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Estranged Siblings, a Mysterious Statue, and a Dramatic Escape (Euripides’ Iphigenia Among the Taurians Part 4) Dec 12, 2023

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Newly reunited siblings plan their dramatic escape from the Taurians! For background on Iphigenia's family and the events that lead to this play, check out this Spotify playlist. Submit your Q&A responses here! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

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: Iphigenia Among the Taurians, translated by Anne Carson; and another edition by George Theodoridis. Herodotus' Histories.

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.

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Conversations: Zeus Just Can't Keep It In His Chiton, Theologizing the Gods w/ Dr Maciej Paprocki (Part 2) Dec 08, 2023

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Liv speaks with Dr. Maciej Paprocki about theologizing the gods, looking for rules and order amongst the mess that is the Greek Pantheon. Learn more about the Thetis book mentioned. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

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.

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Orestes, Captaining the Ship of Catastrophe (Euripides’ Iphigenia Among the Taurians Part 3) Dec 05, 2023

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More tension, more unknown sibling secrets, and the hatching of a plan... For background on Iphigenia's family and the events that lead to this play, check out this Spotify playlist. Submit your Q&A responses here! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

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: Iphigenia Among the Taurians, translated by Anne Carson; and another edition by George Theodoridis. Herodotus' Histories.

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.

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Conversations: Assigning Order to the Chaos, Theologizing the Gods w/ Dr. Maciej Paprocki (Part 1) Dec 01, 2023

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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.

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No One Does a Dramatic Sibling Reveal Quite Like Euripides (Iphigenia Among the Taurians Part 2) Nov 28, 2023

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This family has the worst luck! Iphigenia, Orestes, and Pylades deal with a bit of a misunderstanding. For background on Iphigenia's family and the events that lead to this play, check out this Spotify playlist. Submit your Q&A responses here! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

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: Iphigenia Among the Taurians, translated by Anne Carson; and another edition by George Theodoridis. Herodotus' Histories.

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.

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Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses Book XIV Nov 24, 2023

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Liv reads the penultimate book of Ovid's Metamorphses, translated by Brookes More. We here about Circe, Aeneas, and far too much about Rome. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

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.

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A Case of Ancient Fanfiction, Euripides’ Iphigenia Among the Taurians (Part 1) Nov 21, 2023

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What happened after Iphigenia was sacrificed for a bit of good wind? Euripides has a theory... For background on Iphigenia's family and the events that lead to this play, check out this Spotify playlist. Submit your Q&A responses here! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

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: Iphigenia Among the Taurians, translated by Anne Carson; and another edition by George Theodoridis. Herodotus' Histories.

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Conversations: Giving Circe the Agency She Deserves, w/ Sophia Kouidou-Giles Nov 17, 2023

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Greek-American author Sophia Kouidou-Giles joins Liv to talk Circe, Skylla, Greece, and her new novel An Unexpected Ally. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

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.

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Special Crossover w/ Ancient History Fangirl! Hadrian in Athens Nov 14, 2023

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Liv joins Genn and Jenny of Ancient History Fangirl to talk about the Roman Emperor Hadrian's obsession with Greece and his building projects in Athens! Keep up with the official Myths, Baby! group trip to Greece here. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

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.

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Conversations: Writing Rome During Vesuvius, The Temple of Fortuna w/ Elodie Harper Nov 10, 2023

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Liv speaks with author Elodie Harper about the final novel in her Wolf Den trilogy, the Temple of Fortuna, but really they talk about Roman before, during, and after the eruption of Vesuvius and what that looked like. Find more from Elodie here. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.