greece – Muse and Hearth Podcast https://museandhearth.com A podcast by Valerie Abraham and Lydia Foucachon Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:26:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://i0.wp.com/museandhearth.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Rich-green-thicker-lines-and-colored-block-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 greece – Muse and Hearth Podcast https://museandhearth.com 32 32 175600695 Episode 1: Greece vs Rome https://museandhearth.com/2020/07/episode-1-greece-vs-rome/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-1-greece-vs-rome https://museandhearth.com/2020/07/episode-1-greece-vs-rome/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2020 05:10:00 +0000 https://museandhearth.com/?p=105

Valerie and Lydia discuss the famous debate between Boris Johnson (yes, we were surprised to find out he studied classics!) and Mary Beard, the Cambridge classicist. Find the link to the debate below, then join Lydia and Valerie to chat about classical civilization! Greece vs Rome: which civilization was greater? Were the Romans indeed more “human” than the Greeks? Did Greece invent everything and Rome merely copy it all? Does “copying” make their contributions less authentic? And will Valerie or Lydia change their mind after listening to the debate? Find us on Facebook and let us know if the debate—or Valerie and Lydia’s commentary—changed your mind!

Links and Books: 

Boris Johnson vs. Mary Beard Debate

Johnson vs. Beard YouTube version

“The Roots of American Order” by Russell Kirk

“The Dream of Rome” by Boris Johnson

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