Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

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The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let's be honest) sarcastically. Greek and Roman gods did some pretty weird (and awful) things. Liv focuses on Greek and Roman mythology's (mis)treatment of women, the wild things the gods did, and the all around incredible minds of the ancient world. Gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everything in between. Regular episodes every Tuesday, conversations with authors and scholars or readings of ancient epics every Friday.

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Nobody Labours Like Heracle...

09.19.2023

Heracles was like, a really big deal. Examining the historical and cultural impact of a 1000+ year old hero. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given ...

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold episodes:

09.19.2023 Nobody Labours Like Heracles (Hercules): The Cultural History of the Panhellenic Hero Heracles was like, a really big deal. Examining the historical and cultural impact of a 1000+ year old hero. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given ...
09.15.2023 Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses Book XIII Liv reads Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book XIII, translated by Brookes More. It's the end of the Trojan War, Ajax and Ulysses (Odysseus) fight over Achilles' armour; Trojan Women face their fates; and Aeneas starts his journey. Help keep LTAMB going by ...
09.12.2023 Before Heracles, There was Alcmene: The Woman Behind the Greatest Hero Before Heracles, there was Alcmene, and there's so much more to her than just "mother of a hero". Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's ...
09.08.2023 Conversations: The Face That Lit a Thousand* Screens, Helen of Troy in Hollywood w/ Ruby Blondell Liv speaks with author and scholar Ruby Blondell about Helen of Sparta, Troy, and the Silver Screen. Ruby's new book Helen of Troy in Hollywood is available in North America now and the UK later this month! Help keep LTAMB ...
09.05.2023 There’s No One Quite Like Dionysus, Wine Daddy of Greek Myth Dionysus is as mysterious as he is wonderful, he's new and he's old, local and foreign... Plus, he seriously loved his wife Ariadne. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek ...
09.01.2023 Conversations: Taking Inspiration from the Furies, Seneca’s Medea w/ Dr Lauren Ginsberg So! Much! Seneca! Lauren Ginsberg joins Liv to RAVE about Seneca's Medea, and provide some helpful and fascinating Roman context, among so many other things. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too ...
08.30.2023 BONUS: Liv Reads Seneca, Speeches from Medea A bonus episode where Liv reads select speeches from Seneca's Medea, translated by Frank Justus Miller. This should accompany the three part series covering Seneca's Medea or else it won't make much sense! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to ...
08.29.2023 There’s Nothing Like a Mad Woman… Seneca’s Medea Part 3 Finishing on our first ever Roman tragedy... Seneca's Medea is bigger and badder and absolutely willing to commit violence on stage... Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve ...
08.25.2023 Conversations: When Romans Write Greek Myth, Statius’ Thebaid w/ Meagan Cleveland Liv speaks with author Meagan Cleveland about Statius' Thebaid... A very Roman (read: violent and dark) epic about the Oedipus dynasty and the Seven Against Thebes. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far ...
08.22.2023 She’s Everything, He’s Just Jason… Seneca’s Medea Part 2 Continuing on our first ever Roman tragedy... Seneca's Medea is mouthier, angrier, and even more vengeful and violent than Euripides, and I'm here for it. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too ...
08.18.2023 Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses Book XII Liv reads Book XII of Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Brookes More. The Greeks prepare for war with Troy, Caenis becomes Caeneus, there's a war between Centaurs and Lapiths, and Achilles, well... No spoilies. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to ...
08.15.2023 Who Knew Medea Could Be Even Angrier, Even More Bloodthirsty? (Seneca’s Medea Part 1) It's time for our first ever Roman tragedy... Seneca's Medea is mouthier, angrier, and even more vengeful than Euripides, and I'm here for it. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many ...
08.11.2023 Conversations: A Bronze Age Iliad, Trans Achilles in Wrath Goddess Sing w/ Maya Deane Liv speaks with Maya Deane, author of Wrath Goddess Sing, about her retelling of the Iliad, trans Achilles, and writing a historically Bronze Age Trojan War... Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far ...
08.08.2023 But What About Rome?! Roman Mythology & the Great Mother Cybele Liv dives (or perhaps wades into the shallows) of Roman mythology and religion, and tells the story of how the Phrygian goddess Cybele ended up in Italy. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: ...
08.04.2023 Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses Book XI Liv reads Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 11, translated by Brookes More. Orpheus is torn to shreds, Hesione faces a sea monster, the story of Ceyx and Halcyone, and more... Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! ...
08.01.2023 Augustus Demands Respect, Rome’s Foundation Myths w/ The Partial Historians (Formerly Patreon Exclusive Episode!) Liv is joined by the Partial Historians who share the myths surrounding the foundation of Rome. Liv also shares the Athenian foundational myth. This episode was formerly Patreon exclusive! Find the Partial Historians here or wherever you're listening to this ...
07.28.2023 Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses, Book X Liv reads Book 10 of Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Brookes More. We've got Orpheus and Eurydice, lost loves of Apollo, Atalanta's foot race, and the horrifying origins of Adonis, among others! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon ...
07.25.2023 All I Really Want Is To Talk About the Fire-Breathing Goat… Bellerophon, Pegasus, and the Chimera If I could've devoted a whole episode to just the Chimera, I would have.
07.21.2023 Medicine & Magic, Underworld Gods, Plato & Herodotus Being Weird Guys, an Anniversary Special In celebration of SIX YEARS of the podcast, Liv answers listener questions, reads comments, and shares clips from favourite episodes. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. ...
07.18.2023 Six Years of Dangerous Gods & Castration Foam, an Anniversary Special In celebration of SIX YEARS of the podcast, Liv answers listener questions, reads comments, and shares clips from favourite episodes. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. ...
07.14.2023 Conversations: “Not To Have a Go at Big P Pausanias” Material Culture in the Hellenistic Period w/ Jerome Ruddick Liv speaks with PhD researcher Jerome Ruddick about material culture in Arcadia, Crete, and Tyre during the Hellenistic Period (plus, lots of Big P Pausanias). Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too ...
07.11.2023 Wandering Across the Ancient World, the Mesopotamian & Phoenician Origins of Aphrodite Before she was Aphrodite, she was Kypris, and before she was Kypris, well, she was Astarte and Inanna/Ishtar. This is the story of Aphrodite's origins in ancient Phoenicia and Mesopotamia. You can submit your questions or comments or favourites here! ...
07.07.2023 Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses, Book IX Liv reads Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book IX, translated by Brookes More. Heracles angers a centaur and dies a painful death, his mother and Iole tell stories. Byblis falls for her brother and Iphis loves Ianthe. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing ...
07.04.2023 Famous for Being Hot, Aphrodite & Adonis’… Tumultuous Relationship & Eastern Origins Adonis is known for being beautiful enough to catch the eye of the goddess of Beauty, but it turns out there's so much more to those two, including origins in Mesopotamia and Phoenicia. You can submit your questions or comments ...
06.30.2023 Conversations: When the Emperors Ruled Greece, the Roman Period w/ Dan Stewart Liv speaks with lecturer Dan Stewart about the world of Greece (Particularly Crete!) during the Roman Period. Follow Dan on Twitter. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve ...
06.27.2023 That Guy Really Got Around! Heracles (Hercules) & His Many, Many Boyfriends Heracles had lovers all over the ancient Greek world, and a whole collection of them were men. These are their stories and, let's be honestly, brief mentions and anecotes. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus ...
06.23.2023 Conversations: Queering the Classical World w/ Yentl Love (the Queer Classicist) Liv speaks with PhD student Yentl Love about queerness in the ancient world and Greek mythology, about classical reception in Lil Nas X (!!) and so much more. Follow Yentl (the Queer Classicist) on Twitter, and learn more on her ...
06.20.2023 It’s Almost Like Being Trans Isn’t New… Transgender Transformations in Ovid’s Metamorphoses Now more than ever we should remember (and have evidence!) that being trans and seeking gender affirmation has always existed... This episode looks at the evidence in Ovid. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! ...
06.16.2023 Conversations: Modern Mythologizing, Hellenizing Apuleius, Psyche & Eros w/ Luna McNamara Liv is joined by author Luna McNamara to discuss her new novel Psyche & Eros (and so much more myth!). Find Psyche & Eros wherever you get your books and follow Luna on Twitter and Instagram. Help keep LTAMB going ...
06.13.2023 Socrates & Alcibiades, the Lovers You Never Knew You Needed (Plato’s Symposium Part 2) Not only does Plato's Symposium hype up love between men as quite literally godlike, but it also provides us with the absolutely wild idea of Aristophanean soulmates... Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: ...
06.09.2023 Conversations: So Are They Cousins Or Not?! The Love of Achilles & Patroclus w/ Charlotte Gregory Liv speaks with PhD student Charlotte Gregory about all things Achilles and Patroclus, their relationship, and how modern Classical reception depicts their love, cousin or otherwise. Follow Charlotte on Twitter. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for ...
06.06.2023 Plato Says Being Gay is Absolutely Divine… The Symposium (Part 1) Not only does Plato's Symposium hype up love between men as quite literally godlike, but it also provides us with the absolutely wild idea of Aristophanean soulmates... Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: ...
06.02.2023 Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses Book VIII Liv reads Book 8 of Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Brookes More. Lesser known stories of Minos, Atalanta, Erysichthon and so many more... Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! For a list of Roman/Latin names ...
05.30.2023 Who Doesn’t Like a Good (If, Deadly) Riddle? Laius, Chrysippus & the Sphinx Why was Thebes the way it was? Why was the Sphinx sent there, and was it Laius' fault? We're looking at all the Sphinxian background to Oedipus Tyrannos. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! ...
05.26.2023 Conversations: Jason as Colonizer, Rewriting Medea w/ Savage Beasts Author Rani Selvarajah Liv is joined by Rani Selvarajah to talk about her Medea retelling set in colonial India ( and gods, so much more!). Follow Rani on Twitter and Instagram. Order Savage Beasts in the UK (and Commonwealth aside from Canada) wherever ...
05.23.2023 And It All Goes Up In Flames, Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannos (Part 3) In the finale episode of Sophocles' Tyrannos... Well, everything we all know is coming, comes out... Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and ...
05.19.2023 Conversations: Tyche & Teaching Via TikTok w/ “Historical Han” Hannah Parker Liv speaks with Masters student (and TikTok star!) Hannah Parker "Historical Han", about the goddess Tyche, and teaching through Tiktok. Follow Hannah on Tiktok and Instagram. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far ...
05.16.2023 TFW Maybe You Did Actually Do The Thing You’re Accused Of, Oops (Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannos Part 2) Oedipus defends himself against the accusations, but there's much more to the death of Laius than he understands... Plus, gods so many prophecies! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek ...
05.12.2023 Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses Book VII Liv reads Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 7, translated by Brookes More. It's time for none other than MEDEA and Jason... and some other happenings including a hint of Theseus and the little Myrmidon ants. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to ...
05.09.2023 Just a Nice Young Man From a Nice Family, Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannos (Part 1) Freud didn't know sh*t.
05.05.2023 Conversations: Atalanta the Argonaut, Reimagining Ancient Greece’s Heroine w/ Jennifer Saint Liv speaks to bestselling author (and now four time guest!) Jennifer Saint about the heroine Atalanta and her new novel by the same name. Follow Jennifer on Instagram and find Atalanta wherever you get your books. Help keep LTAMB going ...
05.02.2023 Slow But Steady Wins the Race, Ancient Aesop & His Fables Definitely not for children...
04.28.2023 Conversations: It’s Better Down Where It’s Wetter, Deities of The Sea w/ Dr. Ryan Denson Liv speaks with Dr. Ryan Denson about the mythology of the sea (again!), this time about the Nereid nymphs, daughters of the Old Man of the Sea, and Triton(s), the son(s) of Poseidon (sometimes there's one, sometimes many... such is ...
04.25.2023 Apollo, God of Traumatic Transformations… the Many Mythologies of Daphne The most famous woman ever turned into a tree: Daphne and her horrible encounters with Apollo. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and ...
04.21.2023 Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses Book VI Liv reads Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book VI, translated by Brookes More. Minerva battles weaving with Arachne, Procne and Philomela face the horrors of Tereus, and more. CW/TW: PROCNE AND PHILOMELA IS PARTICULARLY TRIGGERING. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's ...
04.18.2023 Enter Apollo, to Tie Everything In a Nice Little Bow (Euripides’ Orestes Part 3) In the final episode covering Euripides' Orestes... sh*t goes down. So much of it. Murder, mayhem, weirdly helpful gods! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given ...
04.14.2023 Conversations: Chronology & Mythology Don’t Mix, Unless They Do… Time in Ovid’s Metamorphoses w/ Freddie Kimpton Liv speaks with PhD student Freddie Kimpton about the fascinating use of time and chronology in Ovid's Metamorphoses! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's ...
04.11.2023 Setting the House Ablaze, Not Using Fire (Euripides’ Orestes, Part 2) Euripides' Orestes continues, Orestes pleads his case to Menelaus and Tyndareus, and we meet his beloved bestie, Pylades. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's ...
04.07.2023 Conversations: It's Never A Cataclysm, Pseudoarchaeology & “Documentaries" w/ Steph Halmhofer The opinions expressed here are... Opinions. Liv is joined by past guest Steph Halmhofer, an archaeologist who specializes in pseudoarchaeology and conspirituality. They talk about popular pseudo-arch "documentaries" and the issues behind them. Follow Steph on Twitter and Mastodon. Help ...
04.04.2023 Beware the Wrath of the Furies, Screaming for Blood, Euripides’ Orestes (Part 1) This play takes place after the end of the Trojan War and after the death of Agamemnon. While there's a recap in the episode, you can listen to the full story in this Spotify playlist. Help keep LTAMB going by ...

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