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Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey Book VII Oct 30, 2020

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Liv reads Book VII of Homer's Odyssey, translated into prose by Samuel Butler. Odysseus meets with Alcinous and Arete, king and queen of the Phaeacians.

This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's simply a bonus reading of Homer. 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: www.mythsbaby.com/names

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

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My Favorite [Ancient] Murder, Nyx, Eris, and their Deadly Dynasty Oct 27, 2020

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It's here: the final episode of Spooky Season... featuring the mother-daughter goddesses of darkness themselves, Nyx and Eris, and their deadly dynasty of murder, manslaughter, and overall mayhem, including serial killers of Greek mythology.

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: Hesiod's Theogony translated by Hugh Evelyn White; Theoi.com.

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Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey Book VI Oct 23, 2020

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Liv reads Book VI of Homer's Odyssey, translated into prose by Samuel Butler. Odysseus arrives on the island of Scheria where he encounters Nausicaa, princess of the Phaeacians.

This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's simply a bonus reading of Homer. 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

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

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Horror Comes in Many Forms… the Transformations of the Daughters of Minyas, Procne & Philomela Oct 20, 2020

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There's horror movie horror, and there's "the world is dark and awful" horror. This episode has a little of each... The Daughters of Minyas could've used to be a bit more deferential to the god Dionysus, and Procne and Philomela, well, they were just unlucky enough to meet Tereus.

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault (this one especially). 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, Apollodorus' the Library of Greek Mythology translated by Robin Hard, Theoi.com.

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

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Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey Book V Oct 16, 2020

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Liv reads Book V of Homer's Odyssey, translated into prose by Samuel Butler. Finally, Odysseus! On orders from Zeus, Calypso allows him to leave Ogygia.

This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's simply a bonus reading of Homer. 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

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

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Blood-soaked Trees, Erysichthon Eats Himself & Bonus Boogeywomen of Ancient Greece Oct 13, 2020

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For the next episode in Spooky Season, we travel to Thessaly where their king, Erysichthon gets a horrifying punishment for his crimes against Demeter. Plus, Lamia and Empusa... monstrous and vampiric women of mythology.

CW/TW: eating disorders; and as usual: 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: Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds (A Sourcebook) by Daniel Ogden, Theoi.com, Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, and Apuleius's The Golden Ass, translated by Sarah Ruden.

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Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey Book IV Oct 09, 2020

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Liv reads Book IV of Homer's Odyssey, translated into prose by Samuel Butler. Telemachus visits Sparta for news from Menelaus.

This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's simply a bonus reading of Homer. 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

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

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The Lycanthropic Tale of Lycaon & Other Ghosts & Werewolves Oct 06, 2020

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It's officially Spooky Season! Ancient werewolves, ghosts, and haunted houses...

CW/TW: this episode contains less mythological references to sexual assault and may be more triggering than typical episodes, there is a warning in the episode prior to that story and can easily be avoided.

Sources: Theoi: https://www.theoi.com/Heros/Lykaon.html; Ovid's Metamorphoses translated by Allen Mandelbaum; Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds by Daniel Ogden.

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Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey Book III Oct 02, 2020

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Liv reads Book III of Homer's Odyssey, translated into prose by Samuel Butler. Telemachus travels to Pylos to hear what news Nestor has about Odysseus.

This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's simply a bonus reading of Homer. 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

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

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A Dramatic Ship Race & Someone Lands in Blood and Dung (The Aeneid Part 8) Sep 29, 2020

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Abandoning queens! Burial anniversary celebrations! Funereal ship races! Aeneas and the Trojans set off from Carthage, but there is more in their way. They must land on Sicily where they take the opportunity to hold some anniversary funereal rites for Aeneas's father, Anchises. Plus, a ghost!

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 Aeneid by Virgil, translated by Sarah Ruden.

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

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