"Especially in the ancient world, everything is influencing each other so much that it sometimes seems unmanageable how much you would need to learn to really understand history and how things get passed down. But I think that's a good thing..." //
Sarah Miller is a philologist, Latin and Greek teacher at Gilman School, Colgate grad, native of Buffalo, NY, and passionate classicist. //
In Episode #36 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Sarah talk about Sarah's archeological dig in Corinth, developing an interest for the classics, the first time in the classroom, academia and University of Virginia's Ph.D program, Cicero's letters and legacy, the Cataline Conspiracy, letter-writing in ancient Rome, Stoic philosophers, Ryan Holiday, Cicero's ego and reputation, the importance of slowing down while reading Latin and Greek, Ovid's METAMORPHOSES and its retellings, expanding your scope of history, and Sarah's book recommendation: THE SILK ROADS by Peter Frankopan (2015). //
Enjoy the episode? Please spread the word and follow @pathtofollowpod on all platforms. More to come! //
Many, many thanks to Cesare Ciccanti for all his hard work. //
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