Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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Sometimes You Just Stumble Into Something... More As to Your Qs
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Surprise! Liv answers even more listener questions because there were too many and they were too good. Remember you can submit your question for the n...
The Best Answers Are Ridiculously Long Winded & Detailed in Historical Context... Answers (Q&A 2)
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv answers more listener questions, featuring myth, history, and lots of educated rambling! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreo...
Is it Sappho, Sappho, or Psappho? Answering All Your Burning Questions (Q&A 1)
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv answers listener questions, featuring myth, history, and a little bit about ancient Greek dialects! More questions will be answered on Friday's ep...
Conversations: Real Men Compete Naked, the Ancient Olympics w/ Alexandra Sills
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Alexandra Sills (of Gladiator episodes fame) about the origins of the Olympic Games. Spoilers: the ancient Greeks were a wild bunch. R...
Sing, Muse, of Gods and Wrestlers, Origins & Odes of the Ancient Olympics
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A look at the ancient and mythological history of Olympics, featuring some songs written for the ancient games' victors.CW/TW: far too many Greek myth...
Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Part 9)
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads the rest of Book 10 and Book 11 of the Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. Paris is injured and the only woman who can save him is the wife ...
Remnants of a Matriarchy Hidden in the Crimes of Zeus (Part 2)
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv finishes revisiting the third episode of the podcast, the many crimes of Zeus, this time breaking down what's hidden behind the wild stories of a ...
A Special Anniversary Episode, Seven Years of LTAMB
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Some of Michaela's favourite moments from the last couple years of the podcast, because it's our seven year anniversary!CW/TW: this compilation featur...
Remnants of a Matriarchy Hidden in the Crimes of Zeus
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv revisits the third episode of the podcast, the many crimes of Zeus, this time breaking down what's hidden behind the wild stories of a predatory g...
Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Part 8)
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads Book 9 and part of Book 10 of the Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. With Neoptolemus on their side the Greeks defeat Troy's hero Eurypylus...
SPECIAL! Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology: Heracles x Omphale by Ancient History Fangirl
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv shares an episode of Ancient History Fangirl, Genn and Jenny have a story to share... That time Heracles, the strong man, son of Zeus and noted im...
Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Part 7)
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads the rest of Book 7 and part of 8 of the Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. With the threat of Eurypylus on the side of Troy, Odysseus and D...
RE-AIR: It’s Almost Like Being Trans Isn’t New… Transgender Transformations in Ovid’s Metamorphoses
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Revisiting the stories of trans characters, Caeneus and Iphis, in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonu...
Conversations: Putting the Trans in Transformation, Iphis and Caeneus w/ Dr Joe Watson
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Dr Joe Watson about the trans characters of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Iphis and Caeneus, along with some necessary asides into Atalanta, A...
Beloved Boyfriends of Greek Myth's Most Famous Heroes
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stories of Achilles and Heracles and their beloved boyfriends. Featuring a clip from my conversation with Charlotte Gregory, episodes on Plato's Sympo...
Conversations: Beyond the Binary, the Divine Madness of Dionysus w/ Chiara Baldini
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with raver and researcher Chiara Baldini who talks Dionysus, pre-patriarchal goddesses, and ecstatic worship. Read more from Chiara on Acad...
Gender Has Always Been Fluid, Just Ask Dionysus
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stories of Dionysus and gender identity in Greek myth. Featuring clips from my conversations with Emma Pauly and Yentl Love and episodes on Dionysus a...
Conversations: The Love of a Good Woman, Translating Sappho w/ Brendon Zatirka
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Brendon Zatirka, author and translator of an upcoming volume of Sappho's poetry... They talk translation, poetry, Sappho, and ancient ...
When the Pythia Speaks, You Listen (Euripides’ Ion Part 4)
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Finishing off the play about the crimes of gods and men. Creusa considers burning Apollo's Oracle to the ground. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing ...
Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Part 6)
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads the rest of Book 6 and part of 7 of the Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. The Trojans get a new hero on their side, grandson of Heracles, ...
For Love or Possession, Defining Ancient Parenthood (Euripides’ Ion Part 3)
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mistaken identities, lost half divine children, and the horrors of Apollo. Euripides tears apart the patriarchy. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing ...
Conversations: A Man of Many Turns, Odysseus & the Odyssey w/ Joel Christensen
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Joel Christensen about Odysseus and the Odyssey and what we really should take from his long and storied journey. Check out Joel's ama...
Keeping the Secrets of Apollo, Euripides’ Ion (Part 2)
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mistaken identities, lost half divine children, and the horrors of Apollo. This week, Creusa and Ion continue to share stories and Xuthus takes on the...
Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Part 5)
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads Book 4 and part of 5 of the Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. After the death of Achilles, the Greeks honour him with funeral games held b...
Beware the Blood of a Gorgon, Euripides’ Ion (Part 1)
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Back with another fascinating Euripidean woman... Mistaken identities, lost half divine children, and the horrors of Apollo. Help keep LTAMB going by ...
Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Part 4)
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads Book 4 and part of 5 of the Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. After the death of Achilles, the Greeks honour him with funeral games held b...
RE-AIR: There Once Was a Battle of Frogs & Mice, the Satirical Silliness of the Batrachomyomachia
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Revisiting the silliest epic of them all... We all know the famed battle of Achaean and Trojans, but what about the equally epic battle between the Fr...
Conversations: Revisiting the Cultural Memory of the Bronze Age
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Revisiting three past conversations featuring mythology based in the cultural memory of the Bronze Age... The Minotaur and Autism featuring Cora Beth ...
(Mostly) Archaic Myths as Cultural Memory of the Bronze Age
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Revisiting past episodes featuring myths born of the cultural memory of the Bronze Age. Find the full Bronze Age playlist here. CW/TW: far too ma...
Liv Reads Thucydides: Classical Greece's Mythical History
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads a selection from Book 1, chapter 1 of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, translated by Richard Crawley. The ancient Athenian hist...
Conversations: When the Network Went Down, the Bronze Age Collapse w/ Dr Eric H Cline
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv is joined by Eric H Cline to look at what we know of the end of the Bronze Age, what did and did not contribute to its collapse, and so much more....
Conversations: The Evidence is in the Thigh Bone, Climate and Collapse in the Bronze Age w/ Dr Flint Dibble
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv is joined by Flint Dibble to talk all things animal bones... How climate change and food production contributed to the end of the Late Bronze Age....
Not With a Bang, but a Whimper, the Collapse of the Bronze Age Mediterranean
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A brief look at the causes behind the societal collapse of the Bronze Age Mediterranean. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bon...
Conversations: From Homer, With Love… The Evolution of Oral Storytelling w/ Dr Joel Christensen
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv is joined by Joel Christensen to talk all things oral storytelling, the tradition, theories on its origins, and how the Iliad and the Odyssey inte...
How History Becomes Mythology, Bronze Age Greece in the Wider Mediterranean
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A brief look at the wider Mediterranean during the Bronze Age and their interactions with Greece (mostly... the Evidence For Troy). Help keep LTAMB go...
Conversations: The Things They Found in Tombs, Bronze Age Mycenae w/ Dr Kim Shelton
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv is joined by Dr Kim Shelton to dive deeper into the real world of Bronze Age Mycenae and all we've learned from what they left behind. Learn more ...
Under the Shadow of Agamemnon, the Real Bronze Age Mycenae
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing on with the Bronze Age history of Greece, a look at the famed Mycenaeans, the historical origins behind the mythic heroes of Homer. Help ke...
There Once Was a Man Named Minos, the Bronze Age Minoans of Crete
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A (very brief) history of the Minoan people of Bronze Age Crete. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!CW/TW: far to...
The Bronze Age, Mythic Origins and the Real People Behind Them
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing: the Bronze Age Collapse series. Today, grounding ourselves in a world so far removed from the ancient Greece and its mythic history. Frid...
Conversations: Charybdis, a Gaping, Hungry Hole; Fear of the Monstrous Woman w/ Cosi Carnegie
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv is joined by Cosi Carnegie to talk all things horny (boob cups! the threat of a sexual woman! all the erotic pottery you can imagine!) Follow Cosi...
High Priestess of Ur, the World’s First Author, Enheduanna
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The first recorded author in all of human history was a woman, a high priestess, her name was Enheduanna. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv'...
LTAMB: The Bronze Age Collapse Coming April 2
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Coming soon... Let's Talk About Myths, Baby!'s next big special research series is the Bronze Age Collapse. Who were the cultures thriving in the Bron...
Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Book 3)
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads Book 3 of the Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. After the death of Penthesilea, Memnon, and the Greek Antilochus, Apollo takes his anger o...
BONUS: Selections from Conversations w/ Dr Melissa Funke and Dr Rebecca Futo Kennedy
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To accompany the most recent episode on Hetairai and sex work in ancient Greece, these are selections from my 2023 episodes with Dr Melissa Funke, on ...
Beloved of Aphrodite, the Lives & Legacies of Ancient Greek Sex Workers
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A little look into the lives of ancient Greek sex workers, particularly two Hetairai, Phryne and Rhodopis, whose accomplishments achieved them 2300+ y...
Conversations: Better Off With Bears, Artemis & Goddess Worship w/ Dr Carla Ionescu
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with "The Artemis Expert" Dr Carla Ionescu, about Artemis, bears, goddess worship, and so much more (because Liv has ADHD, you know the dri...
What Makes a Monster? What if Ovid's Medusa Was Thinly Veiled Misogyny
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 f...
Conversations: On Circe's Island Anything is Possible, Queer Theory w/ Julia Perroni
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with returning guest Julia Perroni about a queer theory reading of Circe in Homer's Odyssey and the ways she works outside the many binarie...
Parthenogenesis, Prehistoric Goddesses, and the Threat of an Independent Woman
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Goddesses doing it for themselve: parthenogenic births, goddess figurines of the Bronze Age, and theories of goddess history in Hesiod's Theogony. Hel...
Conversations: The Feminism of Female Rage, Demeter's Winter Harvest w/ Ioanna Papadopoulou
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with author Ioanna Papadapoulou about Greece in myth retellings, the goddess Demeter and her rage, and Ioanna's novel, Winter Harvest. Help...
Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Book 2)
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads Quintus Smyrnaeus' The Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. In the only surviving source retelling the end of the Trojan War, Troy reels afte...
A Full Cast Reading of Emperor Julian’s Symposium of the Caesars
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
THE SYMPOSIUM OF THE CAESARS. Written by the Roman emperor Julian.Translated from the ancient Greek and directed by Jeremy Swist. Recorded by Jeremy S...
Conversations: A Bunch of Rulers Sit Down for a Chat, Julian’s Symposium w/ Dr Jeremy Swist
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Dr Jeremy Swist about the emperor Julian, his work, and Jeremy's translation and production of the Symposium of the Caesars, coming ou...
But He’s Such a Nice Guy! Ovid’s Ars Amatoria in Mythological Practice
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv continues the horror that is Ovid's Ars Amatoria by looking at his tips and tricks being utilized in Augustan Imperial Roman epic poetry. It's dar...
Conversations: When Ovid Invented Pick-up Artistry, the Ars Amatoria w/ Imogen Briscoe
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv is joined by Imogen Briscoe to talk Ovid's Ars Amatoria, the Art of Love, aka the first pick up artist playbook. Did Ovid create the 2000 years of...
He Is Not All That, Pygmalion the Misogynist Mythological Incel
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Pygmalion is... so much. Plus, the time a man "fell in love" with a statue. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bon...
Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Book 1)
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads Quintus Smytnaeus' the Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. The epic picks up where the Iliad left off, Hector is dead and the Trojans now ha...
You Can Learn All Greek Myth Has to Offer... & the Father Still Devours His Son
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv re-listens to the very first episode of the show, plays it back to you and breaks it down to add more detail, context, corrections, and to just......
Conversations: Novelizing the *Best* Ancient City-State, Riddles of the Sphinx w/ Meagan Cleveland
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv is joined by debut author Meagan Cleveland to talk THEBES... And her new YA novel, Riddles of the Sphinx, about Oedipus' underrated daughter/siste...
RE-AIR: Sister, Saviour, Survivor, the Gorgon Medusa
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Revisiting one of the most controversial women of myth... Medusa is never just one thing: her history, variations on her story, interpretations... The...
Conversations: A Peek Behind the Ancient Scenes, the Culture of Theatre w/ CW Marshall
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with returning guest CW Marshall about ancient Greek Theatre! Toph goes through the culture of it all, the festivals, the winners and loser...
RE-AIR: You Know He Basically Invented Robots?! Hephaestus & His Forge
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Revisiting the must underrated of Olympians... Hephaestus beyond the drama: the importance and lasting impact of the god of the forge (there are *robo...
Liv Reads Hesiod: The Works and Days
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads Hesiod's Works and Days, translated by HG Evelyn-White, a text that's about mythology and also... farming. Plus, it gets the prize of one of...
Digging Deeper Into Minor Gods, Exploring Greece, and Praising Dionysus (New Year Q&A Part 2)
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv answers listener questions! If you want to submit a question for the next Q&A, do it here. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patre...
Conversations: It's Hestia's World, We're Just Living In It... Divine Might w/ Natalie Haynes
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with the always wonderful Natalie Haynes about her newest non-fiction, Divine Might. But really, they talk about Hestia. Because Hestia des...
Digging Deeper Into Minor Gods, Exploring Greece, and Praising Dionysus (New Year Q&A Part 1)
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv answers listener questions! If you want to submit a question for the next Q&A, do it here. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patre...
Conversations: Giving a Voice to the Very Specifically Voiceless, Alcestis w/ Katharine Beutner
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Katharine Beutner, author of the newly re-released novel, Alcestis. They discuss writing a queer retelling pre-Song of Achilles, the w...
RE-AIR: We Get it, Liv, You Really Like Euripides (Helen w/ CW Marshall & Alcestis w/ Ellie Mackin Roberts)
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To cap off our re-listen to the series on Euripides' Helen and Alcestis, here are the two conversations Liv had about these plays. Helen, with CW Mars...
RE-AIR: If We're Talking Euripidean Women, Can't Forget Alcestis
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're on a role talking about unique and fascinating Euripidean women, so following Iphigenia Among the Taurians and revisiting the Helen, we're left ...
RE-AIR: We Love a Complex Woman Living Through the Trojan War, Euripides' Helen
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With Iphigenia Among the Taurians so fresh in our minds, I want to revisit another odd, foreign, mistaken identity, escape plan play... What if Helen ...
Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses, Book XV
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads the final section, Book 15, of Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Brookes More. Mythology melds with the history of, weirdly, Pythagoras?, ...
Half Naked Dudes & Lots of Blood, Gladiators on Screen w/ Alexandra Sills
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this holiday special episode, Liv speaks to Alexandra Sills about gladiators on screen... From Spartacus to Gladiator to (Starz) Spartacus, there's...
Conversations: Wandering Through Wine Culture, Ancient Greek Drinking w/ Dr Nadhira Hill
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liv is joined by Dr Nadhira Hill to talk about boozing it up in ancient world, which basically just meant... Drinking a lot of wine, all the time, in ...
Estranged Siblings, a Mysterious Statue, and a Dramatic Escape (Euripides’ Iphigenia Among the Taurians Part 4)
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Newly reunited siblings plan their dramatic escape from the Taurians! For background on Iphigenia's family and the events that lead to this play, chec...
Conversations: Zeus Just Can't Keep It In His Chiton, Theologizing the Gods w/ Dr Maciej Paprocki (Part 2)
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Dr. Maciej Paprocki about theologizing the gods, looking for rules and order amongst the mess that is the Greek Pantheon. Learn more a...
Orestes, Captaining the Ship of Catastrophe (Euripides’ Iphigenia Among the Taurians Part 3)
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More tension, more unknown sibling secrets, and the hatching of a plan... For background on Iphigenia's family and the events that lead to this play, ...
Conversations: Assigning Order to the Chaos, Theologizing the Gods w/ Dr. Maciej Paprocki (Part 1)
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Dr. Maciej Paprocki about theologizing the gods, looking for rules and order amongst the mess that is the Greek Pantheon. Learn more a...
No One Does a Dramatic Sibling Reveal Quite Like Euripides (Iphigenia Among the Taurians Part 2)
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This family has the worst luck! Iphigenia, Orestes, and Pylades deal with a bit of a misunderstanding. For background on Iphigenia's family and the ev...
Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses Book XIV
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads the penultimate book of Ovid's Metamorphses, translated by Brookes More. We here about Circe, Aeneas, and far too much about Rome. Help keep...
A Case of Ancient Fanfiction, Euripides’ Iphigenia Among the Taurians (Part 1)
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What happened after Iphigenia was sacrificed for a bit of good wind? Euripides has a theory... For background on Iphigenia's family and the events tha...
Conversations: Giving Circe the Agency She Deserves, w/ Sophia Kouidou-Giles
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Greek-American author Sophia Kouidou-Giles joins Liv to talk Circe, Skylla, Greece, and her new novel An Unexpected Ally. Help keep LTAMB going by sub...
Special Crossover w/ Ancient History Fangirl! Hadrian in Athens
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liv joins Genn and Jenny of Ancient History Fangirl to talk about the Roman Emperor Hadrian's obsession with Greece and his building projects in Athen...
Conversations: Writing Rome During Vesuvius, The Temple of Fortuna w/ Elodie Harper
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with author Elodie Harper about the final novel in her Wolf Den trilogy, the Temple of Fortuna, but really they talk about Roman before, du...
Giving “Lovesick” A Whole New Meaning, Acontius & Cydippe
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is it a love story when the woman is forced to choose between marriage and death? Acontius thinks so! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Pa...
Conversations: “Eat, Pray, Club” Comedy Meets Hercules w/ Phoenicia Rogerson
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Phoenicia Rogerson, author of the novel HERC which finally treats the story of Heracles as it should: it's weird and funny and also, t...
They Don't Call Eris the Goddess of Strife For Nothing! Revisiting Ancient Horror
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After nearly four years of evading the plague, Liv has been snared by the Eris Variant. The official Halloween special will have to wait, in the meant...
SPOOKY SPECIAL: Special! Communing With the Ancient Dead, The Underworld w/ Ellie Mackin Roberts
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Revisiting all things Underworld: Persephone, Hades, and everyone in between. Follow Ellie on Tiktok and Twitter. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing...
SPOOKY SPECIAL: She Gives, She Takes Away, the Goddess Hecate & Her World of Witchcraft
29 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Revisiting the Supreme Spooky... Hecate! We look at everything there is to know about Hecate, all powerful goddess of witchcraft, and some real life w...
SPOOKY SPECIAL: Which Witch Is the Best Witch? Ovid’s Medea & Circe w/ Antonia Aluko
28 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Revisiting the vastness of classical witchcraft... Liv speaks with Antonia Aluko who studies Roman witches and intersectionality, they talk all thing...
Liv Reads Ancient Spooky: The Underworld in Homer & Virgil
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More spooooky ancient sources: this time, the two most famous descents into the Underworld, a mere 800 or so years apart... Homer's Odyssey, translate...
SPOOKY SPECIAL: Finally We’re Talking About Zagreus, Are You Happy? The Orphic Thrice Born Dionysus
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Revisiting an unofficial Spooky episode... Zagreus, Zagreus, Zagreus. It's gross, it's weird, it's both an afterthought and supremely important. Welco...
SPOOKY SPECIAL: Living Amongst the Dead, the Underworld & its Infernal Chthonic Cuties
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Revisiting last's year's spooky... It's time for the infernal goddesses of the dead... Chthonic Cuties... the realm of the Underworld itself, and how ...
Children Make For A Very Impious Meal (Seneca’s Thyestes Part 3)
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The finale of Seneca's Thyestes is just... horror, from start to finish. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!CW/TW...
Conversations: Beware of the Splash Zone! Gladiators in the Greek World w/ Alexandra Sills
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Alexandra Sills who studies spectacle! and, specifically: when Gladiators went to Greece... They talk mythologizing gladiatorial games...
What the Goddess of Divine Retribution Wants, the Goddess of Divine Retribution Gets (Seneca’s Thyestes Part 2)
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Seneca's Thyests continues, Atreus finalizes his plan for revenge and Thyestes returns home to Argolis with his beloved children. Help keep LTAMB g...
RE-AIR Conversations: Do You Like Scary Movies? Scream Queens of Myth w/ Vanessa Stovall
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Some things are eternal. What does Persephone have in common with Sidney Prescott? Or Antigone with Marion Crane? Let Vanessa tell you all about it......
A Cursed Ghost and a Goddess of Vengeance Walk Into a Bar… Seneca’s Thyestes (Part 1)
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to return to Seneca and the play whose only woman character is a goddess of vengeance. Tantalus' cursed grandsons are about to f**k things u...
Liv Reads Ancient Spooky: Selections from Pliny, Ovid, Aeschylus, and Lucan
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads a selection of spooky content from ancient authors: Aeschylus' Agamemnon, translated by Herbert Weir Smyth; Aeschylus' Eumenides, translated...
Murder After Murder, Generation After Generation; the Curse of the Tantalids and the Pelopidae
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's that time of year again... When we talk about the most horrifying stories from myth. Today, that cursed and murderous family, the Tantalids. Help...
Conversations: The Politics of Mythology, Foreigners & Party Girls of Classical Athens w/ Dr Rebecca Futo Kennedy
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Rebecca Futo Kennedy about all things Athens: the politics behind Theseus' mythology, immigration and the rights (and absolute lack th...