Hello everyone, Vince here with a quick update on how the podcast schedule is probably going to work from now on. I'm likely as not going to try out a monthly schedule- meaning that a new After Alexander will show up on the first Saturday of every month and a Biopedia on the third Sunday- although that may vary depending if I have more or less time for it in a given month. Who knows, there may well be more than one episode a month if I'm lucky!
There may also be some extra content in the 'Community' tab of the podcasts' YouTube pages as well. I'm trying this new schedule in order to walk the line between not releasing any content at all and burning out due to trying to juggle everything at once. I'm also releasing this update on Biopedia's feed.
We've left Antiochus II behind, but that doesn't mean we can't explore the family tree in more detail in the meantime! This week, we head back down memory lane to remind ourselves about the existence of Achaeus the Elder, younger brother of our founder Seleucus I. Achaeus was the progenitor of a family who will become more prominent in our story in future decades, and as such deserve some attention. So, get ready for an episode with far too many people called Laodice…
Sources for this episode: 1) Bevan, E. R. (1902), The House of Seleucus (Vol. I). London: Edward Arthur. 2) Grainger, J. D., (2014), The Rise of the Seleukid Empire (323- 223 BCE), Seleukos I to Seleukos III. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books Ltd. (eBook) [Accessed 12/03/2023]. 3) Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Achaeus (son of Seleucus I Nicator) (online) [Accessed 15/01/2022]. 4) Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Alexander (grandson of Seleucus I Nicator) (online) [Accessed 05/03/2023]. 5) Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Andromachus (son of Achaeus) (online) [Accessed 15/01/2022 and 05/03/2023]. 6) Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Antiochis (online) [Accessed 05/03/2023]. 7) Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Berenice Syra (online) [Accessed 25/05/2023]. 8) Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Laodice I (online) [Accessed 05/03/2023]. 9) Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Laodice II (online) [Accessed /05/03/2023]. 10) Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Seleucid dynasty (online) [Accessed 05/03/2023]. 11) Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Seleucid empire (online) [Accessed 05/03/2023].