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It's the start of Chapter II, so we're off to the Trojan War! Except... Not just yet. We need some background first. You might have heard of our subject today- she shares a name with one of the co-hosts...

Sources for this episode:

• Euripides (1981), Medea and Other Plays. Translated by P. Vellacott. London: The Penguin Classics.
• Frazer, J. G. (1921), Apollodorus: The Library (Volume II). London: William Heinemann.
• Graves, R. (1981), Greek Myths: Illustrated Edition. London: Cassell Ltd.
• Callimachus and Lycophron (1961). Translated by A. W. Meir. London and New York: William Heinemann and G. P. Putnam's Sons.
• Ovid (1955), Metamorphoses. Translated by M. M. Innes. London: Penguin Books.
• Norwich, J. J. (2003), Byzantium: The Decline and Fall. London: The Folio Society.

Any sources and future debate about Aesacus to be put here.