For Love or Possession, Defining Ancient Parenthood (Euripides’ Ion Part 3)

Season 7 // Episode 613

This episode originally aired on June 4, 2024. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Mistaken identities, lost half divine children, and the horrors of Apollo. Euripides tears apart the patriarchy. 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' Ion: translation by Cecelia Eaton Luschnig; introduction to Euripides' Orestes and Other Plays by Edith Hall.

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Dina Reaume