The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! … Most of what you think you know about the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a story of conceit or vanity. It isn’t even the story of one person. It is a story of unrequited love and pain, of the corruption of innocence, of losing oneself. Written and presented by Alex Andreou Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith Exec. Producers Naomi Smith and Kenny Campbell Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global NOTES MUSIC Carly Simon - “You’re so vain” - LIVE on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZmCJUSC6g Marianna Sangita - “Glaros” - LIVE on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIGrYHF7jLA The Clerks of Christ Church - “Slow, slow fresh fount” - on SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/track/61kkAfQYSZQIhw46FDLe49 Joan Sutherland - Gounod FAUST “Jewel Song” - on SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/track/348lGUh1TA8t0T2Kpe0Qkm Maria Callas - Meyerbeer DINORAH “Shadow Song” - on SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/track/1QhZtlXHBuFUwn4splxosj Joni Mitchell - “Both sides now” - on SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/track/1pjATX7sbd6Y4jMVqIvzHk Clara Rockmore - Saint-Saëns “The Swan” - LIVE on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdFSU8sn3mo Róisín Murphy - “Narcissus” - OFFICIAL on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88p6AwgZNaw Ann Blyth & Lorenzo Lamas - Friml ROSE-MARIE “Indian Love Call” - on SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/track/3Fd9Ti1AFjvEyK67Sv8U7Y FILM The Talented Mr Ripley (1999) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134119/ Snow White (1937) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029583/ All About Eve (1950) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042192/ The Shape of Water (2017) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580390/ The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037988/ Black Swan (2010) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/ Ingrid Goes West (2017) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5962210/ ARTWORK “Narcissus” by Caravaggio https://www.caravaggio.org/narcissus.jsp “Metamorphosis of Narcissus” by Salvador Dalí https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dali-metamorphosis-of-narcissus-t02343 “The Nymph Echo” by Max Ernst https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79316 Narcissus Fresco in Pompeii by Anon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_%28mythology%29#/media/File:Narcissus_on_a_Pompeian_fresco.jpg “Echo and Narcissus” by John William Waterhouse https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/echo-and-narcissus “Narcissus” by Follower of Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/follower-of-giovanni-antonio-boltraffio-narcissus "Mr. O'Wilde, You are not the first one that has grasped at a Shadow" by Thomas Nast https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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