In celebration of SIX YEARS of the podcast, Liv answers listener questions, reads comments, and shares clips from favourite episodes. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sourc...
Jul 21, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Season 7Ep. 523
In celebration of SIX YEARS of the podcast, Liv answers listener questions, reads comments, and shares clips from favourite episodes. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sourc...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 522
Liv speaks with PhD researcher Jerome Ruddick about material culture in Arcadia, Crete, and Tyre during the Hellenistic Period (plus, lots of Big P Pausanias). Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 6Ep. 521
Before she was Aphrodite, she was Kypris, and before she was Kypris, well, she was Astarte and Inanna/Ishtar. This is the story of Aphrodite's origins in ancient Phoenicia and Mesopotamia. You can submit your questions or comments or favourites here! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the re...
Jul 11, 2023•39 min•Season 6Ep. 520
Liv reads Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book IX, translated by Brookes More. Heracles angers a centaur and dies a painful death, his mother and Iole tell stories. Byblis falls for her brother and Iphis loves Ianthe. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style. For regular episodes look for any that don't have "Liv Reads..." in the title! Attributions and licensing information...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 519
Adonis is known for being beautiful enough to catch the eye of the goddess of Beauty, but it turns out there's so much more to those two, including origins in Mesopotamia and Phoenicia. You can submit your questions or comments or favourites here! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real ...
Jul 04, 2023•35 min•Season 6Ep. 518
Liv speaks with lecturer Dan Stewart about the world of Greece (Particularly Crete!) during the Roman Period. Follow Dan on Twitter . Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sourc...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 6Ep. 517
Heracles had lovers all over the ancient Greek world, and a whole collection of them were men. These are their stories and, let's be honestly, brief mentions and anecotes. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Wikipedia entries on Heracles and various lovers, with sourc...
Jun 27, 2023•34 min•Season 6Ep. 516
Liv speaks with PhD student Yentl Love about queerness in the ancient world and Greek mythology, about classical reception in Lil Nas X (!!) and so much more. Follow Yentl (the Queer Classicist) on Twitter , and learn more on her site . Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attr...
Jun 23, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 6Ep. 515
Now more than ever we should remember (and have evidence!) that being trans and seeking gender affirmation has always existed... This episode looks at the evidence in Ovid. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Stephanie McCarter (ent...
Jun 20, 2023•42 min•Season 6Ep. 514
Liv is joined by author Luna McNamara to discuss her new novel Psyche & Eros (and so much more myth!). Find Psyche & Eros wherever you get your books and follow Luna on Twitter and Instagram . Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attributions and licensing information f...
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 6Ep. 513
Not only does Plato's Symposium hype up love between men as quite literally godlike, but it also provides us with the absolutely wild idea of Aristophanean soulmates... Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Plato's Symposium, Penguin edition translated by Christopher Gi...
Jun 13, 2023•42 min•Season 6Ep. 512
Liv speaks with PhD student Charlotte Gregory about all things Achilles and Patroclus, their relationship, and how modern Classical reception depicts their love, cousin or otherwise. Follow Charlotte on Twitter. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attributions and licensing in...
Jun 09, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Season 6Ep. 511
Not only does Plato's Symposium hype up love between men as quite literally godlike, but it also provides us with the absolutely wild idea of Aristophanean soulmates... Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Plato's Symposium, Penguin edition translated by Christopher Gi...
Jun 06, 2023•40 min•Season 6Ep. 510
Liv reads Book 8 of Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Brookes More. Lesser known stories of Minos, Atalanta, Erysichthon and so many more... Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! For a list of Roman/Latin names and who they were in the Greek, visit: mythsbaby.com/names This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style. For regular episodes look for any that don't have "Liv Reads..." in the title! Attri...
Jun 02, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 509
Why was Thebes the way it was? Why was the Sphinx sent there, and was it Laius' fault? We're looking at all the Sphinxian background to Oedipus Tyrannos. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Oedipus Tyrannos as retold in the past three episodes; Early Greek Myths by Ti...
May 30, 2023•37 min•Season 6Ep. 508
Liv is joined by Rani Selvarajah to talk about her Medea retelling set in colonial India ( and gods, so much more!). Follow Rani on Twitter and Instagram . Order Savage Beasts in the UK (and Commonwealth aside from Canada) wherever you get your books, or from Blackwell's who ship internationally . Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as def...
May 26, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 6Ep. 507
In the finale episode of Sophocles' Tyrannos... Well, everything we all know is coming, comes out... Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Oedipus Tyrannos (sometimes called Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King): short quotes are from the translation by Frank Nisetich, ...
May 23, 2023•44 min•Season 6Ep. 506
Liv speaks with Masters student (and TikTok star!) Hannah Parker "Historical Han", about the goddess Tyche, and teaching through Tiktok. Follow Hannah on Tiktok and Instagram . Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the pod...
May 19, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 6Ep. 505
Oedipus defends himself against the accusations, but there's much more to the death of Laius than he understands... Plus, gods so many prophecies! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Short excerpt from Homer's Odyssey , translated by Samuel Butler; Oedipus Tyrannos (s...
May 16, 2023•39 min•Season 6Ep. 504
Liv reads Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 7, translated by Brookes More. It's time for none other than MEDEA and Jason... and some other happenings including a hint of Theseus and the little Myrmidon ants. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! For a list of Roman/Latin names and who they were in the Greek, visit: mythsbaby.com/names This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style. For regular episodes look ...
May 12, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 6Ep. 503
Turns out a story of a man murdering his father and marrying his mother is actually supremely complex and the characters are incredibly sympathetic, who knew? Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Short excerpt from Homer's Odyssey , translated by Samuel Butler; Oedipus...
May 09, 2023•36 min•Season 6Ep. 502
Liv speaks to bestselling author (and now four time guest!) Jennifer Saint about the heroine Atalanta and her new novel by the same name. Follow Jennifer on Instagram and find Atalanta wherever you get your books. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attributions and licensing ...
May 05, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 501
Not at all a children's author... We're talking ancient Aesop and his oh so famous fables. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Aesop, the Complete Fables, translated by Olivia and Robert Temple; Aesop's Fables, translated by George Fyler Townsend . Attributions and li...
May 02, 2023•37 min•Season 6Ep. 500
Liv speaks with Dr. Ryan Denson about the mythology of the sea (again!), this time about the Nereid nymphs, daughters of the Old Man of the Sea, and Triton(s), the son(s) of Poseidon (sometimes there's one, sometimes many... such is Greek myth). Follow Ryan on Twitter. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I...
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Season 6Ep. 499
The most famous woman ever turned into a tree: Daphne and her horrible encounters with Apollo. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Stephanie McCarter; Theoi.com; Early Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz. Attributions and licensing informa...
Apr 25, 2023•32 min•Season 6Ep. 497
Liv reads Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book VI, translated by Brookes More. Minerva battles weaving with Arachne, Procne and Philomela face the horrors of Tereus, and more. CW/TW: PROCNE AND PHILOMELA IS PARTICULARLY TRIGGERING. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style. For regular episodes look for any that don't have "Liv Reads..." in the title! Attributions and licensi...
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr•Season 6Ep. 496
In the final episode covering Euripides' Orestes... sh*t goes down. So much of it. Murder, mayhem, weirdly helpful gods! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Euripides' Orestes, translations by Anne Carson (main reference and short quotes throughout); EP Coleridge (lon...
Apr 18, 2023•45 min•Season 6Ep. 495
Liv speaks with PhD student Freddie Kimpton about the fascinating use of time and chronology in Ovid's Metamorphoses! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions ...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 6Ep. 494
Euripides' Orestes continues, Orestes pleads his case to Menelaus and Tyndareus, and we meet his beloved bestie, Pylades. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Euripides' Orestes, translations by Anne Carson (main reference and short quotes throughout); EP Coleridge (lo...
Apr 11, 2023•41 min•Season 6Ep. 493
