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<p>Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο έχουμε καλεσμένο τον Δρ. Δημοσθένη Στρατηγόπουλο, επίκουρο καθηγητή βυζαντινής και μεταβυζαντινής γραμματείας στο Δημοκρίτειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θράκης για να συζητήσουμε για την Βυζαντινή γραμματεία και λογοτεχνία. Μιλάμε την συγγραφική παραγωγή ως αντικείμενο μελέτης αναλύουμε την χρήση έργων της γραμματείας ως πηγές της ιστορικής έρευνας. Βλέπουμε τι άρεσε στους Βυζαντινούς να διαβάζουν, την αξία των χειρογράφων αλλά και το τί δυνατότητες έχει σήμερα ένας νέος φοιτητής που θέλει σήμερα να συνεχίσει τις σπουδές του σε αυτόν το χώρο.</p> <p><br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p>Ο Γαβριήλ - Ιωάννης Μπουτζιόπουλος είναι υποψήφιος διδάκτορας της Βυζαντινής Ιστορίας στο University of Birmingham και ο Παναγιώτης Μέρμηγκας είναι μεταπτυχιακός φοιτητής Τοπικής Ιστορίας με ειδίκευση στη Βυζαντινή περίοδο στο Δημοκρίτειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θράκης. Αυτό το podcast δεν αποτελεί μέρος των προσωπικών μας ερευνών.</p> <p>_____________</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Για να ακούσεις το podcast μας, κάνε click στο παρακάτω link:</p> <p><a href="https://linktr.ee/byzantioexplainedpodcast"><u><strong>https://linktr.ee/byzantioexplainedpodcast</strong></u></a></p> <p>Email<strong>: </strong><a href="mailto:byzantioexplained@gmail.com"><u><strong>byzantioexplained@gmail.com</strong></u></a></p> <p><br /></p> <p>Ακολουθήστε το Podcast</p> <p><strong>Instagram ►</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUNLaHpxMnNONnpwemlkTUV2NlNiR3N0OTRVd3xBQ3Jtc0tuMjV2V2stRjREX00xX0EzV0F4U1ZEREdIalhwcm1wNHJoakJFQkR0bURVdVEwOVJUR1lOM1B6TGNRRTFwMlA5RzEtNUxrVjhfMy1ZZXBhbE9oTWtDekxZV215Z2tTNWs3cUFQUUlTTVJobi1zQS00SQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fgrecontrek%2F"><u><strong> </strong></u></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/byzantioexplained_podcast/"><u><strong>https://www.instagram.com/byzantioexplained_podcast/</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Twitter ►</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqay10YVNRUGwxeTduN3RDbGJNd3c0UGZEYmQwQXxBQ3Jtc0trWE1yZ0xrTXg5NUszNW8wWm1jX3ZOeVVCaHN3MEVUY3VKclhLUVpNNnk2dXRGU2hpdVJuV1hCcGhwWF85TXIwbFJRTW5BeXJLdENFOHJLMGNLUzl0RXpnQWNQcEJXSFNrOEpIZ2JheGJraUtEYVBrVQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fgrecontrek"><u><strong> </strong></u></a><a href="https://twitter.com/ByzantioP"><u><strong>https://twitter.com/ByzantioP</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Spotify ► </strong><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3FtJ3ixEZiYBwuqyQ81mdg"><u><strong>https://open.spotify.com/show/3FtJ3ixEZiYBwuqyQ81mdg</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Apple Podcasts ► </strong><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/byzantio-explained/id1554787771"><u><strong>https://podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/byzantio-explained/id1554787771</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Anchor.FM ►</strong><a href="https://anchor.fm/byzantio"><u><strong>https://anchor.fm/byzantio</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>YouTube ► </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCumFGMN8OHqCxrxRl-wTEQA"><u><strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCumFGMN8OHqCxrxRl-wTEQA</strong></u></a></p>

A conversation with Daniëlle Slootjes (University of Amsterdam) on the behavior of crowds in late antique Rome and Constantinople, based on her chapter "Crowd Behavior in Late Antique Rome," in the edited volume Pagans and Christians in Late Antique Rome: Conflict, Competition, and Coexistence in the Fourth Century (Cambridge 2015) 178-194. As our own political world is increasingly revolving around mass protests, it is time to revisit what we know about the dynamics of crowds in imperial Roman cities, whether they acted for or against the regime of the day. Check out also the volume that Daniëlle co-edited with Erika Manders, Leadership, Ideology, and Crowds in the Roman Empire of the Fourth Century (Stuttgart 2019).

<p>Human bones are one of our most valuable and illuminating sources of information about the past, but how do we use them, and what can they tell us about prehistory? I talked to Dr. Jess Beck, a bioarchaeologist and expert on later European prehistory, about the incredible insights we can glean from the study of human remains and about her specialty, the Copper Age (c.3250–2200 BCE) in the Iberian peninsula.</p><p>I wrote a book, and it comes out on July 20! You can preorder (in hard copy, e-book, or audiobook)&nbsp;<a href="https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/patrick-wyman/the-verge/9781538701171/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World</em>&nbsp;here.</a></p><p>Listen to new episodes 1 week early, to exclusive seasons 1 and 2, and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App <a href="https://wondery.app.link/tidesofhistory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wondery.app.link/tidesofhistory</a>.</p><p>Support us by supporting our sponsored!</p><p><br /></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>

<p>Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο με καλεσμένο τον Δρ. Ηλία Νέσσερη, μεταδιδακτορικό ερευνητή στο Institute for Medieval Research της Αυστριακής Ακαδημίας, συζητάμε για την εκπαίδευση των Βυζαντινών. Μιλάμε την παιδεία ως αντικείμενο μελέτης και βλέπουμε τα σχολεία και τα μαθήματα των παιδιών στη Βυζαντινή αυτοκρατορία καθώς και διάφορες περιπτώσεις γνωστών δασκάλων. Ακόμη, παρουσιάζεται και η θέση των γυναικών στο χώρο της εκπαίδευσης αλλά και το τί ευκαιρίες δημιουργούσε η μόρφωση για τους μαθητές.</p> <p>_____________</p> <p><strong>Για να ακούσεις το podcast μας, κάνε click στο παρακάτω link:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://linktr.ee/byzantioexplainedpodcast"><u><strong>https://linktr.ee/byzantioexplainedpodcast</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Email: </strong><a href="mailto:byzantioexplained@gmail.com"><u><strong>byzantioexplained@gmail.com</strong></u></a></p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Ακολουθήστε το Podcast</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGZDM1dmdzBONmwtNVBNMDBwVjJOM2NVWjdVQXxBQ3Jtc0tsSWdYOFREUWVZYWd0WTVLV1V1S0JkRF9KanNqSVlrS2JpbU9pbnd1RGFJTlJyNzdia19meHZJeDlqOVhfdmF3QjBqUmwzQUtmVklic1ZZa09yXy1ES0ZKZ3ZWZjY0dlMzcnA2TXlwWURYMjZxX1R1WQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Ftrip.flakes%2F"><u><strong>&nbsp;</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Instagram ►</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUNLaHpxMnNONnpwemlkTUV2NlNiR3N0OTRVd3xBQ3Jtc0tuMjV2V2stRjREX00xX0EzV0F4U1ZEREdIalhwcm1wNHJoakJFQkR0bURVdVEwOVJUR1lOM1B6TGNRRTFwMlA5RzEtNUxrVjhfMy1ZZXBhbE9oTWtDekxZV215Z2tTNWs3cUFQUUlTTVJobi1zQS00SQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fgrecontrek%2F"><u><strong> </strong></u></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/byzantioexplained_podcast/"><u><strong>https://www.instagram.com/byzantioexplained_podcast/</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Twitter ►</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqay10YVNRUGwxeTduN3RDbGJNd3c0UGZEYmQwQXxBQ3Jtc0trWE1yZ0xrTXg5NUszNW8wWm1jX3ZOeVVCaHN3MEVUY3VKclhLUVpNNnk2dXRGU2hpdVJuV1hCcGhwWF85TXIwbFJRTW5BeXJLdENFOHJLMGNLUzl0RXpnQWNQcEJXSFNrOEpIZ2JheGJraUtEYVBrVQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fgrecontrek"><u><strong> </strong></u></a><a href="https://twitter.com/ByzantioP"><u><strong>https://twitter.com/ByzantioP</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Spotify ► </strong><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3FtJ3ixEZiYBwuqyQ81mdg"><u><strong>https://open.spotify.com/show/3FtJ3ixEZiYBwuqyQ81mdg</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Apple Podcasts ► </strong><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/byzantio-explained/id1554787771"><u><strong>https://podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/byzantio-explained/id1554787771</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Anchor.FM ►</strong><a href="https://anchor.fm/byzantio"><u><strong>https://anchor.fm/byzantio</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>YouTube ► </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCumFGMN8OHqCxrxRl-wTEQA"><u><strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCumFGMN8OHqCxrxRl-wTEQA</strong></u></a></p>

<p>Around 4,500 years ago, bell-shaped ceramic drinking vessels called "beakers" begin showing up with the dead in tombs all over western Europe. Everywhere from Portugal to Sicily to Scotland to Slovakia, these distinctive containers show up, often accompanied by archery equipment and upheaval in the societies established in these places. The Bronze Age and metallurgy would soon follow. But what were the Beakers for? Who used them, and why? Thanks to ancient DNA and cutting-edge archaeological science, we can explore the Beaker Phenomenon in all its manifestations, from marriage networks and trade to prehistoric genocide.</p><p>I wrote a book, and it comes out on July 20! You can preorder (in hard copy, e-book, or audiobook)&nbsp;<a href="https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/patrick-wyman/the-verge/9781538701171/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World</em>&nbsp;here.</a></p><p>Listen to new episodes 1 week early, to exclusive seasons 1 and 2, and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App <a href="https://wondery.app.link/tidesofhistory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wondery.app.link/tidesofhistory</a>.</p><p>Support us by supporting our sponsors!</p><p><br /></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>

When do spirit, tenacity, resilience and bravery cross into madness? When cities are incinerated? When suicide attacks become the norm? When atomic weapons are used? Japan's leaders test the limits of national endurance in the war's last year.

A conversation with Marc Lauxtermann (University of Oxford) on how to read Byzantine poetry on its own terms and in its own context. We talk about how modern Romantic notions of poetry as well as the ancient meters of classical Greek have distorted the expectations that we place on Byzantine poetry, and then discuss the specific contexts that gave rise to poetry in Byzantine society. Who were the poets? How did poems accompany objects and events? The conversation is based on Marc's magisterial and highly recommended Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres: Texts and Contexts, 2 volumes (Vienna 2003 and 2019).

<p>Five thousand years ago, small groups of herders began making their way from the open grasslands of the Eurasian steppe into the hills and forests of northern Europe. They moved west, intermarrying with the local farmers and sometimes fighting them, eventually reaching as far as present-day Belgium. These were the people of the Corded Ware Culture, and they brought their language - Indo-European - and genes into the heart of Europe.</p><p>I wrote a book, and it comes out on July 20! You can preorder (in hard copy, e-book, or audiobook)&nbsp;<a href="https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/patrick-wyman/the-verge/9781538701171/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World</em>&nbsp;here.</a></p><p>Listen to new episodes 1 week early, to exclusive seasons 1 and 2, and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App <a href="https://wondery.app.link/tidesofhistory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wondery.app.link/tidesofhistory</a>.</p><p>Support us by supporting our sponsors!</p><p><br /></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>

<p>Ένα επεισόδιο - ανακοίνωση για το νέο project που ξεκινάει μέσα από την πλατφόρμα του Byzantio explained. Με καλεσμένο τον Δημήτρη Μπογδάντσαλη υποψήφιο διδάκτορα Βυζαντινής Ιστορίας και νέο μέλος της ομάδας μας, συζητάμε για το νέο μας project, <em>«Ιστορίες από το Βυζάντιο»</em> που θα μπορείτε να παρακολουθείτε συντομα μέσα από το κανάλι μας στο YouTube. Ο Δημήτρης μας μιλάει για τους στόχους του νέου project οι οποίοι δείχνουν ότι πρόκειται για κάτι ιδιαίτερο για τα Ελληνικά δεδομένα.</p> <p>_____________</p> <p><strong>Για να ακούσεις το podcast μας, κάνε click στο παρακάτω link:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://linktr.ee/byzantioexplainedpodcast"><u><strong>https://linktr.ee/byzantioexplainedpodcast</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Email: </strong><a href="mailto:byzantioexplained@gmail.com"><u><strong>byzantioexplained@gmail.com</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Ακολουθήστε το Podcast</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGZDM1dmdzBONmwtNVBNMDBwVjJOM2NVWjdVQXxBQ3Jtc0tsSWdYOFREUWVZYWd0WTVLV1V1S0JkRF9KanNqSVlrS2JpbU9pbnd1RGFJTlJyNzdia19meHZJeDlqOVhfdmF3QjBqUmwzQUtmVklic1ZZa09yXy1ES0ZKZ3ZWZjY0dlMzcnA2TXlwWURYMjZxX1R1WQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Ftrip.flakes%2F"><u><strong>&nbsp;</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Instagram ►</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUNLaHpxMnNONnpwemlkTUV2NlNiR3N0OTRVd3xBQ3Jtc0tuMjV2V2stRjREX00xX0EzV0F4U1ZEREdIalhwcm1wNHJoakJFQkR0bURVdVEwOVJUR1lOM1B6TGNRRTFwMlA5RzEtNUxrVjhfMy1ZZXBhbE9oTWtDekxZV215Z2tTNWs3cUFQUUlTTVJobi1zQS00SQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fgrecontrek%2F"><u><strong> </strong></u></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/byzantioexplained_podcast/"><u><strong>https://www.instagram.com/byzantioexplained_podcast/</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Twitter ►</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqay10YVNRUGwxeTduN3RDbGJNd3c0UGZEYmQwQXxBQ3Jtc0trWE1yZ0xrTXg5NUszNW8wWm1jX3ZOeVVCaHN3MEVUY3VKclhLUVpNNnk2dXRGU2hpdVJuV1hCcGhwWF85TXIwbFJRTW5BeXJLdENFOHJLMGNLUzl0RXpnQWNQcEJXSFNrOEpIZ2JheGJraUtEYVBrVQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fgrecontrek"><u><strong> </strong></u></a><a href="https://twitter.com/ByzantioP"><u><strong>https://twitter.com/ByzantioP</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Spotify ► </strong><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3FtJ3ixEZiYBwuqyQ81mdg"><u><strong>https://open.spotify.com/show/3FtJ3ixEZiYBwuqyQ81mdg</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Apple Podcasts ► </strong><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/byzantio-explained/id1554787771"><u><strong>https://podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/byzantio-explained/id1554787771</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>Anchor.FM ►</strong><a href="https://anchor.fm/byzantio"><u><strong>https://anchor.fm/byzantio</strong></u></a></p> <p><strong>YouTube ► </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCumFGMN8OHqCxrxRl-wTEQA"><u><strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCumFGMN8OHqCxrxRl-wTEQA</strong></u></a></p>

<p>At the heart of the ancient Middle East, a sophisticated, urbanized, and long-lived world, was a writing system: cuneiform, used for everything from heroic epic to receipts and medical texts, and first developed in Mesopotamia more than 5,000 years ago. Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid of Oxford joins me to talk about cuneiform literature, medicine, and mental health in this fascinating and little-known ancient world.</p><p>Listen to new episodes 1 week early, to exclusive seasons 1 and 2, and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App <a href="https://wondery.app.link/tidesofhistory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wondery.app.link/tidesofhistory</a>.</p><p>Support us by supporting our sponsors!</p><p><br /></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>

We know so much about Byzantium, and yet really so little. If we had the chance to meet and debrief one person who had experienced some part of it first-hand, who would it be? Join me in a conversation with Fotini Kondyli (University of Virginia) and Alexander Sarantis (University of Warsaw), which wrestles with that question. What person would answer the burning questions that we have? Who would alert us to questions that we aren't asking because we are used to the limitations of our sources? How would we choose our questions? Our answers are strikingly different.