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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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38 - Lysander 3: Kings of Sparta

Cost of Glory ·

2022/06/21

Lysander returns from his setbacks at Sparta with a revolutionary plan. He consults the gods about the Spartan Kingship; and some of his own prophecies about Greek geopolitics come true.In this episode: How should protegés treat mentors? How do you change a deeply conservative state? And, as always, what is the cost, for an individual, for a state, of striving for supreme glory?Characters:Alexander Hamilton (cameo)LysanderTissaphernes, Satrap of LydiaThe PythiaAgesilausCyrus the

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37 - Lysander 2: Thirty Tyrants

Cost of Glory ·

2022/06/14

Lysander - The Spartan who took down Athens. In this episode: the dangers of success.How (and why) Lysander installed the notorious "Thirty" at Athens, and how he came to be worshipped as a god. Could Sparta contain such a man?Characters:LysanderSocratesTheramenesCritiasKing PausaniasKing AgisThrasyboulusThe ThirtyThe Mob Key Virtues:PatienceFlexibilityObedienceIndifference to MoneyResilience Key Places:AthensSpartaThebesSamosMiletusDelphi

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36 - Lysander 1: Death of Democracy

Cost of Glory ·

2022/06/07

A Spartan; first Greek honored as a god during his lifetime; destroyer of Athenian naval supremacy. In this episode: his rise to power, how he pulled off the greatest naval upset in Greek history, and WHY he did it. Characters:LysanderSocratesXenophonAlcibiadesPrince Cyrus the YoungerAgesilausKing AgisKallikratidasThe Mob Key Virtues:PatienceFlexibilityObedience Key Places:AthensSpartaEphesusDardanelles / Hellespont

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6:57

35 - Socrates on Public Shaming

Cost of Glory ·

2022/05/24

A story about how Socrates reacted when he got publicly shamed.

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6:35

34 - Harry Truman on Plutarch

Cost of Glory ·

2022/05/10

Harry Truman was a great admirer of Plutarch's lives, and recommended them often. He discusses why.Quotes taken from Miller's oral biography of Truman, "Plain Speaking."

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7:30

33 - How to Learn Free Speech

Cost of Glory ·

2022/04/27

How do we translate the advice Plutarch gives on free speaking, with the example of Pericles, into the world of modern media?

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14:47

32 - The Sovereign Mind

Cost of Glory ·

2022/04/13

What combination of habits produces both strength and peace? How do we become more sovereign over our lives, over ourselves? With some references from a famous, classic text from Plutarch's works.

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8:52

31 - Aristotle's Quadrivium; Season 2 ANNOUNCEMENT!

Cost of Glory ·

2022/03/29

Why do we work? How should we spend our leisure? Also, announcing the next biography subjects!

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19:08

30 - Comparison - Pyrrhus and Marius

Cost of Glory ·

2022/03/15

What did Pyrrhus and Marius had in common, what lessons can be drawn for leaders?

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29 - The Joy of a Humorless Stoic - Publius Rutilius...

Cost of Glory ·

2022/03/08

A transcript of an article from Antigone Journal. Read the article here:https://antigonejournal.com/2022/03/publius-rutilius-rufus/Rutilius was a side character in the Life of Marius, but deserves his own treatment here. See also his treatment in the book Lives of the Stoics by Holiday and Hanselman, which inspired this essay.

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28 - Marius Aftermath and Takeaways

Cost of Glory ·

2022/03/01

3 Lessons for Leaders from the Life of Marius. Also, what happened after Marius died?

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27 - Marius 3: The Ruin of Cities

Cost of Glory ·

2022/02/22

This is the story of how Gaius Marius went from being the Greatest Man in Rome to Public Enemy #1.But Marius, usually master of the political narrative, ended up having his story written by his political rivals. What was the true character of this surprisingly elusive figure?What is worth imitating? What is worth avoiding? Before fully answering these questions, we must understand the details of his story, one of the most dramatic and memorable sequences in all of Plutarch’s lives.On

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26 - Marius 2: Third Founder of Rome

Cost of Glory ·

2022/02/15

In this episode, Gaius Marius goes from upstart commander to Third Founder of Rome.Roman writer and historian Sallust said Marius possessed Virtus (“manliness, prowess, virtue” - but, was Marius ultimately a “good man”? In part two of The Life of Gaius Marius, Marius captures Jugurtha, he enlists the help of a prophetess to annihilate an army of Teutones, and triumphs over the Cimbri at the Battle of Vercellae. And how he became six times Roman consul.But in order to reach the top, Marius

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25 - Marius 1: Ambition

Cost of Glory ·

2022/02/08

Hated by many contemporaries, admired by even more - and later Romans, such as the emperor Augustus. “Seven times Consul, Praetor, Tribune of the Plebs, Quaestor, Augur, Military Tribune, Marius waged war against Jugurtha, the King of Numidia and captured him. He annihilated an army of Teutones. He triumphed over the Cimbri…”Gaius Marius, an outsider, an Italian… A story of rising from obscurity to the apex of the Roman hierarchy. How did he do it?And does he deserve the blame for

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24 - Plutarch on Listening to Podcasts

Cost of Glory ·

2022/02/02

Why did Plutarch write biographies? What does one hope to get out of a biography podcast?

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23 - Odysseus' advice to proud young men

Cost of Glory ·

2022/01/26

Plutarch reads the Odyssey

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7:12

22 - Vice and the Cold Jacket

Cost of Glory ·

2022/01/19

A winter message from Plutarch

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21 - Being the Octopus

Cost of Glory ·

2022/01/12

Plutarch on what the octopus, and the mythic figure Proteus (who King Menelaus met on his way back from Troy) can tell us about friendship.

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20 - On Having Even More Friends

Cost of Glory ·

2022/01/04

Coming back to Plutarch's essay on having many friends, with remarks from Zeuxis, Chilon, and Thucydides

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19 - On Having Many Friends

Cost of Glory ·

2021/12/28

A quote and meditation from Plutarch's On Having Many Friends. Sign up for our email list at ancientlifecoach.com!

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