In this episode, we are raising a glass to drinking in the Mediterranean world. From Athenian drinking parties, to the god of wine himself, let’s explore what it was like getting drunk on wine in ancient Greece.
Written and recorded by: Kenyon Payne
Theme music: "Southern Gothic" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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“The Hermit,” HarumachiMusic
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“Bloodlust,” Nightcast
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Sources:
Nicholas R. Baima, “On the Value of Drunkenness in the Laws” History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis 20 (1), 2017.
Elizabeth Belfiore, “Wint and Catharsis of the Emotions in Plato’s Laws,” The Classical Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 2 (December 1986): 421-437.
Simon Denison, “Was Alexander a Great Alcoholic?” Independent (August 2, 1992).
N.S. Gill, “The Story of Semele, as Told by Nemesis” ThoughtCo, February 6, 2019.
Ross S. Kraemer, “Ecstacy and Possession: The Attraction of Women to the Cult of Dionysus” The Harvard Theological Review 72, No. ½ (Jan.-April 1979): pp. 55-80.
J.A. Liappas, J. Lascaratos, S. Fafouti, and G.N. Christodoulou, “Alexander the Great’s Relationship with Alcohol” Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and Other Drugs, Addiction, 98 (5), May 2003.
Jessica Mellenthin and Susan O. Shapiro, Mythology Unbound: An Online Textbook for Classical Mythology, UEN Digital Press, open educational resource.
Max Nelson, “Regulation of Alcohol in Greco-Roman Antiquity,” The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs (2024).
C.D.C. Reeve, “Agalmata, Deontology, and the Erotics of Emptiness in the Symposium” Consecutio Rerum (October 31, 2017).
Tom Standage, A History of the World in Six Glasses (New York: Walker Publishing, 2005).
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