In this episode, Ares is back from Mount Olympus. There’s dinner, a bridge, a bedroom. Aphrodite insists this is what love looks like. The Poet takes notes.

This chapter revisits the first archetype; now with new context, new promises, and a constellation drawn in permanent marker.

This episode explores what it means to be wanted, the weight of bruises mistaken for meaning, and why intimacy might not be the whole story.

Content note: This episode explores themes of intimacy, power, and blurred boundaries. Listener discretion is advised.

Performers:

Natasha Rene Jimenez as Aphrodite
Ludovico Tommasi as Ares
Nemo as The Poet

Created by Nemo

Special Thanks: Natasha, Sasha, my parents, the talented actors without whom this project would simply not exist.

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