Rambling about Greek Mythology: Recent Episodes
Nikhil Ranjan
A fun, informal podcast, where I intend to share my knowledge of Greek mythology with everyone.
The books I am citing from, besides original works which will have their own episodes, are: "Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece" by Edward E. Barthell Jr., "Meridian Handbook of Classical Mythology" by Edward Tripp, and "Dictionary of Classical Mythology" by Pierre Grimal.
Intro and Outro music done by my friend Payton Wilhite.
Warning, this is more content heavy than analysis heavy and will contain language regarding sexual assault and violence
Contact: nranjan1928@gmail.com
In this episode, I spend time talking about Dionysus' background, origin stories, and some major and minor events he was involved in.
In this episode, I spend time talking about Demeter's background, origin stories, and some major and minor events she was involved in.
Sorry for the delay, again, I relate the general idea of the circumstances in the beginning of the episode! Happy New Year!
In this episode, I spend time talking about Athena's background, origin stories, and some major and minor events she was involved in.
Sorry for the week delay, I relate the general idea of the circumstances in the beginning of the episode! Hope to not have any more in the future.
In this episode we finally reach a new deity — Artemis! I spend time talking about her background, origin stories, and some major and minor events she was involved in.
Apologies for the background noise! I am not in my usual location so I now have a cat who loves attention and random other city-life noise I wouldn't usually have.
In this episode I focus on discussing the origins of Ares, some background about him, and then major and minor events he was involved in.
This is similar to Ares (Part 1) in some respects but will be the only episode on him and does a better job of highlighting the central idea of Ares.
In this episode I focus on discussing the origins of Apollo, some background about him, and then major and minor events he was involved in.
This is similar to Apollo (Part 1) in some respects but will be the only episode on him and I think is generally more succinct at painting a picture of Apollo.
In this episode I focus on discussing the origins of Aphrodite, some background about her, and then major and minor events she was involved in.
This is similar to Aphrodite (Part 1) in some respects but will be the only episode on her and I think is generally more succinct at painting a picture of Aphrodite.
In this episode I talk about why I stopped, my plans to restart, and what to expect looking forward.
In this episode, part 1 of the god Ares, I go over his birth story, epithets, and famous lovers and their stories.
In this episode I finish going over Apollo's kids and their kids. The following children are discussed: Linus (1), Linus (2), Lycomedes, Lycorus, Melaneus, Miletus, Mopsus, Naxos, Orpheus, Philammon, Polypoetes, Syrus, Tenerus, and Troilus.
In this episode I go over more of Apollo's kids and their kids until it gets too much. The following children are discussed: Eleuther/Eleutherus, Iamus, Idmon, Ismenus, Laodocus, and Lapithes/Lapithus.
In this episode I go over some of Apollo's kids and their kids. The following children discussed: Aeneus, Amphithemis, Anius, Aristaeus, Asclepius, Branchus, Chaeron, Coronus, Corybantes, Cycnus, Delphus, and Dorus.
In this episode, part 1 of the god Apollo, I go over his birth story, epithets, and famous lovers and their stories.
In this episode, I go over our first Greek god Aphrodite's birth story, lovers, and significant stories that help define who she is and what she does.
In this episode, I lay out a very brief but informed outline of how this second season of Rambling about Greek Mythology will look!
In this episode, I take a break from a set order of stories and talk about the stories of: Acacallis/Acalle, Acacos, Academus, Admete, Admetus, Aechmagoras, Aegypius, Aegyptus and Danaus, Aethilla, Agamedes and Trophonius, Agron, Alalcomenus, Alcathous, Alcon, Alebion and Ligys, and Aleus.
In this episode, I detail part 3, the final part, of Zeus' rise to supremacy as he and the deities duke it out with the giants. Once again, I go over what lead to this taking place, what happens, and what comes out of it.
In this episode, I discuss what lead to the gods needing to fight Typhon, what happens when they fight Typhon, and what comes out of the brutal battle.
In this episode, I discuss how Greek myth reaches the Titanomachy, what happens in the Titanomachy, and what comes out of it.
In this appendage episode I go over, in much more depth with many more stories, the families of Astraeus, Helios, and Atlas. As appendage episodes go, these are longer than the average, but that is the way they are designed.
In this appendage episode I go over the descendants of Oceanus and Tethys and any notable stories that I deemed worth bringing up. I apologize for the length, but they have a lot of kids.
In this episode, with our scene established, I detail how the titans rise to supremacy and who all their kids are.
In this episode, I go over the offspring of Gaea and her children's descendants before concluding with an analysis of the last of the 4 primordial deities: Eros.
In this episode I go over the descendants of Chaos and Tartarus as well as their children's descendants.
This episode is focused primarily on me explaining why I am recording this, what will be covered, and how I intend to cover it.