This is a Getty Podcast.
Have you ever wondered how a snake bracelet celebrates her favorite holiday?
Everything is DIVINE at a party. The gods walked among us on those nights, I’m sure of it!
Or what Athena’s owl thinks about the Greek marketplace?
It was at the agora where a vendor cut into me just to make sure I was really made out of silver. Well he could’ve just asked!
This fall, we’re launching a new family podcast called If Objects Could Talk, where artifacts come alive to share their side of the story.
I also heard that I am some sort of diva. A cat wears a little jewelry and suddenly you’re typecast? Fine. Guilty as charged!
Each episode, you’ll hear from different objects about everything, from how they were made:
Ok, picture it: I was nothin’! Just a ball of damp clay.
To their role in daily rituals and routines:
Most nights I would even join the family for dinner; I’d sit right on the table!
To how they played with children just like you.
He took a deep breath. He tossed me into the air...I twisted and turned under the open sky and...I stuck the landing like a pro! The crowd went wild!
If Objects Could Talk is coming this fall wherever you listen to podcasts and on getty dot edu slash podcasts.