP.S. As of this season the podcast will be released monthly. Look out for #95 on 17/10/25 when we will begin a run of episodes on Ancient Greek poetry in the countdown to #100, stay tuned!Support the podcast and get access to episodes in advance as well as bonus materials such as listening exercises and episode transcripts: https://www.patreon.com/Hellenizdein Follow us on “Twitter”: https://x.com/ancientgreekpod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/leighcobley.bsky.social Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/604916774052809 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientgreekpodcast/ Send us an email: [email protected] 

χαίρετε, ὦ ἀκροαταί! Here is the 4th and final part of our series on Plato's account of Atlantis from Critias. The podcast will be taking a break over August with the new season due to begin on the 19th of September. However, if you can't wait until then, the new episodes are already available on our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/c/Hellenizdein καλὸν θέρος καὶ εὐωχεῖσθε τοῦ ἐπεισοδίου!Josep & LeandrosHere are the two sections discussed:120 δ. ἐπὶ πολλὰς μὲν γενεάς, μέχριπερ ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ φύσις αὐτοῖς ἐξήρκει, κατήκοοί τε ἦσαν τῶν νόμων καὶ πρὸς τὸ συγγενὲς θεῖον φιλοφρόνως εἶχον: τὰ γὰρ φρονήματα ἀληθινὰ καὶ πάντῃ μεγάλα ἐκέκτηντο, πρᾳότητι μετὰ φρονήσεως πρός τε τὰς ἀεὶ συμβαινούσας τύχας καὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλους χρώμενοι, διὸ πλὴν ἀρετῆς πάντα ὑπερορῶντες μικρὰ ἡγοῦντο τὰ παρόντα καὶ ῥᾳδίως ἔφερον οἷον ἄχθος τὸν τοῦ χρυσοῦ τε καὶ τῶν ἄλλων κτημάτων ὄγκον, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μεθύοντες ὑπὸ τρυφῆς διὰ πλοῦτον ἀκράτορες αὑτῶν ὄντες ἐσφάλλοντο, νήφοντες δὲ ὀξὺ καθεώρων ὅτι καὶ ταῦτα πάντα ἐκ φιλίας τῆς κοινῆς μετ᾽ ἀρετῆς αὐξάνεται, τῇ δὲ τούτων σπουδῇ καὶ τιμῇ φθίνει ταῦτά τε αὐτὰ κἀκείνη συναπόλλυται τούτοις. ἐκ δὴ λογισμοῦ τε τοιούτου καὶ φύσεως θείας παραμενούσης πάντ᾽ αὐτοῖς ηὐξήθη ἃ πρὶν διήλθομεν.ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ μὲν μοῖρα ἐξίτηλος ἐγίγνετο ἐν αὐτοῖς πολλῷ τῷ θνητῷ καὶ πολλάκις ἀνακεραννυμένη, τὸ δὲ ἀνθρώπινον ἦθος ἐπεκράτει, τότε ἤδη τὰ παρόντα φέρειν ἀδυνατοῦντες ἠσχημόνουν, καὶ τῷ δυναμένῳ μὲν ὁρᾶν αἰσχροὶ κατεφαίνοντο, τὰ κάλλιστα ἀπὸ τῶν τιμιωτάτων ἀπολλύντες, τοῖς δὲ ἀδυνατοῦσιν ἀληθινὸν πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν βίον ὁρᾶν τότε δὴ μάλιστα πάγκαλοι μακάριοί τε ἐδοξάζοντο εἶναι, πλεονεξίας ἀδίκου καὶ δυνάμεως ἐμπιμπλάμενοι. θεὸς δὲ ὁ θεῶν Ζεὺς ἐν νόμοις βασιλεύων, ἅτε δυνάμενος καθορᾶν τὰ τοιαῦτα, ἐννοήσας γένος ἐπιεικὲς ἀθλίως διατιθέμενον, δίκην αὐτοῖς ἐπιθεῖναι βουληθείς, ἵνα γένοιντο ἐμμελέστεροι σωφρονισθέντες, συνήγειρεν θεοὺς πάντας εἰς τὴν τιμιωτάτην αὐτῶν οἴκησιν, ἣ δὴ κατὰ μέσον παντὸς τοῦ κόσμου βεβηκυῖα καθορᾷ πάντα ὅσα γενέσεως μετείληφεν, καὶ συναγείρας εἶπεν…Support the podcast and get access to episodes in advance as well as bonus materials such as listening exercises and episode transcripts: https://www.patreon.com/Hellenizdein Follow us on “Twitter”: https://x.com/ancientgreekpod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/leighcobley.bsky.social Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/604916774052809 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ancientgreekpodcast/ Send us an email: [email protected]