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...
Episodes (123)
72 - Crassus II: Puppet Master
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71 - Crassus I: Richest Man in Rome
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70 - How to Praise Oneself Inoffensively - Part 2
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69 - How to Praise Oneself Inoffensively
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68 - Catiline III: The Last Stand
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67 - Catiline II: Cicero's Moment
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66 - Catiline I: Rome's Deadliest Conspiracy
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65 - Seneca, The Madness of Hercules
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64 - Xenophon, Anabasis VII
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63 - Xenophon, Anabasis VI
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62 - Xenophon, Anabasis V
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61 - Agesilaus: Takeaways & Next Actions
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60 - Agesilaus III: The Fire Breathers
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59 - Agesilaus II: The Spartan Supremacy
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58 - Agesilaus I: Persian Expedition
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57 - Xenophon: Anabasis IV
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56 - CoG in Conversation - w/ Ben Wilson of How to Take Over the World
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55 - Xenophon, Anabasis III
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54 - Xenophon, Anabasis II
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53 - Xenophon, Anabasis I - Power Highlights
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52 - When it Clicks that You can Do This
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51 - Win like the Santa of Power (Christmas Special)
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50 - How to Botch a Conspiracy
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49 - Prosper and Succeed with Spartan Realpietik
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48 - Comparison: Lysander and Sulla
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47 - Sulla: Five Takeaways. And Aftermath.
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46 - Sulla III: Vengeance
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45 - Sulla 2: Rogue Commander
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44 - Sulla 1: The Lucky
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43 - An uncommon strategy for mastering fear
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42 - Get Friendships with Powerful People
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41 - Plato on how to Destroy an Aristocracy
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40 - How to get lucky when the gods are against you
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39 - Lysander Aftermath: or, How to Keep Fighting
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38 - Lysander 3: Kings of Sparta
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37 - Lysander 2: Thirty Tyrants
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36 - Lysander 1: Death of Democracy
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35 - Socrates on Public Shaming
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34 - Harry Truman on Plutarch
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33 - How to Learn Free Speech
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32 - The Sovereign Mind
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31 - Aristotle's Quadrivium; Season 2 ANNOUNCEMENT!
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30 - Comparison - Pyrrhus and Marius
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29 - The Joy of a Humorless Stoic - Publius Rutilius Rufus
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28 - Marius Aftermath and Takeaways
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27 - Marius 3: The Ruin of Cities
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26 - Marius 2: Third Founder of Rome
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25 - Marius 1: Ambition
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24 - Plutarch on Listening to Podcasts
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23 - Odysseus' advice to proud young men
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