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Moms, Prophecies, and oh ya Orpheus is there too... KAOS Takeover w/ Christie Vogler and Anastasia Pantazopoulou (Part 2)

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back for a slightly late part two of a KAOS Takeover episode with Michaela Pangowish, Christie Vogler, and special guest Anastasia Pantazopoul...

RE-AIR: Conversations: Charybdis, a Gaping, Hungry Hole; Fear of the Monstrous Woman w/ Cosi Carnegie

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode originally aired in March 2024. Liv is joined by Cosi Carnegie to talk all things horny (boob cups! the threat of a sexual woman! all the...

Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Part 6)

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv reads The Thebaid, by Statius, translated by JH Mozley. The royal family of Nemea mourns their lost baby. Fortunately, funeral games are held in t...

#JusticeforDennis: the Gods and Casual Cruelty... KAOS Takeover w/ Christie Vogler

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us this week for a Takeover episode with Christie Vogler of Movies We Dig and Hermes a.k.a Michaela Pangowish who get together to discuss all tho...

Conversations: For the Love of a Good Man, Gays in the Ancient Greek Military w/ H. Voss

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with author, poet, and big ol' nerd H. Voss about queer relationships in the ancient Greek military and the way that aligns with the Roman ...

RE-AIR: Conversations: So Are They Cousins Or Not?! The Love of Achilles & Patroclus w/ Charlotte Gregory

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's always a good time to revisit Achilles and Patroclus... This episode originally aired in June 2023. Liv speaks with PhD student Charlotte Gregory...

Toxic Boyfriends of Greek Mythology (feat. Historical Homos)

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv teamed up with Historical Homos to talk all about the toxic boyfriends (or, toxic relationships) of Greek myth. Someone almost always dies, but wh...

Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Part 5)

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv reads The Thebaid, by Statius, translated by JH Mozley. The Argives stop in Nemea to hear the story of Hypsipyle of Lemnos (and, famously, Jason's...

Conversations: the Divine Rage of Dionysus, a Transgender Translation of Bacchae w/ Emma Pauly

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with returning guest, translator and dramaturg Emma Pauly about reshaping and expanding their translation of Bacchae, and transgender, non-...

The Timelessly Trans Tale of Caeneus, ft. Stephanie McCarter and Joe Watson

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Pride! This episode is a combination of three past episodes featuring the invulnerable and AFAB hero, Caeneus. Featuring this conversation with ...

Conversations: Fulvia, the Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome w/ Dr Jane Draycott

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with historian Dr Jane Draycott about Fulvia of ancient Rome, a woman at the centre of the fall of the Roman Republic... Unsurprisingly the...

Ancient History Fangirl: How an Empire Ends, Rome's Gothic Immigrants

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

An episode of Ancient History Fangirl. One that I, Liv, really want you all to hear. This story isn’t just about Goths that lived outside Rome. It’...

Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Part 4)

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv reads The Thebaid, by Statius, translated by JH Mozley. The Argives, with Polyneices, prepare to go to war with Thebes. The Thebans ask Tiresias f...

The Partial Historians: Augustus' Mausoleum with Dr Victoria Austen

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Introducing the Partial Historians, an Ancient Roman History Podcast, part of the Memory Collective Podcast Network! This episode originally aired on ...

A Long & Storied (Mythical) Tale of Tyranny, Revisiting Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This three part series originally aired in 2021. Prometheus gave humanity fire, but he paid the price. Prometheus is brought to his punishment and mee...

Hermes Historia: AUT-- Wait, What Did He Say?! Modern Reception of Julius Caesar

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In today's Hermes Historia special episode Michaela Pangowish breaks down the phrase 'AUT CAESAR AUT NIHIL' and the way we understand Julius Caesar to...

Conversations: How the Historical Sausage Gets Made, Roman Colonization of North Africa w/ Matthew McCarty

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv and Michaela speak with Roman archaeologist Matthew McCarty about Rome's colonization of North Africa and how that act of settler colonialism had ...

LIVE in London! Let's Talk About Medusa, Baby! w/ Cosi Carnegie

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For the first time ever, Liv hosted a LIVE ticketed event at The Common Press bookstore in London, UK, alongside Cosi Carnegie (of Cosi's Odyssey). Th...

Conversations: Old Tales, New Media, The EPIC (!!) Takeover w/ Christie Vogler, Joe Goodkin, and Joel Christensen (Part 2)

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Finally, the second half of Christie Vogler's EPIC takeover episode. Christie speaks with Homerist Joel Christensen and modern Homeric bard Joe Goodki...

Muse, Sing the Songs of Persephone's Women... Dead Women of the Odyssey

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Examining the women of the Underworld in Homer's Odyssey (and contextualizing last Friday's episode a little further...) This coming Friday: part two ...

Odysseus, Man or Monster? The EPIC (!!) Takeover w/ Christie Vogler

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Past guest and host of Movies We Dig, Christie Vogler takes over the podcast to guide Liv through EPIC The Musical... Today Liv and Christie listen to...

Movies We Dig: KAOS (live at CAMWS w/ Amy Pistone)

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Introducing Movies We Dig, the podcast about film, antiquity and everything in between, part of the Memory Collective Podcast Network! This episode wa...

Conversations: Sing, Muse, of a Woman... Mythica, Penelope's Bones, w/ Emily Hauser

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Once again Liv is joined by the wonderful Emily Hauser, this time for the episode that started it all, a conversation about Mythica (Penelope's Bones ...

Sweetbitter: Women in the Bible 1 Thessalonians 5:21

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(Re)introducing season 3 of Sweetbitter: Women & LGBTQIA+ History, part of the Memory Collective Podcast Network! This season Leesa, Ellie, and Al...

Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Part 3)

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv reads The Thebaid, by Statius, translated by JH Mozley. Submit to the quarterly Q&A at mythsbaby.com/questions and get ad-free episodes and so...

Ancient History Fangirl's Boudicca 1: the Seeds of Rebellion

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv's off to the UK and realized she's never covered Boudicca! Presenting episode 1 of Ancient History Fangirl's 2021 series on Britain's warrior quee...

Conversations: When Science Meets Storytelling, Storylife w/ Joel Christensen

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv is joined by our favourite Homerist to talk narrative, virality, and how epics can help us understand the mess we're in. Find more about Storylife...

RE-AIR: Lightening the Mood With a Pegasus Special

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is a re-airing of a couple of Liv's favourite Pegasus-related episodes, because it's time for something light and silly. Submit your q...

Conversations: It Turns Out Women Are People, Women's Collective Memory w/ Emily Hauser

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with Emily Hauser about... Women. Ancient and mythological women, the ways they shared stories, and collective memory. Learn more about the...

SPECIAL! Selections from Jenny Williamson's Enemy of My Dreams Audiobook

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In today's special episode we're sharing selections from Enemy of My Dreams by Ancient History Fangirl's Jenny Williamson, narrated by Lisa Flanagan, ...

Conversations: Powerful or Powerless, Caring or Careless? The Goddess Thetis w/ Maciej Paprocki

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with returning guest Dr Maciej Paprocki about the goddess Thetis, a goddess with seemingly immense but mysterious power, and a woman who ha...

The Forgotten Goddess of Memory, Mnemosyne & All She Gave Us

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Introducing Mnemosyne // the Memory Collective, Liv looks at the goddess of memory, and memory itself. Learn more about the Memory Collective here.Sub...

Conversations: Women's Patience/Patients & Hippocratic Medicine w/ Dr Christie Vogler (Part 2)

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

TW! Horrors of Women's/Female Health. Liv speaks with Dr Christie Vogler about the long and storied and utterly infuriating ancient history of women's...

The Myth of Aspasia, Woman, Politician, Philosopher, Wh*re

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Aspasia was an intelligent, independent and influential woman at the heart of Classical Athenian politics. She was also a sex worker. This is the inst...

Conversations: Othering Women in the Origins of Western Medicine w/ Dr Christie Vogler (Part 1)

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with Dr Christie Vogler about the long and storied and utterly infuriating ancient history of women's medicine in the West. The video clips...

The Subtle Art of Women's Work, Arachne the Weaver

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Arachne wasn't just a talented weaver and artist, she was a woman who dared to become more than her feminine station allowed. Breaking down the 'woman...

Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Part 2)

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv reads Statius' Thebaid, book 2, translated by JH Mozley. The ghost of Laius travels from the Underworld; Polynices and Tydeus return to Thebes and...

Why Did Clytemnestra Kill Cassandra, Another Q&A (Part 2)

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The seminar referenced is In the Ruins of History: A CAWS/#EOTalks Roundtable in Solidarity with Palestine. Find out more about Liv's event/live podca...

Conversation: Singing the Songs of Sumer, the Mesopotamian Mythology of Ancient Iraq w/ Alex W

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv is joined by Alex W to discuss Sumerian mythology and some broader history of Mesopotamia/Ancient Iraq. Learn more from Alex vis his podcast, the ...

Angry Women Speaking Truth to Power; a Q&A Episode (Part 1)

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv answers listener questions about Hera's attempted coup, jewellery, and more... Submit to the quarterly Q&A at mythsbaby.com/questions and get ...

RE-AIR: Conversations: When Ovid Invented Pick-up Artistry, the Ars Amatoria w/ Imogen Briscoe

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode originally aired in February 2024. Liv is joined by Imogen Briscoe to talk Ovid's Ars Amatoria, the Art of Love, aka the first pick up ar...

AHFG Book Club: Jenny Williamson's Enemy of My Dreams

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a very special episode, Liv and Genn McMenemy of Ancient History Fangirl interview debut author Jenny Williamson. Find Enemy of My Dreams wherever ...

Conversations: To Palestine, With Love... Ancient & Biblical History of the Levant w/ Dr Chance Bonar

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with ancient and biblical scholar Chance Bonar about the history of Palestine and the ancient Levant. This conversation examines the histor...

RE-AIR: Conversations: A Long and Storied History of Sparta, Modern Misuse & Misconception w/ Stephen Hodkinson

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode originally aired in January 2023. (Note: we'll return to new episodes very soon, there's been some behind the scenes changes and loads of...

Hermes Historia: Giorgos the Oikist, Colonization in Greek Antiquity

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Michaela teaches Liv about 6th century Greek colonization for not at all relevant reasons. Submit to the quarterly Q&A at mythsbaby.com/questions ...

RE-AIR: Queering the Classical World w/ Yentl Love (the Queer Classicist)

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode originally aired in June 2023. Liv speaks with PhD student Yentl Love about queerness in the ancient world and Greek mythology, about cla...

RE-AIR: Very Extravagant Rich People, Ancient Sparta & The Spartan Mirage (Part Two)

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode originally aired in January 2023 as part of the research series on ancient Sparta. We're talking all things Spartan culture: all the thin...

What Does it Mean to Rebel? (Ancient) Resistance to Imperial Violence

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Revisiting the story of Europa of Tyre alongside the true story of the siege of Milos. Submit to the quarterly Q&A at mythsbaby.com/questions...

Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Part 1)

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv reads book one of Statius' Thebaid, translated by JH Mozley. Oedipus looks back on the mess that was his family. His son Polynices is refused his ...

Hermes Historia: Homer, have you heard of him? Pretty chill dude

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On today's Hermes Historia Michaela tells Liv the Homeric origins of her favourite messed up ancient family... For future episodes of Hermes Historia ...

Behind Every ‘Great’ Man… Metis, Thetis, and the Power of Prophecy

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The stories of Zeus and two goddesses defined by prophecies and patriarchy. Submit to the quarterly Q&A at mythsbaby.com/questions and get ad-free...

Conversations: They Weren't Always F***able, the History of Sirens & Harpies w/ Dr Ryan Denson

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with returning guest, the Sea Monster Guy Ryan Denson, about the history and transformation of Sirens and Harpies. Find more from Ryan on T...

Greek Myth is So Much More Than Terrible Gods and Misogynist Monsters

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What makes a myth, and what does that mean? Liv looks at mythology as a concept and the sources that shared it with us.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths...

RE-AIR: Conversations: Beware of the Splash Zone! Gladiators in the Greek World w/ Alexandra Sills

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode originally aired in September 2023. Liv speaks with Alexandra Sills who studies spectacle! and, specifically: when Gladiators went t...

Hermes Homerica: They're Making an Odyssey Movie & We Have Thoughts

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a special New Years Eve episode, Michaela and Liv discuss the news that Christopher Nolan is making an adaptation of the Odyssey... For the first t...

RE-AIR: Conversations: A Most Sophoclean Prophecy, Women & Wordplay in Sophocles’ Trachiniae w/ Amy Pistone

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode originally aired in the spring of 2022. Liv speaks with returning guest Amy Pistone who specializing in Sophoclean tragedy. Amy shares so...

RE-AIR: Holiday Special: Battle of the Bastards, Who's The Worst? Theseus vs. Jason

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Because it only seemed right, here's a holiday re-airing of 2022's inaugural Battle of the Bastards. (Yes, Michaela and I will make this an annual thi...

Conversations: What Makes a Serial Killer, Mythological or Otherwise? w/ Debbie Felton

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with Dr Debbie Felton about serial killers of the ancient world, both mythological and otherwise. Plus, monsters and monstrosity... Find mo...

Battle of the Bastards: Achilles v Odysseus w/ Hermes Michaela

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a special, rambley holiday episode, Liv and Michaela look at who was worst Achilles or Odysseus?CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Gi...

Can You Talk About the Cats in Greece? Another Q&A

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv answers more listener questions, from cats in both modern and ancient Greece to Hera's attempted coup and everything in between.CW/TW: far too man...

The Oh So Disjointed Life of Helen of Sparta, and Hekate in the Haida Gwaii (Q&A)

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv answers listener questions about Helen, the trouble with translations, pesky personification deities, and more. The episodes referenced were with ...

RE-AIR: Conversations: From Homer, With Love… The Evolution of Oral Storytelling w Dr Joe

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Due to a cough that Liv just cannot seem to shake, part two of the Q&A episodes will be coming next week. Instead, today enjoy a favourite episode...

Musical Epics, a Reincarnation of Sappho, and Kaos... Your Questions, My Answers

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv answers listener questions about all things ancient and a handful of modern things that feature the ancient world... Submit your questions for fut...

Conversations: How Women Became Poets, Gender History in Greek Literature w/ Emily Hauser

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with author Emily Hauser about her book How Women Became Poets. They look at women in Greek myth, literature, etymology, and, very specific...

RE-AIR: But What About Rome?! Roman Mythology & the Great Mother Cybele

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Naturally, as soon as Liv was ready to get settled in Toronto, she came down with a terrible cold and sounds half human half lawnmower, so today we're...

Ancient History Fangirl: A Day at the Gladiatorial Games

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In celebration of Gladiator II (and because it's a great episode), today's episode comes to us from Ancient History Fangirl's archive. We give you... ...

When the Threat of a Woman Threatens to Take Down the Patriarchy, A Reading from Medusa

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A reading from Liv's new piece on Medusa, from the collection Medusa, New & Ancient Greek Tales, available now from Flame Tree Press.CW/TW: f...

Conversations: From the Mythical to the Very Real, Ancient Women in Power w/ Stephanie McCarter

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with Stephanie McCarter, whose was last on the show to talk about her recent translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, this time it's all about ...

RE-AIR: Independent, Industrious, Badass & Brave, the Heroine of Greek Myth, Arcadian Atalanta

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode originally aired March 22, 2022. Atalanta: the heroine of ancient Greece. Or, was it heroines? There are two Atalantas, sometimes confla...

RE-AIR: Conversations: The Intersection of Magic & Medicine, Women as Medica in the Ancient World w/ Dr. Christie Vogler

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode originally aired in March of 2022. Liv was joined by Dr Christie Vogler who talks about women of the Roman world who practiced medicine, ...

RE-AIR: Wandering Across the Ancient World, the Mesopotamian & Phoenician Origins of Aphrodite

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode originally aired in July of 2023. Before she was Aphrodite, she was Kypris, and before she was Kypris, well, she was Astarte and Inanna/I...

Conversations: The Horrors Persist! Disability in the Ancient Roman World with Cecily Bateman

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with PhD student Cecily Bateman about their research in disability in the ancient world (spoilers: it's as horrifying as it is fascinating)...

Hermes Historia: How Do You Pronounce Extispicy?!

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Halloween! On today's Hermes Historia Michaela tells Liv all about the ancient practices of divination and speaking with the dead... Sign up for...

RE-AIR: Liv Reads Lucian, The True History

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A re-airing of all three parts of Liv's 2022 reading of Lucian's True History, translated by Francis Hickes. In this 2nd Century CE satirical novel of...

It's Always Witching Hour Here, Revisiting Ancient Witchcraft (and More)

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Featuring clips from episodes on Ovid's Medea, Chthonic Cuties, conversations with Antonia Aluko and Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts, and readings of Homer's ...

Hermes Historia: We Yearn for the Grave

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this (late, it's still free for a reason) Hermes Historia episode, Michaela shares a brief history of ancient Greek funerary practices. Because Spo...

This Episode is Full of Lies, Lucian's True History w/ Ancient History Fangirl

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv teams up with Genn and Jenny of Ancient History Fangirl to tell the first half of Lucian's True History. Sign up for the newsletter here.CW/TW: fa...

Conversations: What Does It Mean to Die by the Sword? Suicide in Ovid's Heroides w/ Asrar Mattsson Chaara

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speak with Asrar Mattsson Chaara about female suicides in Ovid's Heroides. Submit your questions to the quarterly Q&A episodes! Sign up for th...

Liv Reads Ovid: Three (Relevant) Heroides

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv reads three letters of Ovid's Heroides: Dido to Aeneas, Deianeira to Hercules, and Phyllis to Demophoon, to prepare for Friday's conver Submit you...

BONUS: The Partial Historians Talk Spartacus, With A Rebel Yell

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An episode of the Partial Historians podcast about Spartacus, because why not? Pre-order Dr Rad and Dr G's new book, Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Em...

Liv Reads Ancient Spooky: Speeches from Seneca's Thyestes and Agamemnon

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv reads speeches from Seneca's Thyestes and Agamemnon, translated by Frank Justus Miller. Ask your questions for the next Q&A episode here!This ...

RE-AIR: She Gives, She Takes Away, the Goddess Hecate & Her World of Witchcraft

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Revisiting... Hecate! A re-airing of the 2022 episode looking at everything there is to know about Hecate, all powerful goddess of witchcraft, and som...

Conversations: Nothing Like a Little Ritual Tearing Apart! Bacchae's Sparagmos, w/ Cosi Carnegie

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with Cosi Carnegie about sparagmos, the tearing apart of Pentheus, in Euripides Bacchae. Check out more from Cosi here. Submit your questio...

RE-AIR: No Crime Have I Committed, Save to Speak the Truth, Cursed Cassandra

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The final narrative episode of the Euripides series has been postponed... For now, welcome to Spooky Season. This episode originally aired in 2021. CW...

Conversations: Singing the Songs of Theatre, Music and Euripidean Theatre w/ Sean Gurd

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with Sean Gurd who specialized in, and records reconstructions of, ancient music from its archaic origins down to the aulos players of Euri...

Hermes' Historia: Evolution of the Theatron

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hermes Historia is a new series hosted by Liv and Michaela, brief lessons in ancient history. This time: the evolution of the physical theatre space.....

I Would Gladly Fight in Battle Three Times Over, Than Give Birth Once… Women in Euripides

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Some of the most realistic, sympathetic, complex, and villainous women of the ancient world are found in the works of Euripides. He seemed to have had...

Conversations: The Next Great Athenian Blockbuster, Euripidean Competition w/ CW Marshall

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What if Antigone had a happy ending, or if Oedipus was blind before he ever reached the city of Thebes? Liv speaks with Toph Marshall about the lost b...

Apo Mechanis Theos; Deus Ex Machina; Gods in the Machine (Euripides Part 3)

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Like most things Euripides wrote, his treatment of the Olympian gods and what they were capable of (and best of all, how that's received by mortals) i...

Conversations: The Missing Women of Euripides, Fragments w/ Dr Melissa Funke

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with Dr Melissa Funke about the gender and the women in Euripides' fragmentary works. Find more from Melissa at the Peopling the Past proje...

Hermes' Historia: a Brief History of Ancient Theatre

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hermes Historia is a new series hosted by Liv and Michaela, brief lessons in ancient history. In the future the series will be exclusive to supporters...

Getting to Know An Ancient Greek Theatre Kid, Euripides’ Life & Times

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing with the life of Euripides we look closer at 5th Century Athens and how the events happening around Euripides likely influenced his writing...

Conversations: Performance and Gender Blending in Euripides w/ Sarah Olsen

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with Sarah Olsen, editor of Queer Euripides, about performance and gender, and performing gender, in Euripides. Submit your questions to th...

Raging Misogynist or Original Social Justice Warrior? The Murky Life of Euripides

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have more of Euripides' work than either of the other tragedians combined and yet the details of his life, him as a real person composing real art,...

Conversations: Women Are Wet & Spongy, the History of the Female Body w/ Prof Helen King

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv speaks with Professor Helen King about her new book Immaculate Forms, and the history of the female body. From the ancient world (women were wet a...

Euripides, Odysseus, and the Only Surviving Satyr Play (Cyclops Part 2)

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv finishes telling the story of the only surviving Satyr play, Euripides' Cyclops and Euripides' take on Odysseus and Polyphemus...and a chorus of d...

Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy (Final)

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv reads the final books of the Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. The final horrors of the war, and some satisfying bad luck for the Greeks on thei...

It Began With an STI, Origins of Athenian Theatre & Euripides’ Satyr Play, Cyclops

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv looks at some of the more phallic origins of theatre (hint, it's very phallic) and retells the only surviving Satyr play, Euripides' Cyclops. Help...

Coming Soon: Euripides, the First (Best) Playwright

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

No, Euripides was not the first playwright but he was the first BEST playwright. Coming September 3rd, we're diving into the man himself, the world in...

Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Part 10)

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Liv reads Book 12 and part of Book 13 of the Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. The Greeks get a little divine help in the form of a follow wooden ho...