THE HEROINES

These badass women might not be traditionally referred to as “heroines”, but that’s what we’re calling them. Each have complex, interesting stories and lives that are so often overlooked by the stories of the more traditional heroes. Listen to these episodes to hear about these women both in the stories they are both well known for as well as who are beyond the myths (and men).

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MEDUSA ✦ JOCASTA ✦ MEDEA ✦ HELEN ✦ PENELOPE ✦ DIDO
ATALANTA ✦ ARIADNE and Phaedra ✦ The Amazons ✦ CASSANDRA ✦Witchy Women ✦ More Heroines

A Few FEATURING Many of our Heroines

03.23 Turns Out They’re Just As Interesting As Men, Who Knew? Real Women of the Ancient Greek World

Just a little taste of what the lives of women in the Ancient Greek World might have looked like.

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02.23 Things Were Marginally Better for Them! The Women of Sparta (Ancient Sparta & the Spartan Mirage Part 4)

In this final episode of the Spartan series, Liv goes through the lives of Spartan women. From worshipping and dancing with Helen to having your brother-in-law’s babies, Spartan women had interesting and unique lives.

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03.21 Evil or Righteous? Manipulative or Brillant? Wronged Women of Mythology

In the first episode of International Women's Month, stories of the many women wronged by history and mythology. Jocasta, Medea, Medusa, Helen, Andromeda, Clytemnestra, and Penelope.

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03.22 Conversations: The Intersection of Magic & Medicine, Women as Medica in the Ancient World w/ Dr. Christie Vogler
Liv is joined by Dr Christie Vogler who talks about women of the Roman world who practiced medicine, in varied forms, and how these women were seen and understood in the wider Roman world.

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01.21 Calliope is Over Your Sh*t, the Women of the Trojan War with Natalie Haynes

Liv speaks with author and classicist Natalie Haynes about the women of the Trojan War and Pandora. Natalie's latest books are A Thousand Ships, recently published in North America and Pandora's Jar, available in the UK.

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Medusa

Medusa quickly became one of the most important characters for the podcast, particularly because of the ways in which she has been misunderstood and misrepresented. Liv is always looking for more information on Medusa and dives deeper into her story at every opportunity.

Medusa through the sources

01.21 Sister, Survivor, Savior, The Gorgon Medusa

Medusa is never just one thing: her history, variations on her story, interpretations... There's a whole wide world of Medusa and this episode attempts to touch upon just a fraction of ancient sources and versions. Monster? Beautiful woman? Survivor? Mother? One of three mortal queens? Medusa is everything.

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conversations about medusa

03. 23 Bringing Medusa Back to Life, with Stone Blind Author Natalie Haynes

Liv speaks with author and classicist Natalie Haynes about all things Medusa and Natalie's new novel about the tragic Gorgon, Stone Blind.

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04.21 Medusa, Colonialism, Re-Imagining Goddesses and Monsters, with Nikita Gill

Nikita Gill, poet and author of Great Goddesses, amongst many other incredible books and poetry collections, speak with Liv about reimagining goddesses and monsters of Greek mythology, about Medusa, misogyny, and colonialism, among other fascinating things.

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01.21 Medusa and Fragility, with Anwen Kya Hayward

In this bonus episode, Liv speaks with author Anwen Kya Hayward about Medusa and her ability to attract horrible men on the internet. Find Anwen on twitter here, her book, Here, the World Entire here, and a thread of relevant Medusa tweets and responses to them here.

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JOCASTA

Jocasta of Thebes is famous for being the mother… and wife… of the even more famous Oedipus. But, fortunately, there’s more to her than that. Jocasta was a powerful queen who, in some versions of the story, held her own after the tragic reveal of her relationship.

Jocasta Beyond Oedipus

03.21 Jocasta Beyond Oedipus, Euripides The Phoenician Women Part 1

Oedipus, and by extension Jocasta's story is known primarily via Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannos, but Euripides's Phoenician Women has a much more satisfying story for the queen of Thebes.

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03.21 The Heroines of Thebes, Jocasta & Antigone, Euripides The Phoenician Women Part 2

The life of Jocasta after the tragedy of her marriage to Oedipus continues with more tragedy in the city of Thebes.

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The Classic Oedipus story, as told in the early days of the podcast:

09.17 Don't Mess with the Oracle, Just Don't Do It. Why Would You Do It? - Part 1

Oedipus, famous for the awful advice of the Oracle and nothing more. Part One covers the aforementioned Oracle, and a little encounter with a sphinx and a father.

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09.17 Oedipus, Mother-Lover & Father-Killer - Part 2

Oh, Oedipus, the trouble you get into. Part Two involves some revelations and some more inconceivable ignorance and Oedipus' part. It's definitely not dramatic.

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Medea, while famous for one tragic moment, is one of the most important women of Greek myth. She was divine, the daughter of Aeëtes (the son of Helios, the sun!) and a princess of the eastern region of Colchis.

To hear Liv read the Argonautica, click here.

Medea as a Badass Witch…

10.19 Magic & Mayhem, the Origin of Medea & Witches of Ancient Greece

This Halloween special episode is a more detailed introduction to Medea, and her witchy family.

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11.19 Medea, She How She Flies, Witchy Woman

She's back! We continue on with the re-telling of the story of Medea, a woman who is badass, powerful, and misunderstood. She and Jason return to Iolchus, and more shit goes down.

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10.21 Conservations: Sorceresses & Satire, Witches of Ancient Greece & Rome with Maxwell T Paule

Liv speaks with Maxwell T Paule all about witches (and much, much more) of classical myth and Roman poetry... Follow Maxwell on Twitter and TikTok. The poem recited is Horace's Epode 5, translated by Maxwell T Paule.

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Medea As a Powerful Woman…

12.19 Woman, Survivor, Murderer, Euripides’ Medea

Where all Medea's fame lasting relevancy comes from: Euripides.

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Medea As Saviour of Jason:

04.21 Conversation: Jason has the Personality of a Used Dishcloth, Medea with Anwen Kya Hayward

Liv is back speaking with author of the Medusa novella, Here, the World Entire, Anwen Kya Hayward all about the intricacies and nuances of Medea (Jason and Theseus are dragged, of course).

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Ovid’s Medea

10.22 When in Rome! The Very Ovidian Witches, Medea & Circe

WITCHES! To accompany the conversation with Antonia Aluko, this week Liv dives in to Ovid's versions of the witches Circe and Medea. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

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11.21 Liv Reads Ovid: The Herorides Letters from Hypsipsyle and Medea

Liv reads the letters of Hypsipyle and Medea. Hypsipyle writes to Jason after hearing he's not coming back to Lemnos, she's heard of his new wife Medea and wants to tell him about the twins she gave birth to. Medea writes to Jason to remind him everything she did for him before he gave her up for a Greek princess.

This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's simply a bonus reading of an epic.

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Seneca’s Medea

08.23 Who Knew Medea Could be Even Angrier, Even More Bloodthirsty? Seneca’s Meda Part 1

It's time for our first ever Roman tragedy... Seneca's Medea is mouthier, angrier, and even more vengeful than Euripides, and I'm here for it.

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08. 23 She’s Everything, He’s Just Jason. Seneca’s Medea Part 2

Continuing on our first ever Roman tragedy... Seneca's Medea is mouthier, angrier, and even more vengeful and violent than Euripides, and I'm here for it.

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08.23 There’s Nothing Like a Mad Woman. Seneca’s Medea Part 3

Finishing on our first ever Roman tragedy... Seneca's Medea is bigger and badder and absolutely willing to commit violence on stage

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08.23 Liv Reads Seneca, Speeches from Medea

A bonus episode where Liv reads select speeches from Seneca's Medea, translated by Frank Justus Miller. This should accompany the three part series covering Seneca's Medea or else it won't make much sense!

This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style.

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09.23 Conversations: Taking Inspiration from the Furies, Seneca’s Medea with Dr Lauren Ginsberg

So! Much! Seneca! Lauren Ginsberg joins Liv to RAVE about Seneca's Medea, and provide some helpful and fascinating Roman context, among so many other things.

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Medea as told in the very early days of the podcast…

10.17 Jason, Meda & The Mother F***ing Argonauts

Murder, monsters, and mayhem, the story of Jason, Medea, and the Argonauts is full of everyone one might desire in their Greek myths.

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So, so much more than Helen of Troy or the face that sunk a thousand ships. What do we really know about Sparta - what part did she actually play, if any, in the Trojan War?

Click here if you’re looking for the Trojan War.

Helen - A Not so Simple Tale

12.21 The Most Infamous Woman of Greek Myth, Helen of Sparta (Part 1)

Helen is simultaneously the most well known mortal of myth and a complete and utter enigma. What do we actually know about her, and the choices she did and did not make that lead to the Trojan War?

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12.21 Beyond the Face that Launched a Thousand Ships, Helen of Sparta (Part 2)

Helen of Sparta, later of Troy, is so many things... it all depends on where you're looking. In this episode we examine the Helen of Homer, and of Sparta itself.

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Ovid’s Helen

12.21 Liv Reads Ovid: The Heroides, Letters from Paris & Helen

Ovid's Heroides are fictional letters between mythological figures... These two are particularly incredible (and in the case of Paris, hilarious). Ovid's Heroides, translated by Grant Showerman.

This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's simply a bonus reading of Ovid.

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Euripides’ Helen

07.22 What if Helen was a Ghost Though? Euripides Helen Part 1

What if Helen of Sparta was never taken by Paris, never brought to Troy at all? Euripides' Helen explores a "ghost theory" of Helen, an eidolon theory.

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08.22 TFW Your Ghost Eidolon Causes the Most Famous War in Ancient History. Euripides Helen Part 2

Things aren't looking good for Helen in Egypt, but then Menelaus rolls in and... makes things more difficult.

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08.22 First He Made us Feel for Agememnom, and Now Menelaus is Sexy!? Euripides Helen Part 3

Euripides is really here making us all fall for Menelaus and I don't know how to deal with it. Menelaus and Helen are reunited and plan their escape from Egypt.

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08.22 The Ancient Heist You Never Knew You Needed. Euripides Helen Part 4

In this very Euripidean finale, Helen and Menelaus execute their escape from Egypt, and Theoclymenus is visited by unexpectedly divine guests...

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08.22 The Choral Odes of Euripides Helen Are Worth Listening To

Just a quick reading of the first two choral odes from Euripides' Helen, translated by EP Coleridge. They're very good and don't fit in with the full narrative episode.

This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style.

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Conversations on Helen

Conversations: Helen as the Beautiful Evil, the Kalon Kakon with Alexia Burrows Charalambidou

Liv speaks with Alexia Burrows Charalambidou about the kalon kakon, the beautiful evil in mythological women like Pandora, Helen, Medea, and Circe. Follow Alexia on Twitter!

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Conversations: Exploring an Alternate Helen, Behind the Scenes of the Eidolon & Euripides’ Play with CW Marshall

Liv speaks with CW Marshall, who's literally written the book on Euripides' Helen, about the background, context, and behind the scenes of the play as well as Euripides' fragmentary play Andromeda. Follow Toph on Twitter.

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05.20 Conversations: Shakespeare’s Helen of Troy, a Conversation About Troilus and Cressida

Liv speaks with Danielle LaRose of Tiger's Hearts Collective, an all woman theatre company who performed Troilus and Cressida virtually. We talk Shakespeare, women in theatre, feminism, mythology, and Homer in general. And, of course, all about Shakespeare's interpretation of the Trojan War and all its heroes: Troilus and Cressida.

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Penelope of Ithaca, the woman who deserved better than Odysseus, but made the best of it. If you’re looking for Odysseus or his Odyssey click here.

Penelope in The Odyssey

09.19 Penelope, A Cunning Woman Surviving in a Man’s World (Odyssey Part 11)

Penelope and the "stranger" who is Odysseus finally speak. And the suitors inch closer and closer to their doom.

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10.19 Penelope, Odysseus, and a Very Special Olive Tree (Odyssey Part 13)

Penelope and Odysseus [sleeping under] a tree, proving his identity. (But seriously, it's nice.)

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Penelope Beyond Odysseus

11.19 Penelope & Medea, The Heroines Beyond Their Heroes

The women behind the men. Penelope beyond Odysseus and the Odyssey, and the second part in the story of Medea . Two fascinating and underrepresented women of mythology

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Ovid’s Penelope

06.22 Liv Reads Ovid: The Heroides of Penelope & Dido

Liv reads Ovid's Heroides, the letters from Penelope to Ulysses (Odysseus) and Dido to Aeneas, translated by Grant Showerman. Penelope questions where on Gaia's green earth her husband Ulysses has been all this time, and Dido calls Aeneas out for being such an absolute dweeb.

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The queen of Carthage, and the woman unlucky enough to meet Aeneas. Click here if you’re looking for the full Aeneid.

Dido In the Aeneid

02.20 Dido, The Badass Queen of Carthage (The Aeneid Part 2)

Jupiter and Venus discuss Aeneas and the Trojans' fate, and it's time we meet the Carthaginians and their badass queen Dido.

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08.20 The Man, The Myth, The Legend? Aeneas (The Aeneid Part 5)

Guess who's back, back again? It's time to return to the Aeneid. Aeneas is in Carthage with its queen, Dido, and things are going well... for now.

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08.20 Dido Wonders Why She Got Out of Bed at All (The Aeneid Part 6)

The "relationship" of Dido and Aeneas continues with the affects of the love potion only increasing. Juno and Venus begin to form a plan of how to handle Carthage.

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No Earthly Ships, The Tragedy of Aeneid’s Dido (The Aeneid Part 7)

Dido's fate is determined by Aeneas's stubbornness and the far too potent love spell of Venus... Things get sad and dark for Carthage.

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Dido Beyond the Aeneid

02.20 Mini Myth: Who Let a Women Found a City?! Dido Beyond the Aeneid

There's more to Queen Dido than Virgil tells us in the Aeneid, she had a life before Aeneas came to town, if you can believe it! This mini myth covers the story of Dido's founding of Carthage outside of what is told in the Aeneid.

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09.20 Augustus’s Rome, Carthage & The History of Virgils Dido (w Ancient History Fangirl)

In this special episode devoted to even more on the queen of Carthage, Dido, Liv teams up with Genn and Jenny of Ancient History Fangirl for a rundown of why Rome "needed" so much Augustan propaganda, and what that means for the real Carthage and the mythological Dido. There are drunken elephants, loathing of Julius Caesar, gossip about Augustus's family, Cleopatra, Ovid, and of course, Dido.

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Atalanta! Badass who fought bears or woman who lost a footrace thanks to a shiny apple? Maybe both - maybe two different people!

THE TWO ATALANTAS

03.22 Independent, Industrious, Badass & Brave, the Heroine of Ancient Greece, Arcadian Atalanta

Atalanta: the heroine of ancient Greece. Or, was it heroines? There are two Atalantas, sometimes conflated into one, other times separate. One fought the Calydonian boar, wrestled Peleus, and generally kicked ass. The other lost a foot race, distracted by a golden apple.

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03.22 Not These Pesky Golden Apples Again! The Other Atalanta, the Boeotian Atalanta

Atalanta: the heroine of ancient Greece. Or, was it heroines? There are two Atalantas, sometimes conflated into one, other times separate. One fought the Calydonian boar, wrestled Peleus, and generally kicked ass. The other lost a foot race, distracted by a golden apple.

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CONVERSATIONS ON ATALANTA

Conversations: Not Just a Phase, Atalanta & Hippolytus, Asexuality in Greek Mythlogy with Julie Levy

Liv speaks with independent scholar Julie Levy all about asexuality in Greek myth, specifically with characters of Atalanta and Hippolytus, with hints of Artemis, Athena, and Hestia.

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Theseus, Theseus, Theseus… these two sisters are, like so many women in Greek mythology, often misunderstood and mistreated. Theseus may be considered the so-called hero in his story, but let’s be real - he would not have gotten anywhere without Ariadne. And Phaedra’s full story is often left unsaid.

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Ariadne Beyond Theseus

Moving on Up, Ariadne & the Adventures of Her God of Wine, Dionysus (There are Pirates!)

Theseus left Ariadne alone on an island, then what happened? Ariadne moves on to bigger and better things: the god Dionysus. Before all that, though, Dionysus was kidnapped by pirates.

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Conversations: More than the Labyrinth, More than Theseus, Ariadne with Jennifer Saint

Ariadne is so much more than the Minotaur, the Labyrinth, Theseus, even Dionysus. Liv speaks with author Jennifer Saint about her new book retelling the stories of Ariadne and Phaedra.

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Ariadne Reception

05.22 Day 42, Still Planning to K*ll Agamemnon, A Conversation with Ariadne & Elektra Author, Jennifer Saint

Liv speaks with author and past guest, Jennifer Saint, about her new novel ELEKTRA, following the stories of Elektra, Clytemnestra, and Cassandra, and the curse on the house of Atreus... ELEKTRA is out now in North America and the UK, find it wherever you get your books

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Phaedra

Phaedra and the Curse of Theseus & A Conversation with Jennifer Saint

Phaedra is one of the most misunderstood women of mythology, and Greek tragedy. But she was so much more than the problematic, tragic Phaedra of Euripides' Hippolytus. The episode tells her story, and includes a conversation with author Jennifer Saint.

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THE AMAZONS

Do they need much introduction - some awesomely skilled women who featured in various epics (even if they revolved around Greek heroes)

03.21 They’re Warriors with Great Names, the Mythological History of the Amazons

The incredible women of the Amazons exist in myth and history, even if their myths tend to revolve around certain Greek heroes. Otrera, Hippolyta, Antiope, Penthesilea...

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Peerless Penthesilea and the Horrors of Achilles

Penthesilea was one of the most badass Amazons... Until she encountered Achilles. This story is not kind to he of the weak ankle.

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Oh Cassandra, cursed to know the future but that no one would believe her. A particularly dickish move from Apollo.

Cassandra’ Various Fragments

10.21 No Crime Have I Committed, Save to Speak the Truth: Cursed Cassandra.

Oh, cursed, cursed Cassandra. The princess of Troy is an enigma whose story is told in disjointed fragments that this episode weaves together.

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The Orestia

01.19 Will Someone Please Just Believe Cassandra?! - Part1

Guess who's back, back again? Agamemnon returns home to Argos after the decade-long Trojan War. And, well, things don't go super well for him. Recommended Listening: XXVII, XL, XLI, plus the entire Trojan War if you're down to binge.

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01.19 Orestes & Electra, the Angriest, Best-Named Children of Greek Mythology - Part 2

Siblings Orestes and Electra have quite the reunion; they plot and plot and plot. There's a reason it's a story covered by all three remaining tragedians.

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02.19 Matricide Mania! Furies, Furies Everywhere - Part 3

It's one murderous party with siblings Orestes and Electra! There's a reason it's a story covered by all three remaining tragedians.

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These witchy, magical women are some fan faves on the podcast! You can find Medea’s story here but these are some of the other women with magical, badass stories.

CIRCE IN THE ODESSEY

04.19 Mini Myth: It's Circe, Not Cersei, One's a Badass Witch & the Other's a Badass B--

Circe: Glaucus and Scylla, Medea, and, of course, Madeline Miller's book.

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CONVERSATIONS ON CIRCE

10.22 Conversations: Which Witch Is the Best Witch? Ovid’s Medea & Circe w/ Antonia Aluko

Liv speaks with Antonia Aluko who studies Roman witches and intersectionality, they talk all things Medea and Circe as they're found in Ovid's Metamorphoses

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11.23 Conversations: Giving Circe the Agency She Deserves, w/ Sophia Kouidou-Giles

Greek-American author Sophia Kouidou-Giles joins Liv to talk Circe, Skylla, Greece, and her new novel An Unexpected Ally

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09.19 Witchiest Witch: A Discussion of Madeline Miller’s Circe, with Emily Edwards of FBOL

Liv teams up with Emily Edwards of Fuckbois of Literature to dive into Circe by Madeline Miller. We also talk Song of Achilles, Greek Drama, and a bunch of other things!

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HECATE

10.22 She Gives, She Takes Away, the Goddess Hecate & Her World of Witchcraft

We look at everything there is to know about Hecate, all powerful goddess of witchcraft, and some real life women accused of witchcraft in ancient Greece.

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10.17 Mini Myth: Goddess Hecate, Work Thy Will!

Hecate, Queen Witch, goddess of witchcraft, magic, ghosts, and necromancy, she's the queen of Halloween! The origin of Hecate, the badass female who was about as powerful as they get.

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Some characters only show up in one or two remaining stories - but that doesn’t make them any less important! Collected here are some of the heroines that have appeared in only a few places and that Liv hopes to continue to cover!

Europa

05.20 Europa & Minos’ Bull Dynasty, the Marathonian Bull Has Seen Some Sh**

The mythological history of Minoan Crete's obsession with bulls is dark and wildly, terribly entertaining. Bulls, baby, bulls.

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05.19 Mini Myth: Zodiac Constellations, Europa, Zeus, & His Bulls*** (Taurus)

Zodiac constellations: there are two versions, both are weird and have bulls involved.

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Calliope is Over Your Sh*t, the Women of the Trojan War with Natalie Haynes

Liv speaks with author and classicist Natalie Haynes about the women of the Trojan War and Pandora. Natalie's latest books are A Thousand Ships, recently published in North America and Pandora's Jar, available in the UK.

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Pandora

Pandora, the Beautiful Evil & the Misogyny of Her "Curiosity"

Today the story of Pandora's Box barely resembles the ancient story of a woman and a jar. It's been mistranslated, misunderstood, and misrepresented beyond comprehension. When a modern version becomes more misogynist than Hesiod talking Pandora, you know it's gone much too far.

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Clytemnestra

Conversations: I Promise We’re Not Defending Murder, Clytemnestra with Aimee Hinds

Liv speaks with Aimee Hinds about the intricacies of Clytemnestra's story and how storytellers and reception over millennia has affected the understanding of this powerful Spartan woman.

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Enter Clytemnestra, Taking No Sh*t (Iphigenia at Aulis Part 2)

The Greeks weren't able to sail for Troy but for the sacrifice of Agamemnon's eldest daughter, Iphigenia. Part two of Euripides's tragedy retelling Iphigenia's fate.

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Death is Bad, the Anger of Clytemnestra & the Strength of Iphigenia (Iphigenia at Aulis Part 3)

The Greeks weren't able to sail for Troy but for the sacrifice of Agamemnon's eldest daughter, Iphigenia. Part three of Euripides's tragedy retelling Iphigenia's fate.

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Harmonia

Daughter of Gods Meets Phoenician Hero, the Story of Cadmus & Harmonia (Part 1)

Revisiting Liv's favourite myth in much more detail... What happens when a hero marries a goddess? The story of Cadmus and Harmonia, the mysterious and yet deeply important couple and the origins of their family's curse.

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That is One Cursed Necklace! The Deadly Dynasty of Cadmus & Harmonia (Part 2)

How does a curse like theirs filter down the generations? The fate of the family of Cadmus and Harmonia, and their own...

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Arachne

Arachne Weaves Her Tragedy & The Cursed Legacy of Thebes

First, Liv reads a selection from the new translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, by Stephanie McCarter, because it's ARACHNE and it's AMAZING. Then, the cursed legacy of Thebes, the stories of Ino and Semele.

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