In this episode, the Dead Language Ladies discuss whether Alexander the Great or Augustus Caesar was the better conqueror of ancient history. Tune in to this age-old debate and our two cents on these war generals turned political leaders, assessing their military prowess, political strategies, manner of death, legacy, and even their physical representations--all to decide who, ultimately, deserves to be crowned the Greatest.

In this episode, the Dead Language Ladies quiz each other on ancient and modern female-written poetry to see if they can distinguish between 6th-century BCE poet Sappho (considered the 10th muse by Plato) and her surviving fragments and the 21st-century Canadian poet Rupi Kaur's trendy poetry. Due to their similar intimate style and female-centered experiences, this was not without its challenges. Tune in and try to guess along with them who wrote which lines--you might just be surprised by the answer.

In this episode, the Dead Language Ladies dissect arguably the most famous Latin epic, the Aeneid, written by Vergil in the 1st century BCE. Walking the line between propaganda and political critique, this poem tackles the complex themes of mortality in a tale of historical (fan)fiction, in which Vergil draws explicitly upon Homer's two major poems, the Odyssey and the Iliad, as well as Roman mythology, history, and their contemporary political landscape to weave together one of the greatest tapestries of storytelling that we still talk about today.