Hearth of Hellenism

Hello listeners, today I have a fantastic interview with Dr. Sasha Chaitow from the amazing Thyrathen substack.

Sasha Chaitow, PhD, is a British-Greek scholar of the history of Western Esotericism with a background in Literature and Communication S... more

In this episode, I interview Daniel Malamis of Rhodes University on his book The Orphic Hymns Poetry and Genre, with a Critical Text and Translation. Daniel explores the Orphic Hymns, focusing on their poetic style, structure, and role in ancient rel... more

In today’s interview, I speak with Dr. Robin Douglas, co-author of Paganism Persisting: A History of European Paganism Since Antiquity. Robin is an independent scholar and a writer on the history of religion. He has a PhD from Cambridge University, w... more

In today’s interview, I speak with Katerina Apokatanidis about Dionsyus and the Orphic Gold Tablets. Katerina Apokatanidis is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, Department of Classics. She works with Dr. Sarah Murray on the Archaeology of ... more

In this interview, I discuss with Anthony the topic of the “idea of Europe” and the complex relationship of western Europe and the (eastern) Roman Empire, later called Byzantium. This conversion explores anti-Greek sentiments found in the west, which... more

In this interview, I discuss with Dr. Papanikolaou current affairs concerning Orthodox Christianity and politics. Both as it relates to matters on the world stage and in the Greek diaspora. Orthodoxy has a history of being ‘cozy’ with Empire so how d... more

Maijastina Kahlos is a historian and classicist at the University of Helsinki in Finland. Her research interests broadly include late Roman history, particularly the fourth and fifth century C.E., the religions in the Roman Empire, Christianization o... more

I invited Andrew on to talk about magic in the ancient Greek and Roman world, both from the academic side and exploring the internal perspective within the Greek and Roman worlds.

Andrew Henry is a scholar of religion focusing on early Christianity... more