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Mythology Meets History, Theseus as an Athenian Politician & Generally Awful Guy
FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
Mythology Meets History, Theseus as an Athenian Politician & Generally Awful Guy
FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Jul 12, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
That's right, we're returning to the story of Theseus because there is still more to that oh-so-problematic man! The myths of Theseus are uniquely Athenian, means of tying mythological heroes with Athenian might and the larger mythological history of Homeric tradition. (Begs the question, why did they have stories of him being quite so messy?!)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: Plutarch's Life of Theseus; Early Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz.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:
Jul 12, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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