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IN WHICH: We delve into the birth of Helen of Sparta, I mean Troy, one of the countless children of Zeus whose lives intersect in The Iliad and The Odyssey.

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IN WHICH: Telemachus and Mentor/Athena visit Old King Nestor in search of news of Odysseus.  Nestor relates the chaotic departure of the Greeks from Troy after "Lesser" Ajax angered Athena.

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Homer and a Pterodactyl walk into this bar...

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IN WHICH: We observe life on a small island. Telemachus obeys Athena's command to call an assembly on Ithaca - the first since his father departed nineteen years ago. Athena intervenes in a series of disguises.

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IN WHICH: When plotting  revenge, they say you should dig two graves: one for your victim, and one for yourself.   In this episode, the curse of the House of Atreus is fulfilled in a rather horrifying "dinner for one."  We encounter a future king and his future murderer.

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IN WHICH:  We hear a throwback to one of the foundational myths of Ancient Greece and the origins of the Trojan War.  A prequel to "The Odyssey," of sorts, featuring cannibalism and chariot racing (to the death).

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While Zeus considers who is to blame for the suffering of mortals, Athena sets the action of the epic in motion, taking on the first of her many disguises and inspiring Odysseus's son, Telemachus.

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IN WHICH: It's not just Poseidon who rules the sea.  We explore the many gods of the ocean realm, their parents, their children, and what makes them angry.

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IN WHICH: The Muses are the inspiration for all poetry, music, dance, theater, and science in Ancient Greece.  A storyteller is well advised to pay them due respect, so we dedicate Episode One to them.

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Welcome!  Here's a three-minute summary of the plan for this podcast.

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