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Sister, Survivor, Saviour, the Gorgon Medusa
FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
Sister, Survivor, Saviour, the Gorgon Medusa
FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Jan 5, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Medusa is never just one thing: her history, variations on her story, interpretations... There's a whole wide world of Medusa and this episode attempts to touch upon just a fraction of ancient sources and versions. Monster? Beautiful woman? Survivor? Mother? One of three mortal queens? Medusa is everything. Find the thread of relevant Medusa tweets and responses to them here. Liv has also discussed Medusa on the The Partial Historians podcast, listen here, and Next Door Villain, listen here.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, Theoi.com, The Medusa Reader edited by Marjorie Garber and Nancy J. Vickers.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 5, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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