Juno is furious, and she knows just who to ask for help.

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References

“The Aeneid – Vergil Epic | Summary & Analysis | Ancient Rome – Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/rome_vergil_aeneid.html#Top.  Accessed 09 Aug 2021

Cole, William F. "The Aeneid." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 17 Aug 2014. Web. 09 Aug 2021.

Dektar, Molly. "The Aeneid." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 22 Jul 2013. Web.  6 Aug 2021.

Fitzgerald, Robert, translator. Virgil: The Aeneid, Vintage Classics, 1990.

Seneca gives us his take on Medea in today’s episode.

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References

“Medea – Seneca the Younger – Ancient Rome – Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/rome_seneca_medea.html.  Accessed 22 Nov 2021

Seneca. Ella Isabel Harris, translator. Tragedies, Digireads.com Publishing, 2020.

Wilson, Emily, translator. Seneca: Six Tragedies, a new translation by Emily Wilson, Oxford University Press, 2010.

Heracles kills some more people and has to atone for it. Again.

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References

Apollodorus. The Library. Translated by Sir James George Frazer. Loeb Classical Library Volumes 121 & 122. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Available online at https://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus1.html and http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022.

Aeneas visits the Underworld and learns some things… Or does he?

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References

“The Aeneid – Vergil Epic | Summary & Analysis | Ancient Rome – Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/rome_vergil_aeneid.html#Top.  Accessed 09 Aug 2021

Cole, William F. "The Aeneid." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 17 Aug 2014. Web. 09 Aug 2021.

Dektar, Molly. "The Aeneid." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 22 Jul 2013. Web.  6 Aug 2021.

Fitzgerald, Robert, translator. Virgil: The Aeneid, Vintage Classics, 1990.

Beth tries really hard not to sing that excellent Tom Lehrer song as she once again talks about that boy who loved his mother.

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References

“Oedipus – Seneca the Younger – Ancient Rome – Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/rome_seneca_oedipus.html.  Accessed 9 Nov 2021

Seneca. Ella Isabel Harris, translator. Tragedies, Digireads.com Publishing, 2020.

Wilson, Emily, translator. Seneca: Six Tragedies, a new translation by Emily Wilson, Oxford University Press, 2010.

Heracles makes himself famous in today’s episode.

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References

Apollodorus. The Library. Translated by Sir James George Frazer. Loeb Classical Library Volumes 121 & 122. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Available online at https://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus1.html and http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022.

“Lernaean Hydra (Hydra Lernaia)". Theoi.com, https://www.theoi.com/Ther/DrakonHydra.html. Accessed 6 Nov 2021

You get a funeral game! And you get a funeral game! And you get a funeral game!

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References

“The Aeneid – Vergil Epic | Summary & Analysis | Ancient Rome – Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/rome_vergil_aeneid.html#Top.  Accessed 09 Aug 2021

Cole, William F. "The Aeneid." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 17 Aug 2014. Web. 09 Aug 2021.

Dektar, Molly. "The Aeneid." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 22 Jul 2013. Web.  6 Aug 2021.

Fitzgerald, Robert, translator. Virgil: The Aeneid, Vintage Classics, 1990.

Passions overwhelm Phaedra in Seneca’s version of her story.

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References

Lanouette, Jennine. “The Story of Hippolytus and Phaedra as Recounted by Euripides, Seneca and Racine.” Screentakes, 24 Dec 2012. Available at https://www.screentakes.com/the-story-of-hippolytus-and-phaedra-as-recounted-by-euripides-seneca-and-racine/

“Phaedra – Seneca the Younger – Ancient Rome – Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/rome_seneca_phaedra.html.  Accessed 19 Oct 2021

Piash. “Melodramatic elements in Seneca’s Phaedra by Seneca.” Literaryquotation.net, 22 Mar 2021. Available at https://literaryquotation.net/melodramatic-elements-senecas-phaedra-by-seneca/

Seneca. Ella Isabel Harris, translator. Tragedies, Digireads.com Publishing, 2020.

Wilson, Emily, translator. Seneca: Six Tragedies, a new translation by Emily Wilson, Oxford University Press, 2010.

Perseus has some adventures and more than a few descendants in today’s episode.

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References

Apollodorus. The Library. Translated by Sir James George Frazer. Loeb Classical Library Volumes 121 & 122. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Available online at https://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus1.html and http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022.

I hope you’re not too attached to Dido.

CW: suicide, suicidal ideation

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References

“The Aeneid – Vergil Epic | Summary & Analysis | Ancient Rome – Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/rome_vergil_aeneid.html#Top.  Accessed 09 Aug 2021

Cole, William F.. "The Aeneid." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 17 Aug 2014. Web. 09 Aug 2021.

Dektar, Molly. "The Aeneid." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 22 Jul 2013. Web.  6 Aug 2021.

Fitzgerald, Robert, translator. Virgil: The Aeneid, Vintage Classics, 1990.