The Ancients

Thanks again for all the great pods, Tristan. I did want to say I was disappointed with Professor Wrightson’s presentation on the Successors. He seemed at times to try to magnify the complexity of the era rather than trying to explain it to a lay audience. See if you can find another scholar on this interesting topic. Thanks!

I’m writing to complain about the pronunciation of words. The episode is very interesting but the professor, (whose name is Italian, and is pronounced “Momiliano”, without the “g” Tristan!) pronounced the name of the Minoans as “My-noans” which is ridiculous. And she teaches in England?! Minos also is never pronounced My-nos, not in Ancient Greek, not in modern English. And the most baffling thing from an Italian, she pronounced Syracuse, which is the anglicized name of Siracusa, as Sy-racuse! I boggles the mind. It wasn’t said like that in Greek, neither is it called that in English, but to bastardize her own language like this?! Sconcertante!

I like to listen to this podcast while working in the garage or doing other tasks.

The music at the beginning of the episodes is way too loud. It’s very distracting and detracts from the introduction to the episode. I usually enjoy the presenter and the subjects explored in this podcast. However, I’ve lately ended up forwarding through the first few minutes as I really can’t concentrate on the topic with music that is as loud if not louder than the presenter playing at the same time.