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What Makes a Monster? What if Ovid's Medusa Was Thinly Veiled Misogyny
FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
What Makes a Monster? What if Ovid's Medusa Was Thinly Veiled Misogyny
FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Mar 12, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
Ovid's version of Medusa is by far the most common, but what if it's also the most misogynist? Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!
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 Metamorphsoes, translations by Stephanie McCarter and Allen Mandelbaum; WorldHistory.org; a simple Google search for 'Medusa'.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 Metamorphsoes, translations by Stephanie McCarter and Allen Mandelbaum; WorldHistory.org; a simple Google search for 'Medusa'.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Mar 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
II: Perseus & the Crazy Things that Emerge When You Behead a Gorgon: Perseus and Medusa and everyone in between. by Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold