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59-Greek Myths: The Violence of Our Ancestors

Many connected stories from Greek mythology. We'll start with story of Hades and Persephone, and learn why she's always hanging around the underworld (hint: it's not because she wants to). Then, I'll tell the story of the curse of the house of Atreus, starting with Tantalus and his questionable food choices. It's a [...]

34-Greek Mythology: Uphill Battle

By Jason Weiser|2021-02-10T10:04:49-05:00May 31st, 2016|Categories: Articles, Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Bellerophon, Chimera, Greek mythology, Hades, Monsters, Mythology, Olympus, Pegasus, Sisyphus, Tartarus, Zeus|

Two stories from Greek Mythology: first, it's the story of Sisyphus, who you might know from his interminable, crushing labor, but who actually really deserved that punishment because of how horrible he was. The second story is of good-guy-Bellerophon, Sisyphus's grandson, who is constantly having that football pulled out from under him just as he is [...]