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This episode we head to the movies and apply our mythological skills to the recent release Aquaman (starring Jason Momoa and Amber Heard and Directed by James Wan). Spoiler alerts! Download episode. Listen on PodBean. Patrons These people like our show so much, they decided to support us on Patreon! Thank you so much! Aven McMaster & … Continue reading Episode 30: MythTake at the Movies– Aquaman
We’re back with a full-length episode! For episode 27, we crack open our shiny new copy of Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey! After a chat about the challenges of accessing myths through translation, we take a look at a small episode that makes up a big part of the Trojan War myth. We hope we … Continue reading Episode 27: A Bard and a Horse
Above: As promised in this week’s podcast, here are a few of Alison’s photos from a 2009 visit to the Temple of Apollo at Didyma (just south of Miletus). It is impossible to adequately convey the massive scale of the temple in photographs! The temple is approached by six steps and is surrounded by a … Continue reading Episode 22: Homeric Hymn to Apollo Part 2
This week we embark on a multi-episode exploration of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. Lines 1-92 lead us up to the birth of this potentially violent god and establish him as a pan-Hellenic deity. https://www.podbean.com/media/player/2v3wx-6891ee?from=yiiadmin Download this episode (right click and save) Source Passages Homeric Hymn to Apollo 1-92. Translation Sources Homeric Hymn to Dionysus. Translated by … Continue reading 20. Homeric Hymn to Apollo Part 1
Pelops who? Meet this lesser known Greek hero-king who lends his name to the Peloponnese and is connected to the founding of the Olympic games. Was he really chopped up by his father and served to the gods or is something else going on? (gif via http://kiszkiloszki.tumblr.com) https://www.podbean.com/media/player/rq643-675af1?from=yiiadmin Download this episode (right click and save) Source Passage … Continue reading 19. Pelops
In our current episode of MythTake we discuss the ‘arrival’ of Dionysus as depicted in the Homeric Hymn #7. The Hymn describes a young, strong and beautiful god who is abducted by pirates for ransom. Long story short, it doesn’t quite work out for the pirates and yet again we see the after effects of … Continue reading 18. homeric hymn to dionysus
This week we meet an unlikely hero, Deianara. Can this fearful, anxious woman, blamed for the death of Heracles, be considered a hero? We think so! https://www.podbean.com/media/player/ne7nu-66085f?from=yiiadmin Download this episode (right click and save) Source Passages Sophocles Trachiniae (Women of Trachis) 1-48, 436-469. Translation Sources Sophocles. Women of Trachis. Translated by Michael Jameson. Edited by Greene and Lattimore. … Continue reading 17. Heroes at Home: Deianira
We continue our look at heroes at home with the woman who needs no introduction, the (in)famous Helen of Troy. https://www.podbean.com/media/player/mdacv-654060?from=yiiadmin Download this episode (right click and save) Source Passages Euripides’ Trojan Women lines 914-965. Translation Sources Euripides. Trojan Women. Translated by Diskin Clay. Focus, 2005. Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum We’re now on Facebook! Give us a … Continue reading 16. heroes at home: helen of troy
Join our informal discussion on heroes of the home! Tonight we chat about Megara, the first wife of Heracles, from Euripides’ Heracles. https://www.podbean.com/media/player/zvvbk-649d57?from=yiiadmin Download this episode (right click and save) Source Passages Euripides Heracles 275-311, 516-561. Translation Sources Euripides. Heracles. Translated by Michael R. Halleran. Focus Classical Library. 1988. Shout Outs & Notes Ellie Mackin “Odysseus doesn’t go to … Continue reading 15. heroes at home: megara
C’est l’Hallowe’en! We have a special spooky episode for you this week: two episodes of necromancy from Greek mythology! Follow the spell-binding details (haha!) of Odysseus’ encounter with the dead and Jason’s summoning of Hekate in Argonautika. Have a safe and spooktacular Hallowe’en! https://www.podbean.com/media/player/d77kq-6414dc?from=yiiadmin Download this episode (right click and save) Source Passages Odyssey 11.13-50 Arognautika … Continue reading 14. Hallowe’en Special: Necromancy in Greek Mythology