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Psyche x Eros: A New Look at an Ancient Love Story (With Luna McNamara)

Psyche x Eros: A New Look at an Ancient Love Story (With Luna McNamara)

FromAncient History Fangirl


Psyche x Eros: A New Look at an Ancient Love Story (With Luna McNamara)

FromAncient History Fangirl

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Length:
68 minutes
Released:
Dec 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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Psyche and Eros is an ancient love story that has always had the power to compel. It’s the story of a god of passion who falls in love with the personification of the human soul—and the lengths these two will go to in order to be together.
But the lone source we have for this myth is The Golden Ass by Apuleius—a satirical novel about a man who gets turned into a donkey. What can we learn about this myth by looking at its original source? What was the author of The Golden Ass trying to tell us about love and women’s role in it (if anything)? Today we team up with Luna McNamara, bestselling author of Psyche & Eros, to try to get to the bottom of it.
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Released:
Dec 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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An ancient history podcast run by two Millennial women. Misbehaving emperors, poison assassins, mythological mayhem; it’s like if Hardcore History met up with My Favorite Murder in the ancient world, with a heavy helping of booze and laughter. New episodes weekly. On hiatus until September 22.