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The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let's be honest) sarcastically. Greek and Roman gods did some pretty weird (and awful) things. Gods, goddesses, heroes,...
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The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let's be honest) sarcastically. Greek and Roman gods did some pretty weird (and awful) things. Gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everything in between. Regular episodes every Tuesday, conversations with authors and scholars or readings of ancient epics every Friday.
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Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
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19 NOV 2024 · A reading from Liv's new piece on Medusa, from the collection Medusa, New & Ancient Greek Tales, available now from https://www.flametreepublishing.com/medusa-isbn-9781804179338.html. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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15 NOV 2024 · Liv speaks with Stephanie McCarter, whose was last on the show to talk about her recent translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, this time it's all about ancient women in power, both the historical, the mythical, and the details somewhere in between. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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12 NOV 2024 · This episode originally aired March 22, 2022. Atalanta: the heroine of ancient Greece. Or, was it heroines? There are two Atalantas, sometimes conflated into one, other times separate. One fought the Calydonian boar, wrestled Peleus, and generally kicked ass. The other lost a foot race, distracted by a golden apple. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Theoi.com entry on Atalanta, including Aelian, Apollodorus, Apollonios, and others; Early Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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8 NOV 2024 · This episode originally aired in March of 2022. Liv was joined by Dr Christie Vogler who talks about women of the Roman world who practiced medicine, in varied forms, and how these women were seen and understood in the wider Roman world. Follow Christie on https://twitter.com/cmvogue?s=21 and check out her podcast, https://www.movieswedig.com/ (where Liv has been a three time guest!). Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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5 NOV 2024 · This episode originally aired in July of 2023. Before she was Aphrodite, she was Kypris, and before she was Kypris, well, she was Astarte and Inanna/Ishtar. This is the story of Aphrodite's origins in ancient Phoenicia and Mesopotamia. https://mythsbaby.com/questions http://www.patreon.com/mythsbaby CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Theoi.com entry on https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Aphrodite.html; Early Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz; Aphrodite by Monica Cyrino; Venus and Aphrodite by Bettany Hughes; Article: Before Kypris was Aphrodite by Stephanie L. Budin; https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2707/pg2707-images.html (opening quote only). Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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1 NOV 2024 · Liv speaks with PhD student Cecily Bateman about their research in disability in the ancient world (spoilers: it's as horrifying as it is fascinating). CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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31 OCT 2024 · Happy Halloween! On today's Hermes Historia Michaela tells Liv all about the ancient practices of divination and speaking with the dead... https://mythsbaby.com/newsletter to stay in the loop about the upcoming ad-free subscriptions where future Hermes' Historia episodes will live! http://mythsbaby.com/questions! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Herodotus' The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield; Radcliffe G. Edmonds III. Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the ancient greco-roman world; Sarah Iles Johnston. Ancient Greek Divination; Sarah Iles Johnston. “Charming Children: The Use of the Child in Ancient Divination”. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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29 OCT 2024 · A re-airing of all three parts of Liv's 2022 reading of Lucian's True History, translated by Francis Hickes. In this 2nd Century CE satirical novel of epic proportions, Lucian if Samosata invents a world where he visits rivers of wine, takes a trip to space, a war inside a whale, and a heroic journey through the Underworld. This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style. For regular episodes look for any that don't have "Liv Reads..." in the title! Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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25 OCT 2024 · Featuring clips from episodes on Ovid's Medea, Chthonic Cuties, conversations with Antonia Aluko and Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts, and readings of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Samuel Butler. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: see original episode descriptions for sources. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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24 OCT 2024 · In this (late, it's still free for a reason) Hermes Historia episode, Michaela shares a brief history of ancient Greek funerary practices. Because Spooky Season. https://mythsbaby.com/newsletter to stay in the loop about the upcoming ad-free subscriptions where future Hermes' Historia episodes will live! http://mythsbaby.com/questions! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: John Ferguson's Among the Gods: An Archaeological Exploration of Ancient Greek Religion; Maria Serena Mirto's Death in the Greek World: From Homer to the Classical Age; Herodotus' The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let's be honest) sarcastically. Greek and Roman gods did some pretty weird (and awful) things. Gods, goddesses, heroes,...
show more
The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let's be honest) sarcastically. Greek and Roman gods did some pretty weird (and awful) things. Gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everything in between. Regular episodes every Tuesday, conversations with authors and scholars or readings of ancient epics every Friday.
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