Hermes Historia: Giorgos the Oikist, Colonization in Greek Antiquity

Season 8 // Episode 675

This episode originally aired on January 30, 2025. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Submit to the quarterly Q&A at mythsbaby.com/questions and get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition at patreon.com/mythsbaby

Michaela teaches Liv about 6th century Greek colonization for not at all relevant reasons.

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Greek Colonisation: An Account of Greek Colonies and Other Settlements Overseas Vol. 1 and 2, edited by Gocha R. Tsetskhladze; Colony and Mother City in Ancient Greece by A. J. Graham.

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