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* AlluringAnglerfish: More like ''Alluring Lion Cub''. Amvrakia was once ruled by a tyrant named Faliros. One day, when Faliros went to hunt, Artemis sent a lion cub on his way. Faliros, allured by the cub's cuteness stops to pet it. Its mother, however, spots him and kills him on the spot.
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* LuringInPrey: Amvrakia was once ruled by a tyrant named Faliros. One day, when Faliros went to hunt, Artemis sent a lion cub on his way. Faliros, allured by the cub's cuteness stops to pet it. Its mother, however, spots him and kills him on the spot.
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* EliteManCourtesanRomance: Phryne, a courtesan and Praxiteles, a recognized sculptor.
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* EliteManCourtesanRomance: Phryne, a courtesan and Praxiteles, a recognized sculptor.{{sculptor|s}}.
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** Played straight with Phryne, as she was connected with very promiscuous men of her time period, like the sculptor Praxiteles, and even could decide who she wanted to please.
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** Played straight with Phryne, as she was connected with very promiscuous men of her time period, like the sculptor Praxiteles, [[Art/VenusDeMilo Praxiteles]], and even could decide who she wanted to please.
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* NamesTheSame: UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat 's first son, Heracles, had the same name with UsefulNotes/AncientGreece 's most famous mythical hero.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Inverted. Ted finds Harmodius and Aristogeiton to be pretty awful names.
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Ted finds Harmodius and Aristogeiton to be pretty awful names.
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** Thessaloniki literally means "victory over the Thessalonians", as she was born the same day that her father, Phillip II of Macedon, won a battle against the Thessalonians.
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** Thessaloniki literally means "victory over the Thessalonians", Thessalians", as she was born the same day that her father, Phillip II of Macedon, won a battle against the Thessalonians.Thessalians.
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* AllForNothing: Despite Sparta's best attempts, as they are mentioned in the seventeenth episode, UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} still becomes UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}'s most powerful city-state.
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* AllForNothing: AllForNothing:
** Despite Sparta's best attempts, as they are mentioned in the seventeenth episode, UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} still becomes UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}'s most powerfulcity-state.city-state.
** Heracles, Appollo and Artemis once fought to be patrons of one city in Epirus called Amvrakia and asked for a shepherd to choose. The shepherd chose Heracles, because all the residents of Epirus were descendants of him [Heracles]. Artemis was fine with that decision, but Appollo was so furious that he [[TakenForGranite petrifies the shepherd]]. The icing on the cake comes from the fact that the residents of Amvrakia ended up worshipping all the three of the contestants.
** Despite Sparta's best attempts, as they are mentioned in the seventeenth episode, UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} still becomes UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}'s most powerful
** Heracles, Appollo and Artemis once fought to be patrons of one city in Epirus called Amvrakia and asked for a shepherd to choose. The shepherd chose Heracles, because all the residents of Epirus were descendants of him [Heracles]. Artemis was fine with that decision, but Appollo was so furious that he [[TakenForGranite petrifies the shepherd]]. The icing on the cake comes from the fact that the residents of Amvrakia ended up worshipping all the three of the contestants.
* AlluringAnglerfish: More like ''Alluring Lion Cub''. Amvrakia was once ruled by a tyrant named Faliros. One day, when Faliros went to hunt, Artemis sent a lion cub on his way. Faliros, allured by the cub's cuteness stops to pet it. Its mother, however, spots him and kills him on the spot.
** Amvrakia is named after one of Apollo's grandchildren by the same name.
* SiblingRivalry: Apollo and Artemis usually got along pretty well, but there was a time where they fought to be patrons of the same city, Amvrakia.
* TakenForGranite: Heracles, Appollo and Artemis once fought to be patrons of one city in Epirus called Amvrakia and asked for a shepherd to choose. The shepherd chose Heracles, because all the residents of Epirus were descendants of him [Heracles]. Artemis was fine with that decision, but Appollo was so furious that he [[TakenForGranite petrifies the shepherd]].
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** There's a good reason why Archaeostoryteller is known as Archeo'''''troll'''''isteller among his fans. You might think that his podcast praises UsefulNotes/AncientGreece and its legacy, but even from the first episode, Ted states that his main intention is to retell interesting stories from that time period. And to further prove his point, he chooses to talk about a group of people from Ancient UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} that is often misinterpreted; its slaves and its prostitutes.
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** There's a good reason why Archaeostoryteller is known as Archeo'''''troll'''''isteller Archeo'''''troll'''''ist among his fans. You might think that his podcast praises UsefulNotes/AncientGreece and its legacy, but even from the first episode, Ted states that his main intention is to retell interesting stories from that time period. And to further prove his point, he chooses to talk about a group of people from Ancient UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} that is often misinterpreted; its slaves and its prostitutes.
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* NotGoodWithRejection: The tyrant Hipparchus was in love with Harmodius. Unfortunately for him, Harmodius was already in a relationship with Aristogeiton and thus, rejected Hipparchus' seduction. Hipparchus takes revenge by inviting Harmodius' little sister to participate in the Panathenaea, and then, she kicks her out because she wasn't a virgin.
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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Cassander believed that his city, Cassandreia, would flourish in the next years and that his wife's city, Thessalonica, would remain irrelevant. Turns out that the opposite happened and Thessaloniki remained an important centre of the greek world, not only in the Byzantine times (where it was the second most important city after Constantinople and it was called "co-reigning" city) but in modern times, where it's the second most important city after Athens.
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* {{Dominatrix}}: Phryne, a famous prostitute, is described as being extremely beautiful. In fact. She was often associated with Goddess Aphrodite herself! Yet, she was the one managing her business. If she didn't like you, she increased her prices. The only exception was Diogenes, whom she offered her services to him free, because of his wisdom.
* {{Egopolis}}: Apollo founds a city in North Africa and names it after his wife, Cyrene.
* {{Egopolis}}: Apollo founds a city in North Africa and names it after his wife, Cyrene.
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* {{Dominatrix}}: Phryne, a famous prostitute, is described as being extremely beautiful. In fact. She fact, she was often associated with Goddess Aphrodite herself! Yet, she was the one managing her business. If she didn't like you, she increased her prices. The only exception was Diogenes, whom she offered her services to him free, because of his wisdom.
*{{Egopolis}}: {{Egopolis}}:
** Apollo founds a city in North Africa and names it after his wife,Cyrene.Cyrene.
** Cassander founded three cities, one of them is Cassandreia (named after himself) and the other Thessalonica (named after his wife).
** And let's not forget UsefulNotes/{{Athens}}, which is named after [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Goddess Athena]].
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** Apollo founds a city in North Africa and names it after his wife,
** Cassander founded three cities, one of them is Cassandreia (named after himself) and the other Thessalonica (named after his wife).
** And let's not forget UsefulNotes/{{Athens}}, which is named after [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Goddess Athena]].
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** Lucian had a tendency to criticize society through his works. For example, ''Literature/TrueStory'' made fun of the sailors who retold extraordinary tales from their travels by having his heroes go to the moon.
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** Lucian had a tendency to criticize society through his works. For example, ''Literature/TrueStory'' ''Literature/TrueHistory'' made fun of the sailors who retold extraordinary tales from their travels by having his heroes go to the moon.
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* AmbiguousEnding: After a lifetime of suffering, Neaera is brought at a court for being a prostitute. Apollodorus, her rival, retells all the things he knows about her life as a prostitute. Neaera can't do nothing but listen from a corner. If she lost the case, she would lose everything and she would be sold as a slave. (Un)Fortunately, the result is unknown and this had led to a bunch of various speculations. Some scholars believe that Neaera won the case, for the arguments that Apollodoros presented were too dumb to be taken seriously. Others, however, are of the opposite opinion…
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* AmbiguousEnding: After a lifetime of suffering, Neaera is brought at a court for being a prostitute. Apollodorus, her rival, retells all the things he knows about her life as a prostitute. Neaera can't do nothing but listen from a corner. If she lost the case, she would lose everything and she would be sold as a slave. (Un)Fortunately, the result is unknown and this had led to a bunch of various speculations. Some scholars believe that Neaera won the case, for the arguments that Apollodoros Apollodorus presented were too dumb to be taken seriously. Others, however, are of the opposite opinion…
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* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Apollodoros may have studied oratory, but he still lost the trial against the slave that was given his father's bank. Additionally, some scholars believe that he also lost the trial against Neaera, for the arguments hd presented were too dumb to be taken seriously.
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* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Apollodoros Apollodorus may have studied oratory, but he still lost the trial against the slave that was given his father's bank. Additionally, some scholars believe that he also lost the trial against Neaera, for the arguments hd he presented were too dumb to be taken seriously.
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* ShoutOut: The sixth episode is called ''Mia treli treli oikogeneia'' [[note]] ''A crazy crazy family'' [[/note]], after a greek sitcom of the same name.
* StealthPun: When Cleisthenes sees Hippocleides' dance (where Hippocleides is twisting upside down, with the chiton fallen and his genitals on full display), he is so disgusted by this sight, that he tells him "Apo orchises ton gamo sou!". ''Orcheis'' are the genitals, but it also meant dance in UsefulNotes/AncientGreece. So, what Cleisthenes told him was "Your genitals/dance ruined your wedding!".
* {{Troll}}: There's a good reason why Archaeostoryteller is known as Archeo'''''troll'''''isteller among his fans. You might think that his podcast praises UsefulNotes/AncientGreece and its legacy, but even from the first episode, Ted states that his main intention is to retell interesting stories from that time period. And to further prove his point, he chooses to talk about a group of people from Ancient UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} that is often misinterpreted; its slaves and its prostitutes.
* StealthPun: When Cleisthenes sees Hippocleides' dance (where Hippocleides is twisting upside down, with the chiton fallen and his genitals on full display), he is so disgusted by this sight, that he tells him "Apo orchises ton gamo sou!". ''Orcheis'' are the genitals, but it also meant dance in UsefulNotes/AncientGreece. So, what Cleisthenes told him was "Your genitals/dance ruined your wedding!".
* {{Troll}}: There's a good reason why Archaeostoryteller is known as Archeo'''''troll'''''isteller among his fans. You might think that his podcast praises UsefulNotes/AncientGreece and its legacy, but even from the first episode, Ted states that his main intention is to retell interesting stories from that time period. And to further prove his point, he chooses to talk about a group of people from Ancient UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} that is often misinterpreted; its slaves and its prostitutes.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** The sixth episode is called ''Mia treli treli oikogeneia'' [[note]] ''A crazy crazy family'' [[/note]], after a greek sitcom of the same name.
** ''150 Chronia Monaxias'' [[note]] ''150 years of solitude'' [[/note]] is taken out of one of Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez's book titles, ''Literature/OneHundredYearsOfSolitude''.
* StealthPun: When Cleisthenes sees Hippocleides' dance (where Hippocleides is twisting upside down, with the chiton fallen and his genitals on full display), he is so disgusted by this sight, that he tells him"Apo orchises "Aporchises ton gamo sou!". ''Orcheis'' are the genitals, but it also meant dance in UsefulNotes/AncientGreece. So, what Cleisthenes told him was "Your genitals/dance ruined your wedding!".
*{{Troll}}: {{Troll}}:
** There's a good reason why Archaeostoryteller is known as Archeo'''''troll'''''isteller among his fans. You might think that his podcast praises UsefulNotes/AncientGreece and its legacy, but even from the first episode, Ted states that his main intention is to retell interesting stories from that time period. And to further prove his point, he chooses to talk about a group of people from Ancient UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} that is often misinterpreted; its slaves and itsprostitutes.prostitutes.
** Lucian had a tendency to criticize society through his works. For example, ''Literature/TrueStory'' made fun of the sailors who retold extraordinary tales from their travels by having his heroes go to the moon.
** The sixth episode is called ''Mia treli treli oikogeneia'' [[note]] ''A crazy crazy family'' [[/note]], after a greek sitcom of the same name.
** ''150 Chronia Monaxias'' [[note]] ''150 years of solitude'' [[/note]] is taken out of one of Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez's book titles, ''Literature/OneHundredYearsOfSolitude''.
* StealthPun: When Cleisthenes sees Hippocleides' dance (where Hippocleides is twisting upside down, with the chiton fallen and his genitals on full display), he is so disgusted by this sight, that he tells him
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** There's a good reason why Archaeostoryteller is known as Archeo'''''troll'''''isteller among his fans. You might think that his podcast praises UsefulNotes/AncientGreece and its legacy, but even from the first episode, Ted states that his main intention is to retell interesting stories from that time period. And to further prove his point, he chooses to talk about a group of people from Ancient UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} that is often misinterpreted; its slaves and its
** Lucian had a tendency to criticize society through his works. For example, ''Literature/TrueStory'' made fun of the sailors who retold extraordinary tales from their travels by having his heroes go to the moon.
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* WolverinePublicity: Ted straight up says that the reason his first episode is dedicated to UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} is because Athens is the most praised and most famous out of all the city-states.
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* WolverinePublicity: Ted straight up says that the reason his first episode is dedicated to UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} is because Athens is the most praised and most famous out of all the city-states. Generally, Athens is the city that is featured the most in the majority of the episodes.
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** Nicarete, a Corinthian prostitute, who adopted abandoned girls and presented them as her daughters, so that her clients would pay higher.
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** Nicarete, Nikarete, a Corinthian prostitute, who adopted abandoned girls and presented them as her daughters, so that her clients would pay higher.
* IronicName: Phryne means "toad". Now, toad is often associated with ugliness, but Phryne herself has gone down in history for her beauty.
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** Phryne's real name was Mnesarete. Phryne was just a nickname, which meant "toad", because it's been said that her skin was so pale, that it reminded people of the skin of the "toad". Counts as an IronicName, as well, for she went down in history for her beauty.
** Thessaloniki literally means "victory over the Thessalonians", as she was born the same day that her father, Phillip II of Macedon, won a battle against the Thessalonians.
* MissKitty:Nicarete.Nikarete.
** Phryne's real name was Mnesarete. Phryne was just a nickname, which meant "toad", because it's been said that her skin was so pale, that it reminded people of the skin of the "toad". Counts as an IronicName, as well, for she went down in history for her beauty.
** Thessaloniki literally means "victory over the Thessalonians", as she was born the same day that her father, Phillip II of Macedon, won a battle against the Thessalonians.
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* BandOfBrothels: Ancient Corinth was popular for its brothels. Though, brothels were common all over Greece, even in philosophical Athens.
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* EliteManCourtesanRomance: Phryne, a courtesan and Praxiteles, a recognized sculptor.
* FreestateAmsterdam: More like Freestate Corinth. Corinth was so popular in antiquity for its brothels, that there was even a phrase stating that only "chads" could visit it.
* HighClassCallGirl:
** Nicarete, a Corinthian prostitute, who adopted abandoned girls and presented them as her daughters, so that her clients would pay higher.
** Phryne, a courtesan from Boeotia, who lived an episodic life. Born in a small village on Boeotia, she got bored with the peasant life and decided to make a career on the "UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity" of UsefulNotes/AncientGreece, UsefulNotes/{{Athens}}. Girls back then couldn't receive education, and so she had to educate herself on her own and became an extremely popular prostitute! And the rest is history…
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Neaera, whose only wish in life was to find true love and live happily ever after!
* FreestateAmsterdam: More like Freestate Corinth. Corinth was so popular in antiquity for its brothels, that there was even a phrase stating that only "chads" could visit it.
* HighClassCallGirl:
** Nicarete, a Corinthian prostitute, who adopted abandoned girls and presented them as her daughters, so that her clients would pay higher.
** Phryne, a courtesan from Boeotia, who lived an episodic life. Born in a small village on Boeotia, she got bored with the peasant life and decided to make a career on the "UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity" of UsefulNotes/AncientGreece, UsefulNotes/{{Athens}}. Girls back then couldn't receive education, and so she had to educate herself on her own and became an extremely popular prostitute! And the rest is history…
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Neaera, whose only wish in life was to find true love and live happily ever after!
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* TheOldestProfession: Discussed, by far, on two episodes, ''"Tou Sklavou Kai Tis Pornes"''[[note]]''"Of The Slave And Of The Prostitute"''[[/note]] and ''"I Gynaika Pou Latrepse Oli I Ellada"''[[note]]''"The Woman That Greece Fall In Love"''[[/note]], where two prostitutes, Neaera and Phryne, had their lives retold.
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* RedLightDistrict:
** Ancient Corinth, as a whole, was famous for its brothels.
** Prostitution isn't brought up whenever Ancient Athens is mentioned, but prostitutes consisted a big part of its population, just like in any other city.
** Ancient Corinth, as a whole, was famous for its brothels.
** Prostitution isn't brought up whenever Ancient Athens is mentioned, but prostitutes consisted a big part of its population, just like in any other city.
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** Inverted in Neaera's case. Born in Corinth and worked at a brothel from a very a young age, she went on a tour in Athens. There, she met and fell in love with an Athenian, who seemed to love her truly. When she returned to Corinth, she was bought by two men who treated her a sex object, until they got rid of her. The Athenian she had met took her with him, but it turned out he never liked her and constantly abused her. She ran away to Megara and worked as a sex worker there, until she met another Athenian, this time named Stephanos, who fell in love with her and took her to Athens. Her ex, however, finds that out and puts her into a trial, where the juries conclude that she can decide for herself what's the best option. Neaera choses Stephanos, but she still has to work as a sex worker, because Stephanos turns out to be a lazy douchebag. She's put again into trial, for her work and, if she loses, she will lose everything and be sold as a slave. And yet, the only thing she can do during her trial is standing in a corner and listening to all these accusations against her, without even saying a word. And we don't know the result of the trial and of her fate! The poor girl had such a terrible life that would make anyone burst into tears.
** Played straight with Phryne, as she was connected with very promiscuous men of her time period, like the sculptor Praxiteles, and even could decide who she wanted to please.
** Inverted in Neaera's case. Born in Corinth and worked at a brothel from a very a young age, she went on a tour in Athens. There, she met and fell in love with an Athenian, who seemed to love her truly. When she returned to Corinth, she was bought by two men who treated her a sex object, until they got rid of her. The Athenian she had met took her with him, but it turned out he never liked her and constantly abused her. She ran away to Megara and worked as a sex worker there, until she met another Athenian, this time named Stephanos, who fell in love with her and took her to Athens. Her ex, however, finds that out and puts her into a trial, where the juries conclude that she can decide for herself what's the best option. Neaera choses Stephanos, but she still has to work as a sex worker, because Stephanos turns out to be a lazy douchebag. She's put again into trial, for her work and, if she loses, she will lose everything and be sold as a slave. And yet, the only thing she can do during her trial is standing in a corner and listening to all these accusations against her, without even saying a word. And we don't know the result of the trial and of her fate! The poor girl had such a terrible life that would make anyone burst into tears.
** Played straight with Phryne, as she was connected with very promiscuous men of her time period, like the sculptor Praxiteles, and even could decide who she wanted to please.
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* ActionGirl: Cyrene, a Thessalian princess, who prefer hunting over weaving, once wrestle a lion which attacked her father's sheeps and beat it!
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* AmazonChaser: Apollo first saw Cyrene, a huntress, when she was fighting a lion and he instantly fall in love with her. But, apparently, she was so imposing, that he had to ask for help from Chiron to make her his.
* AmazonChaser: Apollo first saw Cyrene, a huntress, when she was fighting a lion and he instantly fall in love with her. But, apparently, she was so imposing, that he had to ask for help from Chiron to make her his.
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* BadassFamily: Apollo, a god (literally!), Cyrene, a Thessalian princess who once fought a lion and '''beat''' it and their son, Aristeus, who saved Kea from a deadly [[ThePlague plague]].
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* {{Egopolis}}: Apollo founds a city in North Africa and names it after his wife, Cyrene.
* LovableCoward: Archilochus. He once wrote a poem about his cowardice. And the people loved it! Ted calls him the most "yolo" ancient Greek.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Cyrene, a huntress in contrast to her husband, Apollo, the god of music, arts and sunlight. Even Apollo is afraid to ask her first and has to consult Chiron to do it.
* LovableCoward: Archilochus. He once wrote a poem about his cowardice. And the people loved it! Ted calls him the most "yolo" ancient Greek.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Cyrene, a huntress in contrast to her husband, Apollo, the god of music, arts and sunlight. Even Apollo is afraid to ask her first and has to consult Chiron to do it.
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* NotLikeOtherGirls: Cyrene, a Thessalian princess, wasn't interested in girly activities. She preferred hunting over weaving.
* ThePlague: An awful one hits Kea, resulting in the death of many of its residents. Thankfully, Aristeus finds the reason why this island was cursed (apparently, because Ikarius' murderers were hiding there), kills them and asks for Zeus's help. Zeus, then, sends winds to blow away ThePlague.
* ThePlague: An awful one hits Kea, resulting in the death of many of its residents. Thankfully, Aristeus finds the reason why this island was cursed (apparently, because Ikarius' murderers were hiding there), kills them and asks for Zeus's help. Zeus, then, sends winds to blow away ThePlague.
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* WriterOnBoard: Because most of what we know about the First Messenian War (between Sparta and Messenia, where Messenia lost) comes from the Messenians, there's a huge anti-spartan bias of the retelling. It's a rare inverted WrittenByTheWinners case.
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* DemocracyIsFlawed: For Ted, the fact that the Athenian Democracy withstood and faced with success UsefulNotes/TheAchaemenidEmpire (which was the biggest military power of that time), despite the fact that it was only just recently developed, is proof that when Democracy wants it, it can succeed.
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* DemocracyIsFlawed: For Ted, the fact that the Athenian Democracy withstood and faced with success UsefulNotes/TheAchaemenidEmpire (which was the biggest military power of that time), despite the fact that it was only just recently developed, is proof that when Democracy wants it, it can succeed. He then goes further by telling that the Athenian Democracy was useful, for without it, there would be no Classical Greece and the world would be totally different.
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* AmbiguousEnding: After a lifetime of suffering, Neaera is brought at a court for being a prostitute. Apollodoros, Apollodorus, her rival, retells all the things he knows about her life as a prostitute. Neaera can't do nothing but listen from a corner. If she lost the case, she would lose everything and she would be sold as a slave. (Un)Fortunately, the result is unknown and this had led to a bunch of various speculations. Some scholars believe that Neaera won the case, for the arguments that Apollodoros presented were too dumb to be taken seriously. Others, however, are of the opposite opinion…
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* TheWeirdSisters: Madame Nikarete, a famous Corinthian prostitute, had a tendency to adopt abandoned girls and present them as their daughters, so her clients would have to pay higher to enjoy them. At one point, she had "raised" seven daughters! Ted talks about one though; Neaera.
* WolverinePublicity: Ted straight up says that the reason his first episode is dedicated to UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} is because Athens is the most praised and most famous out of all the city-states.
* WomanScorned: Surprisingly averted with Olympiada, UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat's mother. Due to her fierce personality, her marriage with Phillip didn't go well and Phillip started seeing other women. Olympiada became friends with one of them named Nicesipolis.
* WolverinePublicity: Ted straight up says that the reason his first episode is dedicated to UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} is because Athens is the most praised and most famous out of all the city-states.
* WomanScorned: Surprisingly averted with Olympiada, UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat's mother. Due to her fierce personality, her marriage with Phillip didn't go well and Phillip started seeing other women. Olympiada became friends with one of them named Nicesipolis.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Polites, one of Odysseus' comrade rapes a young girl from Temessis. The citizens of the town killed him by throwing rocks at him. Odysseus didn't approve of that action and left, without even burying him respectfully.
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* AllForNothing: Despite Sparta's best attempts, as they are mentioned in the seventeenth episode, UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} still becomes UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}'s most powerful city-state.
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* TheBully: Ted literally calls Sparta this in ''Pos xtizeis ena toixos! Me psemata!'' [[note]] ''How do you build a wall? With lies!'' [[/note]].
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* CallBack: Archaeostoryteller in his first episode mentions Pasinoas and his son, Apollodoros. Apollodoros makes another appearance later, in Neaera's trial.
* CardCarryingVillain: How the Spartans were portrayed in the ''Enas apisteutos polemos'' [[note]] ''A terrific war'' [[/note]] episode, as they would stop for nothing to enslave the Messenians.
* CartwrightCurse: Apollo's love life is ''so'' bad, that he even got his own episode, entirely dedicated to all his failed affairs.
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Apollodoros may have studied oratory, but he still lost the trial against the slave that was given his father's bank. Additionally, some scholars believe that he also lost the trial against Neaera, for the arguments hd presented were too dumb to be taken seriously.
* ConsummateProfessional: After Pasinoas was free and was given the bank of his previous bosses', he also founded a shield factory and when the Athenians found themselves in trouble, he aided them by giving them 1,000 shields. Ted describes him as being pretty hard-working and with a business mind.
* CourtlyLove: Apollo's relationship with Cassandra and Hyacinthus in a nutshell.
* DavidVsGoliath: In ''Pos xtizeis ena toixos! Me psemata!'' [[note]] ''How do you build a wall? With lies!'' [[/note]], where the UsefulNotes/GrecoPersianWars are touched briefly, Ted literally calls Persia the Goliath of the story, while the small greek city-states are the David.
* CardCarryingVillain: How the Spartans were portrayed in the ''Enas apisteutos polemos'' [[note]] ''A terrific war'' [[/note]] episode, as they would stop for nothing to enslave the Messenians.
* CartwrightCurse: Apollo's love life is ''so'' bad, that he even got his own episode, entirely dedicated to all his failed affairs.
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Apollodoros may have studied oratory, but he still lost the trial against the slave that was given his father's bank. Additionally, some scholars believe that he also lost the trial against Neaera, for the arguments hd presented were too dumb to be taken seriously.
* ConsummateProfessional: After Pasinoas was free and was given the bank of his previous bosses', he also founded a shield factory and when the Athenians found themselves in trouble, he aided them by giving them 1,000 shields. Ted describes him as being pretty hard-working and with a business mind.
* CourtlyLove: Apollo's relationship with Cassandra and Hyacinthus in a nutshell.
* DavidVsGoliath: In ''Pos xtizeis ena toixos! Me psemata!'' [[note]] ''How do you build a wall? With lies!'' [[/note]], where the UsefulNotes/GrecoPersianWars are touched briefly, Ted literally calls Persia the Goliath of the story, while the small greek city-states are the David.
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''Archaeostoryteller'' is a Greek podcast started on January 2021 by archaeologist Thodoros "Ted" Papakostas.Papakostas, aka Archaeostoryteller. Originally started with small posts on Ted's personal Instagram, but after popular demand, he made his own podcast.
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* {{Archenemies}}: AthensAndSparta are presented as this whenever UsefulNotes/ThePeloponnesianWar is mentioned.
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* AthensAndSparta: The rivalry of these two cities is presented in some of his episodes, like in ''Mia treli treli oikogeneia'' [[note]] ''A crazy crazy family'' [[/note]] and in ''Pos xtizeis ena toixos? Me psemata!'' [[note]] ''How do you build a wall? With lies!'' [[/note]]
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* BerserkButton: Don't tell Ted that Santorini has better subsets than his hometown, Thessaloniki.
* BringerOfWarMusic: Franchise/StarWars 's theme was played at the fourth episode, which was about the war between the moon people and the sun people.
* BrokenAce: UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat may have been -as the name implies - one of the greatest conquerors, but he suffered from severe daddy issues. His mommy issues were even worse.
* BuryYourGays: Hipparchus, Harmodius and Aristogeiton (the latter two had a bond, while the former was in love with Harmodius) all died in different ways on the second episode. Hipparchus was murdered by Harmodius and Aristogeiton, Harmodius was killed on the spot, while Aristogeiton was tortured to death.
* DemocracyIsFlawed: For Ted, the fact that the Athenian Democracy withstood and faced with success UsefulNotes/TheAchaemenidEmpire (which was the biggest military power of that time), despite the fact that it was only just recently developed, is proof that when Democracy wants it, it can succeed.
* BringerOfWarMusic: Franchise/StarWars 's theme was played at the fourth episode, which was about the war between the moon people and the sun people.
* BrokenAce: UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat may have been -as the name implies - one of the greatest conquerors, but he suffered from severe daddy issues. His mommy issues were even worse.
* BuryYourGays: Hipparchus, Harmodius and Aristogeiton (the latter two had a bond, while the former was in love with Harmodius) all died in different ways on the second episode. Hipparchus was murdered by Harmodius and Aristogeiton, Harmodius was killed on the spot, while Aristogeiton was tortured to death.
* DemocracyIsFlawed: For Ted, the fact that the Athenian Democracy withstood and faced with success UsefulNotes/TheAchaemenidEmpire (which was the biggest military power of that time), despite the fact that it was only just recently developed, is proof that when Democracy wants it, it can succeed.
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* RagsToRiches: Pasinoas, a slave from an unknown foreign country, made the bank he worked in [[UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} Ancient Athens]] one of the biggest in the ancient world. This didn't go unnoticed from his bosses, who freed him and gave him the bank when he died. For Pasinoas, this wasn't enough. He founded a shield factory and when the Athenians found themselves in great trouble and had to go to war, Pasinoas helped them by handing to them 1,000 shields! To show their gratitudes, the Athenians gave to him and his sons political rights. From a mere slave to a rich Athenian citizen, Pasinoas' life is one full of wonders!
* RichesToRags: Modern Sicyon isn't that magnificent, but Archaeostoryteller assures that it was a significant city back in ancient times.
* RichesToRags: Modern Sicyon isn't that magnificent, but Archaeostoryteller assures that it was a significant city back in ancient times.
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* StealthPun: When Cleisthenes sees Hippocleides' dance (where Hippocleides is twisting upside down, with the chiton fallen and his genitals on full display), he is so disgusted by this sight, that he tells him "Apo orchises ton gamo sou!". ''Orcheis'' are the genitals, but it also meant dance in UsefulNotes/AncientGreece. So, what Cleisthenes told him was "Your genitals/dance ruined your wedding!".
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: More like ''Always a more tragic fish''. The tenth episode is titled ''O enas pio tragikos apo ton allon'' [[note]] ''Always a more tragic one'' [[/note]] and he talks about the three great tragedians; Creator/{{Aeschylus}}, Creator/{{Sophocles}} and Creator/{{Euripides}}.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: More like ''Always a more tragic fish''. AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The tenth episode is titled ''O enas pio tragikos apo ton allon'' [[note]] ''Always a more tragic one'' [[/note]] and he talks about the three great tragedians; Creator/{{Aeschylus}}, Creator/{{Sophocles}} and Creator/{{Euripides}}.Creator/{{Euripides}}.
* AmbiguousEnding: After a lifetime of suffering, Neaera is brought at a court for being a prostitute. Apollodoros, her rival, retells all the things he knows about her life as a prostitute. Neaera can't do nothing but listen from a corner. If she lost the case, she would lose everything and she would be sold as a slave. (Un)Fortunately, the result is unknown and this had led to a bunch of various speculations. Some scholars believe that Neaera won the case, for the arguments that Apollodoros presented were too dumb to be taken seriously. Others, however, are of the opposite opinion…
* AnAesop: ''Mia treli treli oikogeneia'' [[note]] ''A crazy crazy family'' [[/note]] presents us this; "No one is doing ok and even if we think that things are going smoothly for someone, that's because we don't know them very well".
* AssholeVictim:
** After Hipparchus' failed attempts to seduce Harmodius, he invites Harmodius' little sister to participate at the Panathenaea, only to reject her and disgrace her publicly by saying that she wasn't a virgin (which back then was a huge offense). Harmodius and Aristogeiton are so frustrated that they want to punish him and, during the Panathenaea, they kill him.
** One of Odysseus' comrade, Politis, raped a young girl from Temessis. The citizens of the town killed him by throwing rocks at him. Even Odysseus didn't approve of that action and left, without even burying him respectfully.
* AuthorAppeal: While he has never outright stated it, Ted finds Athenian history interesting, especially during the Classical period, as six of the seventeen episodes he has made so far take place here.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The king of the Moon, Endymion, is at war with the Sun. At the moon, giant spiders, each one bigger than a Cycladic island, build a bridge from the moon to the sun, so his army could march. Said army includes hippogryph, cabbageflies, milletians and various other extraordinary beings! And despite that, he still lost the war.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Inverted. Ted finds Harmodius and Aristogeiton to be pretty awful names.
* BadassBoast:
** Phillip II of Macedon once wrote to the Spartans that if he entered Laconia, he would level Sparta to the ground. The Spartans responded with one word: "If."
** Attempted at the ''O pio arxaios ghostbuster'' [[note]] ''The most ancient ghostbuster'' [[/note]].
--> '''Archaeostoryteller''': Τώρα τον διάλογο στο μυαλό μου τον φαντάζομαι κάπως έτσι: είπε το φάντασμα "Ουυυυ, είμαι το Μαύρο Μάτι" και είπε ο Εύθυμος "Φύγε μην σου μαυρίσω και το άλλο το μάτι!" Γιατί υποθέτω ότι το trash talk δεν ήταν ιδιαίτερα ανεπτυγμένο εκείνη την εποχή […][[note]] Now, I imagine that their conversation might be like this; the ghost said "Ouuuuu, I am the Black Eye" and Euthimos said "Get away so I won't have to punch your other eye!" Because I assume that trash talk wasn't really that progressive back then […] [[/note]]
* AmbiguousEnding: After a lifetime of suffering, Neaera is brought at a court for being a prostitute. Apollodoros, her rival, retells all the things he knows about her life as a prostitute. Neaera can't do nothing but listen from a corner. If she lost the case, she would lose everything and she would be sold as a slave. (Un)Fortunately, the result is unknown and this had led to a bunch of various speculations. Some scholars believe that Neaera won the case, for the arguments that Apollodoros presented were too dumb to be taken seriously. Others, however, are of the opposite opinion…
* AnAesop: ''Mia treli treli oikogeneia'' [[note]] ''A crazy crazy family'' [[/note]] presents us this; "No one is doing ok and even if we think that things are going smoothly for someone, that's because we don't know them very well".
* AssholeVictim:
** After Hipparchus' failed attempts to seduce Harmodius, he invites Harmodius' little sister to participate at the Panathenaea, only to reject her and disgrace her publicly by saying that she wasn't a virgin (which back then was a huge offense). Harmodius and Aristogeiton are so frustrated that they want to punish him and, during the Panathenaea, they kill him.
** One of Odysseus' comrade, Politis, raped a young girl from Temessis. The citizens of the town killed him by throwing rocks at him. Even Odysseus didn't approve of that action and left, without even burying him respectfully.
* AuthorAppeal: While he has never outright stated it, Ted finds Athenian history interesting, especially during the Classical period, as six of the seventeen episodes he has made so far take place here.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The king of the Moon, Endymion, is at war with the Sun. At the moon, giant spiders, each one bigger than a Cycladic island, build a bridge from the moon to the sun, so his army could march. Said army includes hippogryph, cabbageflies, milletians and various other extraordinary beings! And despite that, he still lost the war.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Inverted. Ted finds Harmodius and Aristogeiton to be pretty awful names.
* BadassBoast:
** Phillip II of Macedon once wrote to the Spartans that if he entered Laconia, he would level Sparta to the ground. The Spartans responded with one word: "If."
** Attempted at the ''O pio arxaios ghostbuster'' [[note]] ''The most ancient ghostbuster'' [[/note]].
--> '''Archaeostoryteller''': Τώρα τον διάλογο στο μυαλό μου τον φαντάζομαι κάπως έτσι: είπε το φάντασμα "Ουυυυ, είμαι το Μαύρο Μάτι" και είπε ο Εύθυμος "Φύγε μην σου μαυρίσω και το άλλο το μάτι!" Γιατί υποθέτω ότι το trash talk δεν ήταν ιδιαίτερα ανεπτυγμένο εκείνη την εποχή […][[note]] Now, I imagine that their conversation might be like this; the ghost said "Ouuuuu, I am the Black Eye" and Euthimos said "Get away so I won't have to punch your other eye!" Because I assume that trash talk wasn't really that progressive back then […] [[/note]]
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* ShoutOut: The sixth episode is called ''Mia treli treli oikogeneia'' [[note]] ''A crazy crazy family'' [[/note]], after a greek sitcom of the same name.
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* WrittenByTheWinners: Surprisingly inverted in ''Enas apisteutos polemos'' [[note]] ''A terrific war'' [[/note]], which is about the First Messenian War between Messenia and Sparta (where the Messenians lost). The Spartans are presented as liars, tricksters and with no redeeming qualities whatsoever, while Aristodimos, the leader of the Messenians, is seen as a hero, despite the fact that he murdered his own daughter. Archaeostoryteller says that's just the case, because the main sources from this war come from the Messenians.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: More like ''Always a more tragic fish''. The tenth episode is titled ''O enas pio tragikos apo ton allon'' [[note]] ''Always a more tragic one'' [[/note]] and he talks about the three great tragedians; Creator/{{Aeschylus}}, Creator/{Sophocles}} and Creator/{{Euripides}}.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: More like ''Always a more tragic fish''. The tenth episode is titled ''O enas pio tragikos apo ton allon'' [[note]] ''Always a more tragic one'' [[/note]] and he talks about the three great tragedians; Creator/{{Aeschylus}}, Creator/{Sophocles}} Creator/{{Sophocles}} and Creator/{{Euripides}}.
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* NamesTheSame: UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat 's first son, Heracles, has the same name with UsefulNotes/AncientGreece 's most famous mythical hero.
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** Apollo had so many cases that he even got his own episode:
*** He fell in love with Cassandra. Cassandra loved him back. Their love didn't last long and Apollo cursed her.
*** Then, it was Hyacinthus, but Apollo accidentally killed him when he tried to teach him discus throw.
*** Next it was Marpissa, a mortal. Marpissa chose, however, another mortal, Idas.
*** He fell in love with Ymenaio. Ymemaio didn't love him back.
*** Last but not least, it was Daphne. A man named Leucippus also wanted her and disguised himself as a woman to be close to her. Apollo, then, told Daphne's friends to bath naked and when they realised that Leucippus was actually a man, they killed him. Still thought, Apollo was unlucky. Daphne transformed into a tree, so she wouldn't lose her virginity.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: More like ''Always a more tragic fish''. The tenth episode is titled ''O enas pio tragikos apo ton allon'' [[note]] ''Always a more tragic one'' [[/note]] and he talks about the three great tragedians; Creator/{{Aeschylus}}, Creator/{Sophocles}} and Creator/{{Euripides}}.
* NamesTheSame: UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat 's first son, Heracles,has had the same name with UsefulNotes/AncientGreece 's most famous mythical hero.
*** He fell in love with Cassandra. Cassandra loved him back. Their love didn't last long and Apollo cursed her.
*** Then, it was Hyacinthus, but Apollo accidentally killed him when he tried to teach him discus throw.
*** Next it was Marpissa, a mortal. Marpissa chose, however, another mortal, Idas.
*** He fell in love with Ymenaio. Ymemaio didn't love him back.
*** Last but not least, it was Daphne. A man named Leucippus also wanted her and disguised himself as a woman to be close to her. Apollo, then, told Daphne's friends to bath naked and when they realised that Leucippus was actually a man, they killed him. Still thought, Apollo was unlucky. Daphne transformed into a tree, so she wouldn't lose her virginity.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: More like ''Always a more tragic fish''. The tenth episode is titled ''O enas pio tragikos apo ton allon'' [[note]] ''Always a more tragic one'' [[/note]] and he talks about the three great tragedians; Creator/{{Aeschylus}}, Creator/{Sophocles}} and Creator/{{Euripides}}.
* NamesTheSame: UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat 's first son, Heracles,
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** Poor Neaera! All this girl ever wanted was to find the love of his life, but she was unlucky on every occasion. Born in Corinth and worked at a brothel from a very a young age, she went on a tour in Athens. There, she met and fell in love with an Athenian, who seemed to love her truly. When she returned to Corinth, she was bought by two men who treated her a sex object, until they got rid of her. The Athenian she had met took her with him, but it turned out he never liked her and constantly abused her. She left him and went to Megara, where she worked as a prostitute, until she met another Athenian, named Stefanos. Stefanos was poor, but he was also honest, fell in love with her and took her to Athens. EarnYourHappyEnding? Nope!
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** Poor Neaera! All this girl ever wanted was to find the love of his life, but she was unlucky on every occasion. Born in Corinth and worked at a brothel from a very a young age, she went on a tour in Athens. There, she met and fell in love with an Athenian, who seemed to love her truly. When she returned to Corinth, she was bought by two men who treated her a sex object, until they got rid of her. The Athenian she had met took her with him, but it turned out he never liked her and constantly abused her. She left him and went to Megara, where she worked as a prostitute, until she met another Athenian, named Stefanos. Stefanos was poor, but he was also honest, That's just sad!
** Hipparchus, one of Athens' tyrant saw one day Harmodius, instantly fell in love withher him and took her to Athens. EarnYourHappyEnding? Nope!started flirting him. However, Harmodius was already in a relationship with a man named Aristogeiton and rejected him.
** Hipparchus, one of Athens' tyrant saw one day Harmodius, instantly fell in love with
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited:
** Poor Neaera! All this girl ever wanted was to find the love of his life, but she was unlucky on every occasion. Born in Corinth and worked at a brothel from a very a young age, she went on a tour in Athens. There, she met and fell in love with an Athenian, who seemed to love her truly. When she returned to Corinth, she was bought by two men who treated her a sex object, until they got rid of her. The Athenian she had met took her with him, but it turned out he never liked her and constantly abused her. She left him and went to Megara, where she worked as a prostitute, until she met another Athenian, named Stefanos. Stefanos was poor, but he was also honest, fell in love with her and took her to Athens. EarnYourHappyEnding? Nope!
** Poor Neaera! All this girl ever wanted was to find the love of his life, but she was unlucky on every occasion. Born in Corinth and worked at a brothel from a very a young age, she went on a tour in Athens. There, she met and fell in love with an Athenian, who seemed to love her truly. When she returned to Corinth, she was bought by two men who treated her a sex object, until they got rid of her. The Athenian she had met took her with him, but it turned out he never liked her and constantly abused her. She left him and went to Megara, where she worked as a prostitute, until she met another Athenian, named Stefanos. Stefanos was poor, but he was also honest, fell in love with her and took her to Athens. EarnYourHappyEnding? Nope!
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* {{Troll}}: There's a good reason why Archaeostoryteller is known as Archeo'''troll'''isteller among his fans. You might think that his podcast praises UsefulNotes/AncientGreece and its legacy, but even from the first episode, Ted states that his main intention is to retell interesting stories from that time period. And to further prove his point, he chooses to talk about a group of people from Ancient UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} that is often misinterpreted; its slaves and its prostitutes.
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* {{Troll}}: There's a good reason why Archaeostoryteller is known as Archeo'''troll'''isteller Archeo'''''troll'''''isteller among his fans. You might think that his podcast praises UsefulNotes/AncientGreece and its legacy, but even from the first episode, Ted states that his main intention is to retell interesting stories from that time period. And to further prove his point, he chooses to talk about a group of people from Ancient UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} that is often misinterpreted; its slaves and its prostitutes.
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->''"Καλωσήρθατε και καλώς σας βρήκα! Αυτό το ποντκαστ είναι ένα αρχαιογνωστικό ποντκαστ. Δεν είναι ποντκαστ αρχαιολαγνείας ούτε αρχαιολατρείας και εξηγώ τι εννοώ: ζούμε σε μια χώρα που έχουμε μάθει ότι το αρχαίο παρελθόν μας πρέπει να το θαυμάζουμε. Πρέπει! Πρώτον, για να θαυμάσουμε κάτι, πρέπει να το γνωρίζουμε. Δεύτερον, δεν πρέπει τίποτε! Μπορούμε και δικαιούμαστε να το γνωρίσουμε και να το θαυμάσουμε! Τρίτον, ο θαυμασμός είναι ένα μόνο συναίσθημα που μπορεί ''εύλογα'' να μας προξενήσει η αρχαία κληρονομιά, αλλά δεν είναι το μόνο! Δικαιούμαστε, λοιπόν, να γνωρίσουμε το παρελθόν από όλες τις πλευρές του."''[[note]]''"Welcome! This podcast will teach you about antiquity. It's not gonna praise antiquity and I will explain what I mean: we live in a country where we've learned that we should admire our ancient past. '''Solely'''. Firstly, to admire something, we must know some stuff about it. Secondly, there's no must. We have the right to know stuffs and admire them. Thirdly, admiration is only one of the feelings that antiquity can reasonably cause, but it's not the only one. We have the right to know the past from every side."''[[/note]]
->''Archaeostoryteller's very first lines''
''Archaeostoryteller'' is a Greek podcast started on January 2021 by archaeologist Thodoros "Ted" Papakostas. Originally started with small posts on Ted's personal Instagram, but after popular demand, he made his own podcast.
Every two Tuesdays [[note]] originally, it was every Tuesday, but due to the difficulty of the work, he changed the program [[/note]], Ted presents various stories from UsefulNotes/AncientGreece, showing how [[OlderThanFeudalism antiquity]] can move us, scare us, impress us, make us proud about the ancients when they were ''better'', make us proud about ourselves when we are ''better'', and all in all, proving why archaeology is the funniest science!
If you're Greek (or at least, know greek) and you're interested in ancient history, you can find the podcast [[https://pod.gr/portfolio/archaeostoryteller-me-ton-thodoro-papakosta/ here]]
!!Note: Since it's a historical podcast, most of the Real Life events are almost "Common Knowledge" unless you never opened an history book, so some spoilers are unmarked.
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!!''Archaeostoryteller'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* TheAce: Heracles, the most famous greek hero, obviously. The twelfth episode of the podcast has him fight Death ''himself'' to save the lover of his friend. And he succeeds!
* NamesTheSame: UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat 's first son, Heracles, has the same name with UsefulNotes/AncientGreece 's most famous mythical hero.
* {{Troll}}: There's a good reason why Archaeostoryteller is known as Archeo'''troll'''isteller among his fans. You might think that his podcast praises UsefulNotes/AncientGreece and its legacy, but even from the first episode, Ted states that his main intention is to retell interesting stories from that time period. And to further prove his point, he chooses to talk about a group of people from Ancient UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} that is often misinterpreted; its slaves and its prostitutes.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Myth/ClassicalMythology Heracles]] taking over the podcast.]]
->''"Καλωσήρθατε και καλώς σας βρήκα! Αυτό το ποντκαστ είναι ένα αρχαιογνωστικό ποντκαστ. Δεν είναι ποντκαστ αρχαιολαγνείας ούτε αρχαιολατρείας και εξηγώ τι εννοώ: ζούμε σε μια χώρα που έχουμε μάθει ότι το αρχαίο παρελθόν μας πρέπει να το θαυμάζουμε. Πρέπει! Πρώτον, για να θαυμάσουμε κάτι, πρέπει να το γνωρίζουμε. Δεύτερον, δεν πρέπει τίποτε! Μπορούμε και δικαιούμαστε να το γνωρίσουμε και να το θαυμάσουμε! Τρίτον, ο θαυμασμός είναι ένα μόνο συναίσθημα που μπορεί ''εύλογα'' να μας προξενήσει η αρχαία κληρονομιά, αλλά δεν είναι το μόνο! Δικαιούμαστε, λοιπόν, να γνωρίσουμε το παρελθόν από όλες τις πλευρές του."''[[note]]''"Welcome! This podcast will teach you about antiquity. It's not gonna praise antiquity and I will explain what I mean: we live in a country where we've learned that we should admire our ancient past. '''Solely'''. Firstly, to admire something, we must know some stuff about it. Secondly, there's no must. We have the right to know stuffs and admire them. Thirdly, admiration is only one of the feelings that antiquity can reasonably cause, but it's not the only one. We have the right to know the past from every side."''[[/note]]
->''Archaeostoryteller's very first lines''
''Archaeostoryteller'' is a Greek podcast started on January 2021 by archaeologist Thodoros "Ted" Papakostas. Originally started with small posts on Ted's personal Instagram, but after popular demand, he made his own podcast.
Every two Tuesdays [[note]] originally, it was every Tuesday, but due to the difficulty of the work, he changed the program [[/note]], Ted presents various stories from UsefulNotes/AncientGreece, showing how [[OlderThanFeudalism antiquity]] can move us, scare us, impress us, make us proud about the ancients when they were ''better'', make us proud about ourselves when we are ''better'', and all in all, proving why archaeology is the funniest science!
If you're Greek (or at least, know greek) and you're interested in ancient history, you can find the podcast [[https://pod.gr/portfolio/archaeostoryteller-me-ton-thodoro-papakosta/ here]]
!!Note: Since it's a historical podcast, most of the Real Life events are almost "Common Knowledge" unless you never opened an history book, so some spoilers are unmarked.
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!!''Archaeostoryteller'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* TheAce: Heracles, the most famous greek hero, obviously. The twelfth episode of the podcast has him fight Death ''himself'' to save the lover of his friend. And he succeeds!
* NamesTheSame: UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat 's first son, Heracles, has the same name with UsefulNotes/AncientGreece 's most famous mythical hero.
* {{Troll}}: There's a good reason why Archaeostoryteller is known as Archeo'''troll'''isteller among his fans. You might think that his podcast praises UsefulNotes/AncientGreece and its legacy, but even from the first episode, Ted states that his main intention is to retell interesting stories from that time period. And to further prove his point, he chooses to talk about a group of people from Ancient UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} that is often misinterpreted; its slaves and its prostitutes.
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