Ancient Archetypes to Fix Modern Men w/ Alex Petkas (Cost of Glory)

When you erase history, you erase the scaffolding men use to build themselves. Classicist and Cost of Glory host Alex Petkas joins Nephilim Death Squad to revive the ancient playbook—Plutarch’s lives, Achilles vs. Odysseus, Socrates’ defiance, Cato’s steel—and show how timeless archetypes, rhetoric, and discipline forge better men right now. We dig into why Alex left academia, how “men’s work” can go wrong, and what Rome’s Late Republic (Cataline, Crassus, Caesar) teaches about mobs, money, and power.

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00:00 Introduction and Opening Remarks
01:00 Welcome to Nephilim Death Squad
02:07 Guest Introduction: Alex from Cost of Glory
02:22 Alex's Background and Podcast
03:02 Exploring Ancient Biographies
04:01 Men's Retreats and Rhetoric
04:23 Challenges in Academia
21:14 The Decline of Classics and Leadership
22:34 Historical Parallels and Modern Leftism
29:28 Violence and Masculinity in Society
38:39 Rome's Late Republic and Wealth Inequality
43:21 Cataline's Revolution and Its Suppression
44:40 Economic Divide and Modern Parallels
46:32 Crassus: The Shadowy Puppet Master
51:53 Influence of Money in Politics
59:50 Stoicism and Its Modern Resurgence
01:06:26 Greatness of Soul and Modern Leadership
01:16:41 Trump and Caesar: Parallels in Populism
01:21:40 Caesar's Anti-Establishment Stance
01:22:02 Caesar's Citizenship Policies
01:22:58 Caesar's Struggle for Honor
01:24:19 Caesar's Reluctance for Civil War
01:25:22 Modern Political Parallels
01:26:53 The Role of Men in Society
01:30:39 The Impact of Bureaucracy
01:36:08 The Feminization of Culture
01:50:05 The Importance of Men's Groups
01:53:15 Conclusion and Final Thoughts