Rewriting Myth

This is a recording of me reading to you my short story "The Unoriginal Voice" featuring Echo in the first person point of view. 

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This is part two of retelling Echo and Narcissus from Ovid's Metamorphoses! In the next episode, I'll share my fictional rewriting of this myth from Echo's point of view! 

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Today I'm retelling the story of Echo and Narcissus from Metamorphoses.

Echo is a figure from more ancient sources in Greece and Narcissus doesn't appear until the Roman times. But Ovid puts these two characters together for a devastating story. 

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The first episode of rewriting. This is the my short story of Praxagora from Aristophanes' The Women of the Assembly. 

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In the first episode series of the podcast, I'm retelling The Women of the Assembly, a comedy from Aristophanes in Ancient Greece.

In this first series of episodes, I hope to retell this play, focusing on what is said -- and unsaid -- about Praxagora  and women in general and later on, in the "Rewriting" episode, I'll share with you my rewritten fictional version of this play. A.K.A. what I wish it could have been.

SOURCES: Aaron Poochigan's 2021 translation and the 1975 Penguin Classic translated by David Barrett

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In the first episode of the podcast, I'm retelling The Women of the Assembly, a comedy from Aristophanes in Ancient Greece. 

This is a play that flips the traditional general norms and roles of Ancient Greece. Sometimes, this is (inaccurately) seen as a feminist work, because of the female lead taking over control of the government. Unfortunately, this is exactly the opposite of what this play is, and the lead, Praxagora, is a problematic character. 

Isolating women because of a fear of what happens when they gather is a theme you see across history and cultures. And if they are together, in a patriarchal society, then pitting them against each other is the easiest way to distract from the fact they're IN a patriarchy. And Aristophanes definitely employs this idea in "The Women of the Assembly." ⁣

But, in this first series of episodes, I hope to retell this play, focusing on what is said -- and unsaid -- about Praxagora  and women in general and later on, in the "Rewriting" episode, I'll share with you my rewritten fictional version of this play. A.K.A. what I wish it could have been. 

SOURCES: Aaron Poochigan's 2021 translation and the 1975 Penguin Classic translated by David Barrett

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You've heard their names in fleeting moments in well-known stories, ...The Sirens, the River Styx (who was actually a goddess, too), and The Amazons. But what happens to their stories when the spotlight of the heroes they're around disappears? And what about stories from other ancient cultures like the Etruscans or the nomadic tribes in the grassy steppes of the Black Sea?

This podcast is an attempt to share their stories and pick up where the ancient sources left off. It's a blend of non-fiction and fiction, from retellings to reimaginings to rewritings.  

I'm Monica Frederick, the host of Rewriting Myth. Every other Thursday, I'll share stories from myth, and stay as close to the ancient sources as possible while also keeping a special focus on what they say about these often overlooked women. Then, in a narrative episode, I'll rewrite their story, sharing their stories in their own words with you. 

These are the stories of Goddesses, Heroines, and monsters from Ancient Greece and beyond. Rewriting Myth comes out every other Thursday wherever you listen to podcasts.

This story starts with Thelxiope coming to terms with not being able to find her friend, Persephone. She is the oldest out of three sisters, and after transforming their bodies into that of birds, she then takes on the responsibility of protecting her sisters from the sailors of The Argo and of The Odyssey 

Thelxiope overcomes a constant anger that threatens to boil when she hears Orpheus sing of her and her sisters on The Argo. This is a story about a woman learning to forge her own path rather than listen to what these men have to say about her. 

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SOURCES:

- Hesiod, "Theogny", Oxford World Classics

-Apollodorus, "The Library of Greek Mythology", Oxford World Classics

-Apollonious, "The Argonautika" translated by Peter Green

-Homer, "The Odyssey" Translated by Emily Wilson

Styx is best known in Greek and Roman Mythology as the river in the underworld.

But, she's also a goddess!

In this episode, I've taken the [brief] mentions of her as a goddess in Hesiod's "Theogony" and Ovid's "Fasti" to create this story. Today, Styx tells her story of her rise to power, fight in the Titanomachy, and time in the underworld.

This episode contains depictions of battle, so with this Myth (and pretty much every Greek Myth), listener discretion is advised.

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Today I'm sharing the story of Echo, one of Hera's many victims of misplaced anger for her husband's incessant infidelity. Along the way, she comes across narcissus and falls hopelessly in love with him. It was lust at first sight and doomed from the start. Echo can only watch as narcissus wastes away, falling hopelessly in love with himself. After he dies, she lives on as echoes you hear when you speak in empty spaces.

This is her story. 

Connect on Instagram! I'm @MonicaChats and this podcast is @GreekMythGals.