Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

Aeneas tells the story of the end of the Trojan War, and where to go from there. He's visited by ghosts, quite a few ghosts. It's a vibe.

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Virgil's Aeneid, translated by David Ferry, and Virgil's Aeneid, translated by Sarah Ruden.

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Liv reads Book II of Homer's Iliad, translated into prose by Samuel Butler. Agamemnon tests the will of the Greeks after so many years at war.

This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's simply a bonus reading of Homer. For regular episodes look for any that don't have "Liv Reads..." in the title!

For a list of Roman/Latin names and who they were in the Greek, visit: mythsbaby.com/names 

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We all need a laugh: Aristophanes' The Frogs is exactly that. This is part two: the battle of the poets.

CW/TW: comedic references to suicide.

Sources: Aristophanes' The Frogs, translated by David Barrett; Aristophanes' Frogs and Other Plays, translated by Stephen Halliwell.

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Liv reads Book I of Homer's Iliad, translated into prose by Samuel Butler. It begins in the middle of things... Late in the Trojan War, a priest arrives to ask the Greeks to return his daughter who they've taken captive.

This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's simply a bonus reading of Homer. For regular episodes look for any that don't have "Liv Reads..." in the title!

For a list of Roman/Latin names and who they were in the Greek, visit: mythsbaby.com/names 

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.

Learn more about Liv's next group trips to GREECE! Application deadline is November 30 (Subject to change due to demand).

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We all need a laugh: Aristophanes' The Frogs is exactly that. This is part one of two.

CW/TW: comedic references to suicide.

Sources: Aristophanes' The Frogs, translated by David Barrett; Aristophanes' Frogs and Other Plays, translated by Stephen Halliwell.

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.

Learn more about Liv's next group trips to GREECE! Application deadline is November 30 (Subject to change due to demand).

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When better to do a special mini myth on plague? Plague in Greek mythology, plague in Greek theatre, the god of the plague, and even a real plague!

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CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Apollodorus' Library of Greek Mythology translated by Robin Hard, Hesiod's Theogony translated by M.L. West, Sophocles' Oedipus from memory (any translation should do!), and The Iliad (same deal).

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The badass origins, both historical and mythological, of Pallas Athena.

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: The Library of Greek Mythology by Apollodorus, translated by Robin Hard; Hesiod's Theogony, translated by M.L. West.

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.

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Aeneas meets Dido who asks him to tell her all he's been through to get to Carthage (it's a lot). Meanwhile, Venus and Cupid plot.

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: The Aeneid, translated by David Ferry.

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The live episode I recorded at the Vancouver Fan Expo covering the stories of Apollo and Cyrene, Aristaeus, Cyparrisus, Hyancinthus (again), and Pomona and Vertumnus.

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Edith Hamilton's Greek Mythology, Ovid's Metamorphoses translated by Allen Mandelbaum.

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In this episode we revisit the past episodes on Plato's theory of soulmates from his Symposium, and the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, the original Romeo and Juliet.

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Plato's Symposium, Ovid's Metamorphoses (see original episodes for translations).

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions

Learn more about Liv's next group trips to GREECE! Application deadline is November 30 (Subject to change due to demand).

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