#85 – The Fall Of Phocion

#85 – The Fall Of Phocion

Phocion and what’s left of his party are shipped to Athens by the White Clit where they are put on trial. Then Poly and Cassy fight over Athens. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any...
#84 – Phocion’s Tight Pickle

#84 – Phocion’s Tight Pickle

It’s now looking very likely that Greece is going to become a theater of war between Cassander and Poly. Poly’s letter has pulled the rug out from underneath the most honourable man in Athens – Phocion. He’s 84 and as we’ve seen in earlier episodes, he only...
#83 – The Illusion of Freedom

#83 – The Illusion of Freedom

We spend more time talking about the regular propaganda that various successors and kings would come out with over the years regarding Greek freedom and get into a discussion about the illusions we still have today about freedom – ours and other peoples'....
#82 – The Freedom Of The Greeks

#82 – The Freedom Of The Greeks

It's now Polyperchon against Antigonus, Cassander and Eumenes. Polyperchon tries to get Olympias to come back to Macedon. He also offers Eumenes the position of Royal General of Asia – Antigonus’ title. Cassander manages to take Piraeus, the port of Athens....
#81 – Polyperchon

#81 – Polyperchon

By the time Antipater got back to Macedon, he was 80 years old, with only a few months to live. When he died, in the late summer of 319, it threw everything once more into chaos. On his deathbed, he passed his title “to Polyperchon”. And thus started the Second War of...