EI Weekly Listen — Barry Strauss on Ancient Greek geopolitics

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EI Weekly Listen — Barry Strauss on Ancient Greek geopolitics

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The Greeks invented the notion of the interrelationship of geography and politics; indeed, they elaborated it in myriad ways. Read by Leighton Pugh.

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EI Weekly Listen — Barry Strauss on Ancient Greek geopolitics

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