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The Ancient City, by Fustel de Coulanges

Christopher Anadale

Audiobook of Fustel de Coulanges" The Ancient City (1864). Chapters read, with brief introductions, by Christopher Anadale. Adapted from videos on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPCGA67J8M2JVoH7M4ayFTRDuLteRhL0p Music: Into Oblivion, by Darren Curtis Thumbnail Image: Parthenon. Image by nonbirinonko from Pixabay, https://pixabay.com/photos/greece-parthenon-temple-ruins-1594689/

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00:13:35

Book 2 Chapter 3: The Continuity of the Family....

The Ancient City, by Fustel de Coulanges ·

2025/09/19

Fustel describes various practices ensuring the continued existence of the family, and so the perpetuation of the sacred worship. Among these are celibacy, divorce, and the importance of sons.---Based on: https://youtu.be/9GJdUaKwHb8

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00:14:50

Book 2 Chapter 2: Marriage Among the Greeks and Romans

The Ancient City, by Fustel de Coulanges ·

2025/09/17

Marriage was one of the first institutions of the ancient religion. In this chapter Fustel reconstructs how women took part in the worship of their father's ancestors, and then in that of their husband's ancestors.---Based on: https://youtu.be/h9BMJqsRJeo

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00:06:46

Book 2 Chapter 1: Religion Was the Constituent...

The Ancient City, by Fustel de Coulanges ·

2025/09/15

Fustel begins Book 2, The Family, by arguing that the domestic religion of ancestor worship and the sacred fire established the ancient family order. Families were made not by generation, nor by affection, nor by force, but by sharing in a common worship.---Based on: https://youtu.be/T2Lbi_4b-ZM

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00:14:22

Book 1 Chapter 4: The Domestic Religion

The Ancient City, by Fustel de Coulanges ·

2025/09/12

Because worship of particular ancestors was confined to their family alone, families were religiously independent of each other, and were firmly attached the soil where their dead ancestors lived.Worship was hereditary through the male line, from father to son, which made the priesthood of the father a defining feature of the ancient family. ---Based on: https://youtu.be/HtSZCRdQpFs

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00:22:59

Book 1 Chapter 3: The Sacred Fire

The Ancient City, by Fustel de Coulanges ·

2025/09/10

Fustel describes the practices surrounding the sacred hearth fire: its purity and its importance as a locus of worship, meals, thanksgiving, and pleas for help. He notes similar practices in India and Central Asia, and connects worship of the sacred fire with worship of the subterranean dead. ---Based on: https://youtu.be/2K0GY5mlV9k Music: Into Oblivion, by Darren CurtisThumbnail Image: Parthenon. Image by nonbirinonko from Pixabay,

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00:10:08

Book 1 Chapter 2: The Worship of the Dead

The Ancient City, by Fustel de Coulanges ·

2025/09/08

The souls of the dead became the first gods, whose happiness depended on regular offerings from the living. Fustel speculates that this ancestor worship was the European peoples' first inkling of the supernatural.---Based on: https://youtu.be/VJ2TDGG4ibY Music: Into Oblivion, by Darren CurtisThumbnail Image: Parthenon. Image by nonbirinonko from Pixabay, https://pixabay.com/photos/greece-parthenon-temple-ruins-1594689/

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00:15:20

Book 1 Chapter 1: Notions About the Soul and Death

The Ancient City, by Fustel de Coulanges ·

2025/09/05

Fustel begins by introducing the key doctrine of the ancient religion: that the souls of the dead continue to exist after death, and live under the ground. This belief helps explain the ancients' burial rites, and their intense fear of being denied a proper burial.---Based on: https://youtu.be/em7ruK_mCOc Music: Into Oblivion, by Darren CurtisThumbnail Image: Parthenon. Image by nonbirinonko from Pixabay, https://pixabay.com/photos/greece-parthenon-temple-ruins-1594689/

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00:11:26

Introduction: Necessity of Studying the Oldest...

The Ancient City, by Fustel de Coulanges ·

2025/09/03

In his Introduction, Fustel describes the errors modern historians have made in studying ancient European peoples, and the harmful consequences of these mistakes. He will reconstruct the key religious beliefs of the ancients, from which all their familial and legal institutions follow. ---Based on: https://youtu.be/CT3oRQszbcY Music: Into Oblivion, by Darren CurtisThumbnail Image: Parthenon. Image by nonbirinonko from Pixabay, https://pixabay.com/photos/greece-parthenon-temple-ruins-1594689/

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00:04:41

Title Page & Introductory Note

The Ancient City, by Fustel de Coulanges ·

2025/09/01

The title page reads The Ancient City: A Study on the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome. By Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges.There is an unsigned two page Introductory Note to the Anchor Doubleday edition.---Based on: https://youtu.be/CAY3yj6xXUU Music: Into Oblivion, by Darren CurtisThumbnail Image: Parthenon. Image by nonbirinonko from Pixabay, https://pixabay.com/photos/greece-parthenon-temple-ruins-1594689/

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00:01:40

The Ancient City Podcast (trailer)

The Ancient City, by Fustel de Coulanges ·

2025/08/14

The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion Laws and Institutions of Greece and Rome by the French historian Fustel de Coulanges is a book a lot of people are talking about.In recent years scholars and public intellectuals have praised its insights and encouraged people to read it.The Ancient City Podcast contains every chapter of Fustel's book, with brief introductions.It's perfect for anyone who wants to read this important book but hasn't found time yet.Each episode will take you deeper

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