Mythology Translated Second Edition

Doesn’t everyone’s Family BBQ end up with someone declaring they shall go and avenge some ancient wrong that is cursing the bloodline? Or is that just me?Back to our myths! This week we start up the story of Jason with his family background and the giving of the quest that makes him famous.  We will cover Tyro, Pelias, Aseon and why the Golden Fleece is important to this family in particular.

Reasons we are Explict: Megalomania, Rape by Deceit, Twins, Thessaly, Step-Mother Syndrome, Pet Names and Reasonableness.

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A small section from the Argonautica of Medea’s Brother being killed by Jason in the same fashion in which one would slaughter an animal and Jason making Medea implicit in his crime.

We cover Apollonius of Rhodes, get a bit of background on the hellenistic period and cover the work The Argonautica so that we can leave all this academics behind us and dive into the story of Jason. Virgil gets a shout out.

We get to one of the fruits of that delay! We are looking at Hero Cults and how they work. which segues nicely into why everything in our podcast thus far IS myth.

Reasons we are explicit: Theology, Mycenaean Death Cults, Cheese Sauce, A Random Guy Named Fred

The Humans are coming! We discuss the two main stories of how humans came to be, one that seems to be mostly a “going to hell in a handbasket” rant and the other which ends with Prometheus making friends with an eagle.

Pindar is out focus this week as we discuss his life, how Odes work and focus on why even if I wanted too, I can’t dismiss his contributions to Mythology

This week we go all Doylest as I go over interesting things from the sources and the development of the story of the labors and how our concept of Herakles can find root in the comedies and dramas of classical greece.

Reasons we are explicit: None really

We are done! We are done! well not really, but close enough.  We will cover Deianeira and Herakles Marriage, The sheer fuzziness of how long they were together, Nessus’s horrible Lies, And my personal favorite the tricking of a random ass shepard into killing the greatest hero the greeks ever thought they had.

Reasons we are Explicit: Death, Murder, Rape, Death, Apotheosis, Lies, Lying, Laying, Centaurs, Spirit Based Match-Making, Anatomically Impossible Rape.

Herakles goes to war. More so than usual. This week we are covering three sackings, Herakles being mistaken for a Pirate, we finally try to unpack the Gigamache thing and the story of Auge, for those of you who have absolutely no interest in Pirates

Why we are Explicit – Confusion, Headbutting, Being Mean To Dogs, Obliviousness, and Zeus Being Put In His Place.