36 - The Age of Pericles

"I say that as a city we are the school of Hellas, while I doubt if the world can produce a man who, where he has only himself to depend upon, is equal to so many emergencies, and graced by so happy a versatility, as the Athenian...For Athens alone of her contemporaries is found when tested to be greater than her reputation, and alone gives no occasion to her assailants to blush at the antagonist by whom they have been worsted, or to her subjects to question her title by merit to rule."

-Pericles, funeral oration

I wish there was an artist attached to this image! All I've got is a website:
http://www.slideshare.net/juliahornaday/pericles-and-rise-of-democracy-presentation

My favorite version of Pericles comes from William Messner-Loebs "Epicurus the Sage". Trust me, find a copy and read it.

Greogorio Paniagua -  Anonymi Bellermann

Vox Populi!

Woohoo! Can you believe it? Because I can't! I'm a finalist in the best education category! And I owe it all to you - the listeners who are enjoying my little experiment with world history. I'm honored, flattered, bewildered, peckish, and thrilled! Even if this is as far as it gets I'm still pretty stoked.

But it doesn't HAVE to end here you know...because voting starts today! You can vote once a day for 15 days! All you gotta do is head to http://www.podcastawards.com/ and check out where I am on best education. Now you may find some other shows in there you enjoy...The British History Podcast and The History Chicks are in there too! And if you're partial to them well, don't worry I still love you. As much as I want to win, I really want a history podcast to win more :)

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