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Nov 2020
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Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey Book IX

Liv Albert
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A Tale of Three Tyrants (Herodotus Bk 3, Part 2)
We now explore the madness of Cambyses, the Samian tyrant Polykrates, and good old Periander, the tyrant of Corinth. It's a tyrant heavy episode y'all but perhaps Herodotus is asking us to consider power and how it affects people? That doesn't seem relevant in any way whatsoever ... Show More
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