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RE-AIR: Arachne & Medusa, What Did They Really Do to You, Athena? Jun 25, 2019

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This is a re-airing of an earlier episode. We all know how helpful Athena is when it comes to male heroes, but what about when she encounters women?

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.

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Mini Myth: Zodiac Constellations, Swans, Eggs, & the Twins Castor & Polydeuces (Gemini) Jun 18, 2019

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Gemini: Castor and Polydeuces, the twin brothers of Clytemnestra and Helen, sons of Leda, Zeus, and Tyndareus (because 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: Mythology by Edith Hamilton, The Greek Myths by Robert Graves, Theoi.com, The Library of Greek Mythology by Apollodorus and translated by Robin Hard, and Constellation Myths by Eratosthenes and Hyginus, translated by Robin Hard.

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Jupiter & Neptune Ruin Everything, the Stories of Caenis & Callisto Jun 11, 2019

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Two more LGBTQ stories from mythology, those of Caenis/Caeneus and Callisto.

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.

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Mini Myth: When Apollo Met Hyacinthus, A Frisbee Tragedy Jun 04, 2019

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Starting Pride off with a bang, the tragic story of Apollo and Hyacinthus.

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 and Theoi.com.

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In the Underworld Dead Men Whine (The Odyssey Part 6) May 28, 2019

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Back in the Underworld hanging out with dead friends. Circe gives some tips on how to get past favourite mythological monstrosities: Scylla and Charybdis.

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 Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson.

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Mini Myth: Zodiac Constellations, Europa, Zeus, & His Bulls*** (Taurus) May 21, 2019

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Zodiac constellations: there are two versions, both are weird and have bulls involved.

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.

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Sources: Metamorphoses by Ovid, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, and The Greek Myths by Robert Graves.

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A Timely Re-Broadcasting of the Lysistrata: Why a Sex Strike is Not a Good Idea May 14, 2019

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The Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes. But it's become far more relevant in recent weeks, and not for good reasons. Here it is again, with a new introduction. I hope you'll listen.

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: Lysistrata and Other Plays, by Aristophanes, translated by Alan H. Sommerstein.

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BONUS! Your Questions, My Answers May 10, 2019

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Questions and answers.

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Hanging Out in the Halls of the Dread Goddess Persephone (The Odyssey Part 5) May 07, 2019

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Odysseus and his men stay with Circe on Aiaia, before being given some advice on how best to get home to Ithaca from the dead.

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 Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson.

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Mini Myth: It's Circe, Not Cersei, One's a Badass Witch & the Other's a Badass B-- Apr 30, 2019

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Circe: Glaucus and Scylla, Medea, and, of course, Madeline Miller's book.

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, The Greek Myths by Robert Graves, and Circe by Madeline Miller.

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