Athens, every mention
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The Obsession That Built Nike | Phil Knight
- ▶ 16:33 Shane Parrish He finishes his trip around the world, and at the Acropolis in Athens, he stops in front of the temple of Athena Nike.
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Ryan Holiday: How to Win the War with Yourself
- ▶ 29:45 Ryan Holiday By the way, Crates is, is an equal partner with his philosophical wife in Athens.
#128 Ryan Holiday: A Stoic Life
- ▶ 0:27 Ryan Holiday In the Athenian Agora, like in the center of Athens, in the marketplace, where it's battling from day one, limited attention from busy people who have actual lives.
- ▶ 17:22 Ryan Holiday It's a philosophy that originates in ancient Athens, makes its way to Rome over the next several centuries, and becomes, I think, the most interesting and practical of the ancient philosophies. 2 times in the scene
Aristotle Koskinas on Greek History
- ▶ 0:45 Shane Parrish Today I'm going to speak with Aristotle Koskinis, one of the best guides you can find in Athens. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:14 Aristotle Koskinas Welcome to Greece and Athens. 8 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:35 Aristotle Koskinas Well, reading or visiting, because that's, ah, for example, you want to, if you visit the country, you want to have an introduction to its history, I would say Athens will be the, the first place, the first place of choice, because you… 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:56 Shane Parrish What's the history of Athens, the city itself? 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 12:46 Aristotle Koskinas Uh, Athens, uh, prospered, and in the census of the 16th century, it was, it had a population of 17,000 people, which makes it the fourth largest city of the Ottoman Empire in, uh, in Europe. 12 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:09 Aristotle Koskinas Uh, by that time, the city had about 700,000 people. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 28:34 Aristotle Koskinas Uh, first of all, you have the culture of Athens, it's a melting pot, where you have Greeks from all around. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 35:09 Shane Parrish Speaking of starting in Athens, can you walk me through a little bit of the, 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 44:12 Aristotle Koskinas And when later Alexander, he had his first victory against the Persians, he dedicated the 300 suits of armor, which were made of gold, that were dedicated on the Acropolis here in Athens,
- ▶ 53:22 Aristotle Koskinas Even when, for example, we had the, in 2010, 2011, when we had all these demonstrations and, and riots, people believed that they would come to Athens, and they would find a post-apocalyptic landscape of buildings on fire, police… 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 55:54 Aristotle Koskinas A couple of maybe three days in Athens as an, uh, as an, as an introduction, and to allow also time for, for the jet lag, because arriving from a transatlantic flight, and then going immediately for a, for a tour, it's not always the best. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:02:33 Shane Parrish Having had the opportunity to speak one-on-one with him gave me a greater appreciation for the city.