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Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let's

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Liv reads Book III of Homer’s Iliad, translated into prose by Samuel Butler. Paris offers to fight M

Aeneas tells the story of the end of the Trojan War, and where to go from there. He's visited by gho

Liv reads Book II of Homer’s Iliad, translated into prose by Samuel Butler. Agamemnon tests the will

We all need a laugh: Aristophanes' The Frogs is exactly that. This is part two: the battle of the po

Liv reads Book I of Homer’s Iliad, translated into prose by Samuel Butler. It begins in the middle o

We all need a laugh: Aristophanes' The Frogs is exactly that. This is part one of two.CW/TW: comedic

When better to do a special mini myth on plague? Plague in Greek mythology, plague in Greek theatre,

The badass origins, both historical and mythological, of Pallas Athena.CW/TW: far too many Greek myt

Aeneas meets Dido who asks him to tell her all he's been through to get to Carthage (it's a lot). Me

The live episode I recorded at the Vancouver Fan Expo covering the stories of Apollo and Cyrene, Ari

In this episode we revisit the past episodes on Plato's theory of soulmates from his Symposium, and

There's more to Queen Dido than Virgil tells us in the Aeneid, she had a life before Aeneas came to

Jupiter and Venus discuss Aeneas and the Trojans' fate, and it's time we meet the Carthaginians and

It's (finally) time... Aeneas, the hero founder of Rome, exile from Troy, son of Venus, hated by Jun

Part two of the Mesopotamian epic, the first recorded work of literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh!CW/T

The Mesopotamians were badass, and loved a badass woman.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assa

Let's talk Rome: their mythology and some very important historical contexts of a little thing calle

It's time for an end of year Q&A! I answer all of your questions about gods, goddesses, history,

Where all Medea's fame lasting relevancy comes from: Euripides. Plus a beautiful song about Medea wr

The first ever LIVE recording of the podcast at the Vancouver Podcast Festival! The stories of Zeus,