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Conversations: Just Keep Swimming, Hero, Leander & the World of Ancient Swimming w/ Professor Karen Carr
FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
Conversations: Just Keep Swimming, Hero, Leander & the World of Ancient Swimming w/ Professor Karen Carr
FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Liv speaks with Professor Karen Carr about stories of Hero and Leander, and ancient swimming practices across the world. Stories that speak to how different cultures through history saw the act of swimming and what it meant. Follow Karen Carr on Twitter for more, and pick up a copy of her new book Shifting Currents: A World History of Swimming, available now!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.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:
Jun 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Mini Myth: Orpheus, Eurydice, & the Importance of Following Underworld Instructions: Tragic death and more tragic death. by Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold