In this episode of That's Ancient History host Jean Menzies goes in-depth exploring the ancient myth of Procne and Philomela, Athenian princesses, and sisters. The podcast will introduce you to the myth, some of its major variations over time and what it perhaps meant to the ancient people who told it - along with some bonus Shakespearean reception.

Works Mentioned:

Tereus by Sophocles (fragmentary play)

Ovid's Metamorphosis: https://amzn.to/2uF06ST

Apollodorus' Library of Greek Mythology: https://amzn.to/2Ngl2Y4

Aristophanes' Birds: https://amzn.to/2urQADm

Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/2uF0alB

Inventing the Barbarian by Edith Hall: https://amzn.to/2uCTjct

A Tale of Two Sisters: Studies in Sophocles’ Tereus’ (article) by Lyndsay Coo

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