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Josh travels into the heart of Peloponnesus to the remote Eurotas River Valley and conducts an anthropological survey of Athens' great rival, the Spartans. Its culture, its famously formidable women and its unique government is here examined. And what exactly is the "Spartan Mirage"? All will be revealed!

Free the Greeks? From where? From the confines of Popular Culture of Course. Things are about to get real as your host Joshua Taylor introduces you to the First Great War of History, that titanic struggle between Athens and Sparta known as the Peloponnesian War.

The background on our protagonists begins with Athens. Join Josh as he details its rise from oligarchy to democracy whilst establishing the broad strokes of the history of Greek Civilization.