From Here to History
The history podcast where Chris Swanson and Jason Weidert discuss events and people of the past with as much openness, understanding, and fairness as we can muster. Our only agenda is to inform in an entertaining and engaging way.
We teach high school, after all, and that's a tough audience. Our hope is that if we can keep teenagers interested we may be able to pull off a worthwhile podcast, too.
We try to release one episode every month. But we're teachers with busy young families so if we go a little longer than that between episodes, bear with us!
From Here to History
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Pt 3
DISCLAIMER! If you're listening to this episode, first, thank you! But second, this is an early episode. It was recorded and edited when we really didn't know what we were doing and our sound quality was very lacking. We've gotten a lot better at both since then so, please, bear with us! We're so glad to have you along.
In the third of our series on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, we visit Greece and travel west to see the Statue of Zeus at Olympia. From there we go back to Asia Minor and the flourishing city of Ephesus to discuss the Temple of Artemis. Along the way we encounter one king's strange way of scaring suitors away from his daughter, a rodent-infested statue that somehow manages to laugh, a fabled race of warrior women, and an image of Artemis that repels and frightens.
Alexander the Great, Saint Paul, Marc Antony and even the Virgin Mary all make an appearance in this episode.
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Thanks to our producer, Grant Weaver
Music credit Ancient Mystery Waltz by Kevin Macleod.