The Idea of Marathon. Episode notes. – AncientBlogger

I mentioned in the episode some links for Dr Nevin. Thanks again as Dr Nevin gave the sort of insight which is is unmatched particularly in how Marathon was reimagined in later periods.

Dr Nevin’s twitter – @SonyaNevin

The Panoply Vase Animation Project

Discount code.

Bloomsbury, the publishers, have kindly provided a discount code (20%)  on the paperback and ebook for buyers in the UK and USA. You need to go via the Bloomsbury website and enter MARATHON22 for the UK and MARATHON22US for the USA site.

UK site

USA site

Images/Maps.

The battlefield (as Dr Nevin points out, a lot of this is speculation).

This is the Stoa Poikile (the painted Stoa). It’s where the painting would have been.

And, as ever, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is a great resource.

Here’s an attempt at what the painting may have looked like. Lots going on!

Sarpedon on leadership. The Iliad is full of characters, some of them less well known than others and Sarpedon is a really crucial part of…

For those of you who have followed me on twitter you may have noticed that around early October my feeds hums with the various designs…