AskHistorians Podcast Episode 243 Doing Hellenistic History, with the Hellenistic Age Podcast

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of studying poorly recorded historical periods and the influence of Hollywood on perceptions of the Hellenistic Age.

Hello and welcome back! On this episode, Steelcan909 and the host of the Hellenistic Age Podcast discuss the challenges of doing history on poorly recorded times in history, the influence of Hollywood on perceptions of the time period, and what historical records we wish were still around. 67min. Please check out the Hellenistic Age Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!

People in this episode

Host: AskHistorians Mod Team

Guest: Steelcan909

Topics covered

• Hellenistic history
• historical records
• Hollywood influence
• history challenges

Keywords

• Hellenistic history
• historical records
• Hollywood
• history challenges
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hellenistic Age Podcast

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