Miletus: Birthplace of Greek Philosophy

[@hazorg16]

I have traveled to Ephesus as well as Miletus and countless others in Anatolia as I live here and I enjoyed every bit of it while I was in those places but your guiding and narration is just priceless. Thank you.

[@CogitoNM]

Love this channel. Keep 'em coming! Wish I could join you.

[@Imperiused]

Awesome. I wish we had more history of pre-destruction Miletus. I feel like we would learn a lot about the transfer of Eastern ideas into the Greek world if we did!

[@TheDjacob]

Great content! I would love if you show close ups on the stone work and architecture other wise good stuff

[@atheistpower5659]

What a simple beautiful video Good Work !

[@thomasgeddes4817]

I am currently reading "Odysseus" by Manfredi. Throughly enjoying it, and your video came at the right time. Keep em coming.

[@FrankBurnham]

Awesome!

[@chungusdisciple9917]

Truly awesome

[@T_Mo271]

Fascinating as always.

[@nedoran5758]

I've been watching interviews with classics scholar Dr. Ammon Hillman and cant help but think what fun he would be to have on a trip like this

[@danukil7703]

Thank you for treating us to these wonderful introduction videos to all these historic sites :)

[@rickb3078]

Wonderful content

[@KimberlyPerrotis]

Miletos (original Greek spelling), is best pronounced Mee-LEE-Tose. The Romans didn’t like the Greek endings -os or -on/-om, for some reason, so changed them to -us and -um, respectively. “Byzantium”, for example, was really Byzantion. There’s no logical reason we should use ancient Latin spellings or pronunciation for historic Greek place names. I know they were occupied by Rome for a couple of centuries, but they were controlled by the Ottomans for much longer, and we don’t use Turkish! A lot of important developments in Greek intellectual life, like science and philosophy, began in the poleis (city-states) of Greek Asia Minor, now Turkey. These cities were as much a part of Greece (Hellas) as the mainland cities like Athens, Sparta and Thebes, or the islands. Thanks for all you do, Dr. Ryan, love your channel🙂

[@KimberlyPerrotis]

My apologies, you do talk about the role of Miletos in Greek philosophy, I didn’t watch long enough.

[@qboxer]

‘Occupied by the Romans for a couple of centuries’

[@pggemmiti9385]

Any remnant of an aqueduct? If not, what was their water access mode? Thx.

[@scenicroutestothepast]

There's a small section of aqueduct behind the nymphaeum

[@_ata_3]

Amazing it was still populated until the last century.

[@Peter-MH]

Amazing to see a site like this still overgrown and not fully excavated!

[@IskaralPust]

Wonderful, a place I've wanted to visit for over a decade now, thank you. Are any of the remains of Bronze Age Miletus visible today?

[@scenicroutestothepast]

Unfortunately, no - just the landscape, and even that has changed tremendously since the Bronze Age

[@moot6794]

Insane. Thank you.

[@tomlindsay4629]

Occupied until 1955, amazing.

[@Benjaminwolf]

Wow! I visited Miletus in 1973. A lot more appears to have been excavated and restored since then. I remember the theater, and the inner walkways to the stands. I did also visit Didyma. That was the most impressive and awesome monument I saw that day.

[@Krommer1000]

8:00 Man, the poor bastards stuck in seats behind the Governors... They're like: "Why did I even come here?"

[@AtALoss24]

Watching right now. Your videos are so glorious. I'm so envious you go to these places, my ultimate bucket list stuff!! 💔

[@ArcaneUniverse-24]

7:03 - The way you explained this part blew my mind! 🔥 Such a cool connection between archaeology and modern science!

[@TimBurbank237]

Nice, the marsh was flooded when I was there

[@ti-les]

Whats the word for swiming pool? Sorry my hearing is poor and cc didnt clarify it for me

[@tdpay9015]

Seeing these ruins of Miletus, I can't help but think of Anaximander's fragment, written c. 2600 years ago by a son of that city: "Where things have their origin, there they must also pass away by necessity, for they must pay penalty and be judged for their injustice, according to the ordinance of time."

[@kidmohair8151]

interesting. a fortified theater. and a bathhouse that became a part of the city walls...

[@KimberlyPerrotis]

Turkey, Greece, North African countries, Italy, etc., should charge a (about $5 or Euro) tourist tax for each visitor to fund the continuation of the archaeological investigation and preservation of these ancient cultural sites. They’re important to everyone. Just my idea, I know archaeological work rarely gets all the funding it needs. Maybe there already is such a dedicated tax charge, I don’t know. It’s better than spending it on weapons, at least.

[@josephtrahan8045]

three millennia wow incredible

[@sergeykoshelev4566]

Yay!

[@COURRUPTIONCOIN]

Shove your camera angle

[@jelletje8]

ruins on ruins on ruins on ruins on ruins on ruins on ruins on ruins on ruins on ruins on ruins on ruins on ruins on ruins on ruins on ruins

[@JohnVance]

“And their farmers will find our coins in their strawberry fields…”

[@richardsheehan6983]

A big part of very early Irish history.

[@olbiomoiros]

Greece would have never left this archaeological site in such a bad state.

[@reeyees50]

Why were all these beautiful and extremely well provisioned city/colonies abandoned in place of unimpressive towns and villages with adobe/plaster houses?

[@khalidalali186]

Mostly due to genocides of the last century, no?

[@bridgetkeyes6170]

​@@khalidalali186 Partially explained in video as the river Meander moved and any harbour/connection to the sea faded away. Economic, geography and social factors meant other cities grew and prospered whilst Miletus didn't. Plenty of towns and villages where this is happening today.