The Art of Manliness

By The Art of Manliness

#299: What the Ancient Greeks and Romans Thought About Manliness

🔊 Play episode (43 min)

Direct episode link

đź’¬ Share episode

Published April 27, 2017 7:43pm

Ancient Greece and Rome have a heavy influence on the idea of manhood we promote on the Art of Manliness. In fact, this classical conception of manliness was how much of the West defined manhood up until the middle of the 20th century. If you were to ask a man living in 1920 what “manliness” meant, he’d probably give you roughly the same answer as a Greek or Roman man living 2,000 years ago.

My guest on the podcast today is a classical scholar who has spent time thinking and writing about Greek and Roman notions of manliness. His name i...

Return to podcast