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Orestes & Electra, the Angriest, Best-Named Children of Greek Mythology (The Oresteia Part 2)

Orestes & Electra, the Angriest, Best-Named Children of Greek Mythology (The Oresteia Part 2)

FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold


Orestes & Electra, the Angriest, Best-Named Children of Greek Mythology (The Oresteia Part 2)

FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Jan 29, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Siblings Orestes and Electra have quite the reunion; they plot and plot and plot. There's a reason it's a story covered by all three remaining tragedians.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: Electra by Euripides, translated by John Davie, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton, and The Greek Myths by Robin Waterfield and Kathryn Waterfield.Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jan 29, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let's be honest) sarcastically. Greek and Roman gods did some pretty weird (and awful) things. Liv focuses on Greek and Roman mythology's (mis)treatment of women, the wild things the gods did, and the all around incredible minds of the ancient world. Gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everything in between. Regular episodes every Tuesday, conversations with authors and scholars or readings of ancient epics every Friday. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.