Myths and Legends of Europe

By Paul Vincent

Society & Culture

What's Myths and Legends of Europe about?

A retelling of the famous legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Robin Hood of Sherwood and many others, for all the family.

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Lear finds that his second daughter is no more accommodating then the first!

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11.11.2018 King Lear Chapter Two: Let Go the Wheel Lear finds that his second daughter is no more accommodating then the first!
10.28.2018 Chapter One: A Kingdom Divided The king of Britain is getting old and dreams of retirement. But who should rule while he relaxes.
10.28.2018 Competition Results Well done to..........?
10.20.2018 Competition With the first episode of The Incomplete Works of Shakespeare imminent, here’s a little competition for you!
09.30.2018 Hospital Podcast resumption.
07.09.2018 The Incomplete Works of Shakespeare: Introduction Welcome to my new series - The Incomplete Works of Shakespeare.
06.24.2018 Chapter Twenty Six: No More Heroes The adventures of Odysseus and Aeneas come to an end. We see what happens when Odysseus finally arrives home and find out whether Aeneas's city ever gets built! The age of heroes is over.
06.24.2018 Chapter Twenty Five: Journeys Poor old Odysseus. The creator of the Wooden Horse knew he wasn't destined to get home for ten years but he never imagined quite how horrible the journey would be. On the way he loses ships and men, meets a ...
06.24.2018 Back in Two Weeks The Myths and Legends of Europe will be back in 2 weeks.
06.23.2018 Chapter Twenty Four: A Happy Homecoming... for Some The Trojan War is over. Troy is gone, destroyed by the marauding Greek army and all of its leaders, except one, are dead. The weary Greek heroes make their various ways home. Some of them don't get the welcome they ...
06.23.2018 Chapter Twenty Four: A Happy Homecoming… for Some The Trojan War is over. Troy is gone, destroyed by the marauding Greek army and all of its leaders, except one, are dead. The weary Greek heroes make their various ways home. Some of them don't get the welcome they ...
06.22.2018 Chapter Twenty Three: An Unwanted Gift At last everything is in place for the Greeks to take Troy. It is not all plain sailing, though; it takes trickery and cunning to complete the quest. Fortunately, in Odysseus, the Greeks have the trickiest and most cunning of ...
06.19.2018 Chapter Twenty Two: The Last Trojan Hero At last, Hector and Achilles finally meet in battle. One of them dies and the other revels in his glorious victory. Sadly, for him, the victor doesn't have much time left to enjoy it.
06.18.2018 Chapter Twenty Two: The Last Trojan Hero At last, Hector and Achilles finally meet in battle. One of them dies and the other revels in his glorious victory. Sadly, for him, the victor doesn't have much time left to enjoy it.
06.15.2018 Chapter Twenty One: Wrath, Rage and Recklessness Wrathful Achilles may be sitting on the sidelines sulking but the war rages on. Man mountain Ajax takes on the mighty Hector in single combat. Diomedes and Odysseus capture a Trojan spy and Agamemnon is injured in the fighting. When ...
06.14.2018 Chapter Twenty One: Wrath, Rage and Recklessness Wrathful Achilles may be sitting on the sidelines sulking but the war rages on. Man mountain Ajax takes on the mighty Hector in single combat. Diomedes and Odysseus capture a Trojan spy and Agamemnon is injured in the fighting. When ...
05.13.2018 Chapter Twenty: Nine Long Long Long Long Years Unfortunately, for the Greeks, Kalchas is proved to be correct. The poor heroes struggle to get to Troy and then have to wait nine years before the real fighting starts. A couple of the warriors are lost and then Agamemnon ...
05.12.2018 Chapter Nineteen: The Judgement of Paris All the prophecies start coming true as the Apple of Discord does its work. An inevitable chain of events leads to the launching of a magnificent fleet carrying the greatest army of the mythological world. The heroes of Greece are ...
05.12.2018 Chapter Eighteen: The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships The story of the Trojan War is one of the most famous and exciting of the Greek myths. It is a tale full of friendship, treachery, love, revenge, tragedy and death. This is the first of nine chapters which will ...
05.10.2018 Chapter Seventeen: A Hero's Work is Never Done The story of Heracles draws to a close. We hear how he completes his final labour and then goes off on a spree of revenge before meeting a sticky end!
05.10.2018 Chapter Seventeen: A Hero’s Work is Never Done The story of Heracles draws to a close. We hear how he completes his final labour and then goes off on a spree of revenge before meeting a sticky end!
05.09.2018 Chapter Sixteen: The Other Six Labours of Heracles He's done the easy ones! Now it's time for the greatest hero of them all to get down to some really difficult tasks. As he goes about his last six labours Heracles drops in on the city of Troy and ...
05.09.2018 Chapter Fifteen: The Six Labours of Heracles At last, it's time to begin the story of the greatest hero of them all. First we hear about the early life of Heracles, known to the Romans as Hercules. Everyone knows about the twelve labours he performed, though he ...
05.07.2018 Chapter Fourteen: The Myths of Thebes A chapter all about the goings on in the city of Thebes. We hear about the city's foundation and how it came to be ruled by one of the most unfortunate men in Greek mythology. We also solve the Riddle ...
05.05.2018 Chapter Thirteen: Bull Man and Bird Man In this chapter we complete the tale of Theseus. We see him reach the height of his heroism and then fall from grace. We will also hear about one of the most famous incidents in Greek myth, commemorated by artists ...
05.04.2018 Chapter Twelve: The Labyrinth It's time to begin the story of King Minos and the terrifying Minotaur. We will hear about the building of the labyrinth in which the beast was imprisoned. We will also meet the hero Theseus and have a good laugh ...
05.02.2018 Chapter Eleven: Heroes and Villains It's time for the story of the king who turned everything to gold simply by touching it. No trip through the myths of Greece would be complete without it. We will also hear about Meleagros of Kalydon and the great ...
05.01.2018 Chapter Ten: Jason and the Golden Fleece This week we complete the story of Jason and the Argonauts. We meet the most scheming woman in Greek mythology and watch as she first helps Jason and then turns against him.
05.01.2018 Chapter Nine: Voyage of the Argo The first part of the story of Jason and the Argonauts. We hear how the Golden Fleece came to be where it was and why Jason was sent to find it. We follow the Argonauts on their long sea journey ...
04.29.2018 What Next? Announcing the new series!
04.28.2018 Chapter Eight: More Men, Mortality and Meddling In this chapter we hear the bloodthirsty story of the family of Pelops, including an unusual chariot race and a bitter feud. Zeus is up to his usual tricks and a few more of his children are hatched (and yes... ...
04.28.2018 Chapter Seven: Bring me the Head of the Gorgon Medusa This week we hear the story of the first of the great mythical heroes of Greece. Perseus is sent by an evil king to kill Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon. He does not find it easy!
04.28.2018 Chapter Six: Men, mortality and Meddling It's time for us to meet some of the early mortal men and women and see how the gods interfered in their lives. We will find out about the births of two of great heroes of Greek mythology.
04.28.2018 Chapter Five: The Domain of the Dead A journey into the murky depths of the Underworld where Hades, King of the Dead, rules. Here we meet the inhabitants of Tartaros forever destined to do pointless tasks as punishments for their actions while they were alive.
04.27.2018 Chapter Five: The Domain of the Dead A journey into the murky depths of the Underworld where Hades, King of the Dead, rules. Here we meet the inhabitants of Tartaros forever destined to do pointless tasks as punishments for their actions while they were alive.
04.27.2018 Chapter Six: Men, mortality and Meddling It's time for us to meet some of the early mortal men and women and see how the gods interfered in their lives. We will find out about the births of two of great heroes of Greek mythology.
04.26.2018 Chapter Four: Tales of the Immortals In this chapter we meet the rest of the great Olympians. In doing so we find out about some of more unpleasant gods and their equally nasty children! Ares and his kids are particular favourites of mine.
04.26.2018 Chapter Three: Olympians This week we meet the rest of the children of Kronos and a couple of the other Olympians. Look out for the story of Poseidon's persuasive dolphin and the tale of poor Persephone.
04.25.2018 Chapter Two: Clash of the Titans The fun really starts here! Zeus and his brothers and sisters fight against Kronos and the Titans over who will rule the heavens and the Earth. Only one side can come out on top. Which one will it be?
04.25.2018 Chapter One: In the Beginning The frst chapter of our story introduces Gaia, the Earth and Ouranos, the Sky. We hear the Greek creation myth and meet the Titans and some hideous monsters!
04.08.2018 Chapter Five: Beowulf’s Barrow Beowulf is given a fitting send off as Wiglaf takes charge. The outlook is not good for the men who didn’t come to their king’s aid!
03.25.2018 Chapter Four: Guardian of the Hoard A new challenge presents itself to Beowulf and this time he is unable to face it alone. The outcome is somewhat bittersweet.
03.11.2018 Chapter Three: The revenge of Mummy All is well in the land of the Spear Danes. Grendel is gone and peace prevails. And then it doesn’t; big time.
03.10.2018 Very Important Announcement Introducing the new mythandhistory website. www.mythandhistory.co.uk
02.25.2018 Chapter Two: Grendel The showdown between Beowulf and the beast is upon us. It’s not going to end well for one of them!
10.28.2017 Chapter One: In Which Beowulf is Only Mentioned at the End So, at last, here it is: the first chapter of the story of Beowulf.
10.09.2017 Episodes Written I have episodes written for both of my podcasts along with a sore throat. When I am able to speak properly there will be a couple of chapters released in quick succession.
09.10.2017 Beowulf Introduction So here we are at last, and many apologies for the extended delay, with an introduction to Beowulf.
04.15.2017 Back Soon The Myths and Legends of Europe will be back on 30th April.
03.04.2017 Back in April Many apologies but I have a lot on at the moment. I will be back in April.

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What's Myths and Legends of Europe about?

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Myths and Legends of Europe episodes:

King Lear Chapter Two: Let Go the Wheel

Chapter One: A Kingdom Divided

Competition Results

Competition

Hospital

The Incomplete Works of Shakespeare: Introduction

Chapter Twenty Six: No More Heroes

Chapter Twenty Five: Journeys

Back in Two Weeks

Chapter Twenty Four: A Happy Homecoming... for Some

Chapter Twenty Four: A Happy Homecoming… for Some

Chapter Twenty Three: An Unwanted Gift

Chapter Twenty Two: The Last Trojan Hero

Chapter Twenty Two: The Last Trojan Hero

Chapter Twenty One: Wrath, Rage and Recklessness

Chapter Twenty One: Wrath, Rage and Recklessness

Chapter Twenty: Nine Long Long Long Long Years

Chapter Nineteen: The Judgement of Paris

Chapter Eighteen: The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships

Chapter Seventeen: A Hero's Work is Never Done

Chapter Seventeen: A Hero’s Work is Never Done

Chapter Sixteen: The Other Six Labours of Heracles

Chapter Fifteen: The Six Labours of Heracles

Chapter Fourteen: The Myths of Thebes

Chapter Thirteen: Bull Man and Bird Man

Chapter Twelve: The Labyrinth

Chapter Eleven: Heroes and Villains

Chapter Ten: Jason and the Golden Fleece

Chapter Nine: Voyage of the Argo

What Next?

Chapter Eight: More Men, Mortality and Meddling

Chapter Seven: Bring me the Head of the Gorgon Medusa

Chapter Six: Men, mortality and Meddling

Chapter Five: The Domain of the Dead

Chapter Five: The Domain of the Dead

Chapter Six: Men, mortality and Meddling

Chapter Four: Tales of the Immortals

Chapter Three: Olympians

Chapter Two: Clash of the Titans

Chapter One: In the Beginning

Chapter Five: Beowulf’s Barrow

Chapter Four: Guardian of the Hoard

Chapter Three: The revenge of Mummy

Very Important Announcement

Chapter Two: Grendel

Chapter One: In Which Beowulf is Only Mentioned at the End

Episodes Written

Beowulf Introduction

Back Soon

Back in April

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