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

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December 07, 2018 Mini Myth: Zodiac Constellations, Chiron, Trainer to the Stars (Sagittarius)
Let's talk Zodiac. Sagittarius, who just happens to be that beloved centaur, Chiron.
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 Greek Myths by Robin Waterfield, The Greek Myths by Robert Graves, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton.
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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9 min
November 27, 2018 Poseidon & His Sea of Awful Behaviour
God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses, but most of all, brother of Zeus. Poseidon, earth-shaker and generally troubling guy.
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: Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton and The Greek Myths by Robert Graves.
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).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
30 min
November 21, 2018 Mini Myth: Sisphyus & the Boulder, Sisyphus & the Boulder, Sisyphus & the Boulder
What, exactly, did Sisyphus do to deserve being the most famous man in hell?
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 Greek Myths by Robert Graves.
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).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
15 min
November 13, 2018 Hecuba, Cassandra, Andromache... Euripides' Trojan Women
The Trojan War is over, but for the women of Troy, the horror is just beginning. Euripides' Trojan Women: Hecuba, Queen of Troy, Cassandra, princess and prophetess, and Andromache, the widow of Hector.
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 Trojan Women by Euripides, translated by Edith Hamilton, and Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton.
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).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
37 min
November 06, 2018 Mini Myth: Zodiac Constellations, Orion & the Scorpion (Scorpio)
Let's talk Zodiac: there's a scorpion in this one!
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 Greek Myths by Robin Waterfield, The Greek Myths by Robert Graves.
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).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10 min
October 31, 2018 Halloween Special: It’s Scary as Hell Down There… Hades and his Underworld
The god and goddess of the dead, Hades and Persephone, and all there is about to know about where they live. Let's take a trip to the Underworld.
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 Greek Myths by Robert Graves and The Gods of the Greeks by C. Kerenyi.
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).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
23 min
October 23, 2018 The End of the Trojan War, Something About a Horse & a Heel
It's the end of the war as we know it. Achilles and his famous heel, the Trojan horse, and what happens to the Trojans when the Greeks are finished with them?
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 Greek Myths by Robin Waterfield, and The Greek Myths by Robert Graves.
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).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
36 min
October 10, 2018 Hector & the Wrath of Achilles, the Iliad's Finale
Achilles is furious and heartbroken, and he's taking it out on Hector. The gods weigh in once again as this epic war comes crashing to it's finale.
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 Iliad, translated by Stephen Mitchell.
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).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
34 min
September 27, 2018 Mini Myth: Pygmalion & Galatea, the Gross Origins of My Fair Lady
Pygmalion and Galatea, it's super weird and creepy but also the origin of My Fair Lady and, yes, She's All That!
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 Greek Myths by Robin Waterfield, The Greek Myths by Robert Graves.
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).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9 min
September 20, 2018 Mini Myth: Ixion, Cloud-lover Extraordinnaire
Ixion... A bad dude who wanted what he couldn't have and was given something very different in it's place. Plus, the origin of centaurs!
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 Greek Myths by Robin Waterfield, The Greek Myths by Robert Graves.
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).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10 min

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The most entertaining and enraging stories from 'Classical' mythology (and, often, ancient history of the wider Mediterranean!) told casually, contemporarily, and (more often than not)…