Greek mythology

220B-Odyssey: Lonely Island

By Jason Weiser|2021-03-30T21:01:05-04:00March 30th, 2021|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Greek mythology, Helen, Menelaus, Odysseus|

We're back in the Odyssey where Menelaus comes home, Telemachus leaves it, and Odysseus? Odysseus has been stuck in the same place for seven long years. The creatures this week are the Agogwe, tiny hairy naked people who are really cool until they aren't. Thanos swimsuit: https://myths.link/thanos Store: https://myths.link/store Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership https://chrt.fm/track/B7AB5D/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/9b7dacdf-a925-4f95-84dc-ac46003451ff/662ff2d4-9b7f-4388-8a94-acb8002fd595/51d3462c-00d0-4aa9-8ac4-acfc000cb0e4/audio.mp3 [...]

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220A-Odyssey: The Castaways

By Jason Weiser|2021-03-23T23:39:27-04:00March 23rd, 2021|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Agamemnon, Greek mythology, Odyssey|

Getting back into the Odyssey with the stories of Telemachus, Menelaus, and Orestes.

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205B-Odyssey: The Widening Gyre

By Jason Weiser|2020-11-24T17:33:54-05:00November 24th, 2020|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Greek mythology, Odysseus, Odyssey, Trojan War|

We're back following Odysseus around the Mediterranean, finishing up this leg of our journey in a packed episode with a witch, pigmen, more giants, Scylla, Charybdis, Hades, Tiresias, and, of course Hercules. The creature is an evil, eyeless monster from South Africa and the reason you'll want to carry a 2-ton boulder with [...]

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205A-Odyssey: Man of Constant Sorrow

By Jason Weiser|2020-11-17T23:12:43-05:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Greek mythology, Odysseus, Odyssey, Trojan War|

With monsters, witches, sirens, and cyclopes, the Odyssey is one of the landmarks of world literature and a classic for the ages. This is the start.

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202-Greek Myths: Dead Poets Society

By Jason Weiser|2020-10-27T23:09:27-04:00October 27th, 2020|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Greek mythology|

Our super spooky, terrifying Halloween episode that's definitely not a lighthearted romp where a Greek god makes a podcast, trick-or-treats as Hercules, and emcees a poetry competition. Nope. Not at all.

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187-Greek Myths: The End to All Our Pain

By Jason Weiser|2020-06-24T01:28:14-04:00June 24th, 2020|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, Greek mythology|

Agamemnon is coming home from the Trojan War. He has no idea what's waiting for him.

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177D-Trojan War: Horsin’ Around

By Jason Weiser|2020-04-07T18:53:50-04:00April 7th, 2020|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Achilles, Agamemnon, Greek mythology, Helen, Menelaus, Odysseus, Paris, Trojan War, Troy|

The Greeks find a way into Troy

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177B-Trojan War: Storm of Spears

By Jason Weiser|2020-03-25T01:47:34-04:00March 24th, 2020|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Achilles, Agamemnon, Greek mythology, Hector, Hera, Trojan War, Zeus|

The battle continues over the sacred city of Troy

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177A-Trojan War: Rage

By Jason Weiser|2020-04-14T12:05:21-04:00March 17th, 2020|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Achilles, Agamemnon, Greek mythology, Hector, Helen, Trojan War, Troy, Zeus|

“Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.”

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165-Greek Myths: A Tangled Web

By Jason Weiser|2019-12-10T22:49:27-05:00December 10th, 2019|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Athena, Greek mythology|

Four stories from Greek mythology: Arachne and Athena, Pandora's box, the great flood of the ancient Greek world, and the love story of Idas and Marpessa.

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