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A weekly recap of some pointers from Troy, Fall of a City. In the fifth epsiode I examine the themes of infanticide, jumping off cliffs with Aphrodite and negotiating with Achilles. For obvious reasons Mean Girls gets a mention too.
Feel free to find me on twitter (@ancientblogger) as I'll be following each episode live.
Music by Brakhage (Le Vrai Instrumental)
A weekly recap of some pointers from Troy, Fall of a City. In the fourth epsiode I consider a couple of interesting details from Homer's depiction of the duel between Paris and Menelaus, how to annoy Myrmidons and that kiss. I also possibly annoy you with a question.
Feel free to find me on twitter (@ancientblogger) as I'll be following each episode live…
Music by Brakhage (Le Vrai Instrumental)
A weekly recap of some pointers from Troy, Fall of a City. In the third epsiode I talk about Helen's wedding and why you should always wash your hands after a siege
Feel free to find me on twitter (@ancientblogger) as I'll be following each episode live...
Music by Brakhage (Le Vrai Instrumental)
A weekly recap of some pointers from Troy, Fall of a City. In the second epsiode I consider those awkward reality TV wedding show moments, how many Greeks and Trojans really got the point and shower you with puns.
Feel free to find me on twitter (@ancientblogger) as I'll be following each episode live #TroyFallofaCity
Music by Brakhage (Le Vrai Instrumental)
A weekly recap of some pointers from Troy, Fall of a City. In the first epsiode I consider the difficulty in transferring oral myth to the screen, large flightless birds and a bad pun I came up with.
Feel free to find me on twitter (@ancientblogger) as I'll be following each episode live #TroyFallofaCity
Ever wonder what the worst thing to come out of a mythical King's penis might have been? Feel the need to be put off figs forever? Do you own a hairy spider amulet? If you've answered yes to any of these, and even if you haven't, then join us as we continue to look at STIs in antiquity and finally contraception. As per part one, no swearing, but listener discretion advised! Music by Brakhage (Le Vrai Instrumental)
In the first of two podcasts Emma returns and we look at two prime STI candidates from antiquity. Expect a mixture of scientific detail and the occasional tangent. It'll put you off your dinner and possibly more. This podcast contains mild sexual references and discussions of a frank nature, because it'd be tricky not to given the subject! This is also available on iTunes Music by Brakhage (Le Vrai Instrumental)
In the second podcast we continue looking at all things spooky from Ancient Greece and Rome.
Poltergeists, sweating statues, zombies, UFOs and ghosts all feature as well as my most chilling tale from atinquity. Oh, and even Patrick Swayze. Because Molly... "you in danger girl".
The first part of my Halloween special, we look at vampires and werewolves in the ancient sources. I say 'we' as I have a guest who certainly keeps me on my toes.
If you want to hear about partial nudity around tombstones, Sweet Valley High tangents, cheese festivals and, oh, the bits involving spooky goings on then tune in.
Music by Brakhage (Le Vrai Instrumental)
Giant Wyrm & Shadowlands 4 by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
In this podcast I look at what Odysseus got up to when he returned to Ithaca. Suitor deaths aside what was going on with the bad practical jokes, truth bombs and general odd behaviour?
I also talk about the exile and how so many ended up in Agamemnon's army at Troy. Finally, what happened to some heroes after they were famous. Did Romulus really end up in the Emerald city after founding the Eternal one?
music by Brakhage (Le Vrai Instrumental)
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