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

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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. Liv focuses on Greek and Roman mythology's (mis)treatment of women, the wild things the gods did, and the all around incredible minds of the ancient world. 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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Conversations: The Things They Found in Tombs, Bronze Age Mycenae w/ Dr Kim Shelton

Liv is joined by Dr Kim Shelton to dive deeper into the real world of Bronze Age Mycenae and all we've learned from what they left behind. Learn more about Dr Shelton's work here. https://nemeacenter.berkeley.edu/ Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 17m
Apr 12
Under the Shadow of Agamemnon, the Real Bronze Age Mycenae

Continuing on with the Bronze Age history of Greece, a look at the famed Mycenaeans, the historical origins behind the mythic heroes of Homer. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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: The Landmark Thucydides edited by Robert B. Strassler, translated by Richard Crawley; The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean edited by Eric H. Cline; Rodney Castleden's Mycenaeans; Alkestis Papadimitriou and Elsi Spathari's Mycenae: A journey in the World of Agamemnon. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

42m
Apr 09
There Once Was a Man Named Minos, the Bronze Age Minoans of Crete

A (very brief) history of the Minoan people of Bronze Age Crete. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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: The Landmark Thucydides edited by Robert B. Strassler, translated by Richard Crawley; The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean edited by Eric H. Cline; Rodney Castleden's “Minoans: Life in Bronze Age Crete”; Nicoletta Momigliano's “In Search of the Labyrinth: The Cultural Legacy of Minoan Crete”. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

46m
Apr 05
The Bronze Age, Mythic Origins and the Real People Behind Them

Introducing: the Bronze Age Collapse series. Today, grounding ourselves in a world so far removed from the ancient Greece and its mythic history. Friday, we visit Crete and the Minoans. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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: The Landmark Thucydides edited by Robert B. Strassler, translated by Richard Crawley; The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean edited by Eric H. Cline; Rodney Castleden's “Minoans: Life in Bronze Age Crete”; Nicoletta Momigliano's “In Search of the Labyrinth: The Cultural Legacy of Minoan Crete”. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

36m
Apr 02
Conversations: Charybdis, a Gaping, Hungry Hole; Fear of the Montrous Woman w/ Cosi Carnegie

Liv is joined by Cosi Carnegie to talk all things horny (boob cups! the threat of a sexual woman! all the erotic pottery you can imagine!) Follow Cosi on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cosisodyssey/?hl=en; read more https://www.cosisodyssey.com/ from her; and learn more about Propylaea Productions https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutube.com%2F%40PropylaeaProductions%3Fsi%3DKusNrLYxQiY_ygjG&e=AT0Ksnl4UsApyryfLuqISENPvUiZQg6KH4XHUGWVFhZq-QbLsC2dHqgpHpIvBaR9sejgE9nRzuUC_TWaHMnctUc911Nf29WDF_NHVg! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 34m
Mar 29
High Priestess of Ur, the World’s First Author, Enheduanna

The first recorded author in all of human history was a woman, a high priestess, her name was Enheduanna. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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: The Complete Poems of Enheduanna, the World's First Author by Sophus Helle; Enheduanna.org https://enheduana.org/. Things The Mesopotamians Did First https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1859/mesopotamian-inventions/; Very Baseline Ancient Iraq Bits: Wikipedia: Akkadian Empire; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian_Empire# Mesopotamia https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1859/mesopotamian-inventions/. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

44m
Mar 26
LTAMB: The Bronze Age Collapse Coming April 2

Coming soon... Let's Talk About Myths, Baby!'s next big special research series is the Bronze Age Collapse. Who were the cultures thriving in the Bronze Age Mediterranean, and what caused them to collapse entirely? Episodes start April 2, 2024 and run through the month! Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2m
Mar 25
Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Book 3)

Liv reads Book 3 of the Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. After the death of Penthesilea, Memnon, and the Greek Antilochus, Apollo takes his anger out on Achilles. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! http://www.patreon.com/mythsbaby 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! For a list of Roman/Latin names and who they were in the Greek, visit: mythsbaby.com/names http://mythsbaby.com/names Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 2m
Mar 22
BONUS: Selections from Conversations w/ Dr Melissa Funke and Dr Rebecca Futo Kennedy

To accompany the most recent episode on Hetairai and sex work in ancient Greece, these are selections from my 2023 episodes with Dr Melissa Funke, on Phryne, and Dr Rebecca Futo Kennedy, on foreign women in Athens. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 8m
Mar 21
Beloved of Aphrodite, the Lives & Legacies of Ancient Greek Sex Workers

A little look into the lives of ancient Greek sex workers, particularly two Hetairai, Phryne and Rhodopis, whose accomplishments achieved them 2300+ years long legacies. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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: Phryne: A Life in Fragments by Melissa Funke; Love in Ancient Greece by Robert Flaceliere; Herodotus' Histories, translated by GC Macauley https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2707/2707-h/2707-h.htm#link22H_4_0001; Aphrodite by Monica Cyrino (the Nossis poem is found here); Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Antiquity by Sarah B Pomeroy; Venus and Aphrodite by Bettany Hughes; Diodorus Siculus and Strabo, from the Topostext entry on Rhodopis https://topostext.org/people/1758. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

35m
Mar 19
Better Off With Bears, Artemis & Goddess Worship w/ Dr Carla Ionescu

Liv speaks with "The Artemis Expert" Dr Carla Ionescu, about Artemis, bears, goddess worship, and so much more (because Liv has ADHD, you know the drill). Find Carla on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/artemisexpert/, Twitter https://twitter.com/artemisexpert?lang=en, and at the Artemis Centre https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2Ftheartemiscentre&e=AT1R08Si8iIAAbNFjFtqUoxFaMXnADZ21nrDqc5Ij08Mqs2O6MD8999Y1mMgYaFGS-pkB6tit8OwNQwGdpqBxBhoY2T74jNEpT1zqg. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 33m
Mar 15
What Makes a Monster? What if Ovid's Medusa Was Thinly Veiled Misogyny

Ovid's version of Medusa is by far the most common, but what if it's also the most misogynist? Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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: Ovid's Metamorphsoes, translations by Stephanie McCarter and Allen Mandelbaum; WorldHistory.org; a simple Google search for 'Medusa'. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

53m
Mar 12
On Circe's Island Anything is Possible, Queer Theory w/ Julia Perroni

Liv speaks with returning guest Julia Perroni about a queer theory reading of Circe in Homer's Odyssey and the ways she works outside the many binaries. Find more from Julia here! https://jmperroni.com/ Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 34m
Mar 08
Parthenogenesis, Prehistoric Goddesses, and the Threat of an Independent Woman

Goddesses doing it for themselve: parthenogenic births, goddess figurines of the Bronze Age, and theories of goddess history in Hesiod's Theogony. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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: Charlotte, the Parthenogenic Stingray https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-did-an-aquarium-stingray-get-pregnant-without-a-mate/; Theoi.com; Hesiod's Theogony translated by HG Evelyn-White; Goddesses, Wives, Whores, and Slaves: Women in Antiquity by Sarah B Pomeroy. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

40m
Mar 05
Conversations: The Feminism of Female Rage, Demeter's Winter Harvest w/ Ioanna Papadopoulou

Liv speaks with author Ioanna Papadapoulou about Greece in myth retellings, the goddess Demeter and her rage, and Ioanna's novel, Winter Harvest. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 15m
Mar 01
Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Book 2)

Liv reads the Latin author Quintus Smyrnaeus' The Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. In the only surviving source retelling the end of the Trojan War, Troy reels after the Amazon Penthesilea's death. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! http://www.patreon.com/mythsbaby 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! For a list of Roman/Latin names and who they were in the Greek, visit: mythsbaby.com/names http://mythsbaby.com/names Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

54m
Feb 27
A Full Cast Reading of Emperor Julian’s Symposium of the Caesars

THE SYMPOSIUM OF THE CAESARS. Written by the Roman emperor Julian. Translated from the ancient Greek and directed by Jeremy Swist. Recorded by Jeremy Swist and fellow cast members. Recordings engineered by Christopher Swist at Evenfall Studio in Spofford, New Hampshire, USA. Produced in loving memory of Lawrence P. Swist. Find further details on the production here. https://www.mythsbaby.com/caesars DRAMATIS PERSONAE in order of appearance: Jeremy Swist as EMPEROR JULIAN Liv Albert as the EMPEROR’S COMPANION Christopher Polt as SILENUS Toph Marshall as APOLLO and HELIOS Emma Pauly as DIONYSUS Marios Koutsoukos as ZEUS Aneirin Pendragon as HERMES Fiona Radford as LADY JUSTICE Katherine Lu Hsu as HERACLES Peta Greenfield as ROMULUS-QUIRINUS Jay Bregman as CRONUS Princess O’Nika Auguste as POSEIDON Lea Niccolai as JULIUS CAESAR Meg Finlayson as ALEXANDER THE GREAT Draken Garfinkel as OCTAVIAN AUGUSTUS Alberto Quiroga-Puertas as TRAJAN Mark Masterson as MARCUS AURELIUS Charlotte Naylor Davis as CONSTANTINE Daniel Munn as JESUS SETTING The imperial palace of Antioch, on a mid-December evening in the year 362 of the Common Era, the 1,115th year from the founding of Rome.  Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 11m
Feb 23
Conversations: A Bunch of Rulers Sit Down for a Chat, Julian’s Symposium w/ Dr Jeremy Swist

Liv speaks with Dr Jeremy Swist about the emperor Julian, his work, and Jeremy's translation and production of the Symposium of the Caesars, coming out on the next episode of the podcast! Find further details on the production here. https://www.mythsbaby.com/caesars Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 17m
Feb 22
But He’s Such a Nice Guy! Ovid’s Ars Amatoria in Mythological Practice

Liv continues the horror that is Ovid's Ars Amatoria by looking at his tips and tricks being utilized in Augustan Imperial Roman epic poetry. It's dark. Be warned. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! http://www.patreon.com/mythsbaby CW/TW: This work is horrifying and promotes absurd levels of misogyny and assault, obviously Liv is provided commentary and breaking down the horror, but it's still horrifying. Sources: Toxic Masculinity in the Ancient World https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-toxic-masculinity-in-the-ancient-world.html (16: "Toxic Manhood Acts and the 'Nice Guy' Phenomenon in Ovid" by Melissa Marturano); Ovid's Ars Amatoria, or the Art of Love https://www.gutenberg.org/files/47677/47677-h/47677-h.htm translated by Henry T Riley; Ovid's Metamorphoses, translations by Brookes More and Stephanie McCarter. Further reading: Not All Dead White Men by Donna Zuckerberg; Nice Guy, Urban Dictionary https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nice%20Guy. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

40m
Feb 20
Conversations: When Ovid Invented Pick-up Artistry, the Ars Amatoria w/ Imogen Briscoe

Liv is joined by Imogen Briscoe to talk Ovid's Ars Amatoria, the Art of Love, aka the first pick up artist playbook. Did Ovid create the 2000 years of misogyny we've had since? Nope, but he sure made it worse with this one! Read more from Imogen on Twitter https://twitter.com/imogen_briscoe?lang=en and at the Ekklesia Magazine https://linktr.ee/ekklesia_magazine. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 41m
Feb 16
He Is Not All That, Pygmalion the Misogynist Mythological Incel

The story of Pygmalion is... so much. Plus, the time a man "fell in love" with a statue. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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: Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Stephanie McCarter; Clement of Alexandria https://www.theoi.com/Text/ClementExhortation1.html, translated by GW Butterworth; The Erotes, attributed to Lucian of Samosata and translated by AM Harmon https://people.well.com/user/aquarius/lucian-amores.htm; for more on the statue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite_of_Knidos. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

34m
Feb 13
Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Book 1)

Liv reads Quintus Smytnaeus' the Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. The epic picks up where the Iliad left off, Hector is dead and the Trojans now have help from the Amazons and their queen, Penthesilea. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! http://www.patreon.com/mythsbaby 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! For a list of Roman/Latin names and who they were in the Greek, visit: mythsbaby.com/names http://mythsbaby.com/names Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 10m
Feb 09
You Can Learn All Greek Myth Has to Offer... & the Father Still Devours His Son

Liv re-listens to the very first episode of the show, plays it back to you and breaks it down to add more detail, context, corrections, and to just... bask in the wonder of seven years ago Liv and her view on the mythology. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 10m
Feb 06
Conversations: Novelizing the *Best* Ancient City-State, Riddles of the Sphinx w/ Meagan Cleveland

Liv is joined by debut author Meagan Cleveland to talk THEBES... And her new YA novel, Riddles of the Sphinx, about Oedipus' underrated daughter/sister, Ismene. Follow Meagan on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/littleredreading?igsh=eGo4YWRjZDF4Z2U3. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 17m
Feb 02
Sister, Saviour, Survivor, the Gorgon Medusa

Revisiting one of the most controversial women of myth... Medusa is never just one thing: her history, variations on her story, interpretations... There's a whole wide world of Medusa and this episode attempts to touch upon just a fraction of ancient sources and versions. Monster? Beautiful woman? Survivor? Mother? One of three mortal queens? Medusa is everything. Find the thread of relevant Medusa tweets and responses to them here https://twitter.com/mythsbaby/status/1346149497861115904?s=21. Liv has also discussed Medusa on the The Partial Historians podcast, listen here https://partialhistorians.com/2020/09/17/special-episode-medusa-with-lets-talk-about-myths-baby/, and Next Door Villain, listen here https://t.co/qY43X3Glvx. 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: Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, Theoi.com, The Medusa Reader edited by Marjorie Garber and Nancy J. Vickers. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

32m
Jan 30
Conversations: A Peek Behind the Ancient Scenes, the Culture of Theatre w/ CW Marshall

Liv speaks with returning guest CW Marshall about ancient Greek Theatre! Toph goes through the culture of it all, the festivals, the winners and losers, how and why a play gets made, and who pulls the strings... Plus, Euripides is the best, as always. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 21m
Jan 26
RE-AIR: You Know He Basically Invented Robots?! Hephaestus & His Forge

Revisiting the must underrated of Olympians... Hephaestus beyond the drama: the importance and lasting impact of the god of the forge (there are *robots*!). 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; the Homeric Hymn to Hephaestus translated by Hugh Evelyn-White; Gods and Robots by Adrienne Mayor. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

34m
Jan 23
Liv Reads Hesiod: The Works and Days

Liv reads Hesiod's Works and Days, translated by HG Evelyn-White, a text that's about mythology and also... farming. Plus, it gets the prize of one of the Most Misogynistic Ancient Texts. Congratulations, Hesiod! This was recorded December 26, 2023. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 5m
Jan 19
Digging Deeper Into Minor Gods, Exploring Greece, and Praising Dionysus (New Year Q&A Part 2)

Liv answers listener questions! If you want to submit a question for the next Q&A, do it here https://www.mythsbaby.com/questions. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 1m
Jan 16
Conversations: It's Hestia's World, We're Just Living In It... Divine Might w/ Natalie Haynes

Liv speaks with the always wonderful Natalie Haynes about her newest non-fiction, Divine Might. But really, they talk about Hestia. Because Hestia deserves the world. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! 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. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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