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Cost of Glory

The most influential biographies ever written, admired by leaders, creators, soldiers, and thinkers for nearly 2,000 years: Plutarch’s Parallel lives. Essential listening for anyone striving after greatness. Alex Petkas, former professor of ancient philosophy and history, revives and dramatically retells these unforgettable stories for modern audiences. The subjects are statesmen, generals, orators, and founders; pious and profane, stoics and hedonists. The stakes bear on the future of Western

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14 - Nietzsche on the Dangers of History

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2021/11/16

"Satisfy your souls on Plutarch, and dare to believe in yourselves when you believe in his heroes" - Nietzsche **PYRRHUS ARRIVES NEXT WEEK**Friedrich Nietzsche: Greek Scholar, Plutarch fan, student of history, incisive critic of history nerds such as your host.How does history help us, actually? Is it in the ways we think?Listen to this episode for encouragement if you feel woefully ignorant about history. Or, if you are a big history buff and need the occasional kick in the pants.Insights

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13 - Plato's Mantra

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2021/11/09

Plato spent time around some bad people. But he had a way of trying to stay at the top of his virtue game despite the many bad influences he was around. You can use it too.Links to Lysias' Against Eratosthenes (Lysias 12), mentioned in the episode:A PDF (It's public domain):https://ryanfb.github.io/loebolus-data/L244.pdfPerseus (Annoying interface, but convenient):https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0154%3Aspeech%3D12

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12 - Next pair TRAILER... and How to Profit from Enemies

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2021/11/02

How enemies can be more useful than Reason itself. Anecdotes from Chilon of Sparta, Scipio Nasica. From Plutarch's treatise How to Profit from your Enemies. His treatise was addressed to Cornelius Pulcher, of Epidaurus, custodian of the cult of Asclepius.

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11 - Comparison: Sertorius and Eumenes

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2021/10/26

In the Parallel Lives, the philosopher Plutarch pairs individual Greeks and Romans with each other, comparing their lives. In the last few episodes of The Cost of Glory we’ve shared Plutarch’s stories about the lives of Eumenes of Kardia and Sertorius of Rome, pulling out key lessons for modern leaders. In this comparison episode, we’re joined by guest narrator Stephen Blackwell, President of Ralston College, Savannah, Georgia.(www.ralston.ac)Plutarch offers his own thoughts on the lives of

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10 - Eumenes Aftermath and Takeaways

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2021/10/19

What happened to Alexander's kingdom after the death of Eumenes?In this episode: -The end of the Eumenes Story-The age of warring successors begins. -What is special about Eumenes?

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9 - Eumenes 3: Loyalty

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2021/10/12

In this final part of his Life, Eumenes’ loyalty to the legacy of Alexander is put to the ultimate test. He faces off against Antigonus, on behalf of Queen Olympias, over rulership of the kingdom and the regency of the kings.A notable historian, A.B. Bosworth, remarks that the struggle between Eumenes and Antigonus “Did more than anything to determine the shape the Hellenistic world.”Our guest narrator is Dawn LaValle Norman, a classicist and scholar of Plutarch and his era.Eumenes has the

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8 - Eumenes 2: Man of War

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2021/10/05

What would you do if your closest friend died unexpectedly, leaving an incredible legacy, and an infant son. How far would you go to defend his rights? Would you give your life? In this episode Eumenes emerges onto the world stage as one of antiquity’s brilliant generals.What is it like to believe in a divine kingship? Or, at least, to act as though you do believe?Eumenes fought rebel Persian satraps, upstaged Macedonian warrior nobles, arranged dynastic marriages, fought in hand to hand

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7 - Eumenes 1: The King's Secretary

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2021/09/28

As the Royal Secretary to Alexander the Great, Eumenes of Kardia had a front row seat to Alexander bringing his impossible dream crashing into the real world. As a young man, Eumenes couldn’t possibly have known that the Mediterranean world he lived in was on the cusp of the most dramatic political and cultural shift in its recorded history, up to that point. And that he would be at the very center of the administrative and military machine that brought that change about. But just when

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6 - Rule the Sparta you got (Tranquillity Part 2)

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2021/09/21

Plutarch in On Tranquillity of Mind discusses a way to use the famous phrase Know Thyself.Some Figures mentioned:SertoriusEumenes, Philip II of MacedonAlexander the GreatDionysius I, Tyrant of SyracusePhiloxenus the PoetPindarEmpedoclesPlatoDemocritusIsmenias, wealthy citizen of ThebesEpaminondas, Theban generalEuripidesQuotes:"Know Thyself""Rule the Sparta you got"

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5 - Plutarch on Tranquillity of Mind

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2021/09/14

How do you keep a positive frame of mind in challenging circumstances? Troubles with loved ones, at work, with poverty, business? Try this tool, drawn from a passage of Plutarch's moral writings (Moralia).Treatise mentioned: On Tranquility of Mind (from the Moralia)People Mentioned:Paccius - a Roman senator, not known outside of Plutarch's works. Possibly a friend or acquaintance of Pliny the Younger, Tacitus.Epaminondas - Famous Theban general and statesman. Major character in the Life

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4 - End of the Sertorius Story, and Takeaways

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2021/09/07

This episode provides a brief summary of the life of Sertorius (spoiler alert), recounts events at Rome after his death, and offers a few practical takeaways.Go deeper! Sign up for Ancient Life Emails at ancientlifecoach.com. Life of Sertorius Cheat Sheet - ancientlifecoach.com/quintussertorius(To skip the summary, go to 6:00) There is some closure to the story - the wicked are punished, at least some of them. But in the wake of the civil war, Sertorius' legacy was, for now, in jeopardy.

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3 - Sertorius 3: Public Enemy Number One

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2021/08/31

How do you fight off the greatest military machine the world had ever produced? How do you take back an empire? In his quest to win a better life for himself and the men he led, Sertorius shows what talented and determined people can do when they justly feel they have been wronged and have been given no recourse. He makes allies with unexpected leaders, he mentors those beneath him, and inspires thousands of people, time and again, to fight alongside him. In this third and final

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2 - Sertorius 2: Crisis in Rome

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2021/08/24

Alexander Hamilton - future founder and lawgiver - was just a young aide of General George Washington in the American Revolutionary war. This was much like Sertorius’ role under Gaius Marius in the last episode.Very few Camp Aides go on to great things, like becoming General. If you want to be one of those people, the ones who make the most of the opportunity to level up, what do you do?Hamilton, like many ambitious people before and after him, read Plutarch’s Lives, taking notes on the

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1 - Sertorius 1: Survival

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2021/08/17

Sertorius - the greatest Roman rebel - was a commander whose story inspired both Beethoven and Machiavelli. As Beethoven realised he was going deaf, he turned to the ancient philosopher, Plutarch, and his work, Parallel Lives, for inspiration.Plutarch’s biographies gave Beethoven the strength and determination to carry on, to cope, to overcome his aural tragedy and go on to become one of the greatest composers of all time. But what is it about Sertorius’ story that Beethoven, and many

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Introducing The Cost of Glory

Cost of Glory ·

2021/08/06

Introducing The Cost of Glory, launching August 2021.For more information, visit https://ancientlifecoach.com

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