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73- Posthomerica Part III: A Madman and a Mad Lad
Season 2 Episode 24
Priam reaches out for help to yet another ally- this time the grandson of Heracles. Meanwhile, over in the Greek camp- or Greel if you believe Vince's mangled pronounciation- Ajax and Odysseus get in…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Bonus XIII- The Chromosome Count of Mythical Creatures (feat. Biopedia)
Here at Autocrat, we quite often cover a lot of mythical beasts. Examples would include the Lernaean Hydra which Heracles and Iolaus dealt with, the sphinx tormenting Thebes, and the sea monster Cetu…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
72- Posthomerica Part II: R.I.P. Achilles
Season 2 Episode 23
On today's installment of the Trojan War, Apollo lands a well-aimed shot to finally lay Achilles low. Oh, and also a debate about chariots. That, and Vince may have rediscovered the reverb function o…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
71- Posthomerica Part I: Allies, Allies Everywhere!
Season 2 Episode 22
Quintus Smyrnaeus may have been the least favourite child according to Autocrat lore, but he did give us a new source called the Posthomerica- a.k.a. the Fall of Troy- which takes us all the way to t…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
70- Iliad Part XII: Let Me Bury My Son (feat. the Ghost of Patroclus)
Season 2 Episode 21
It's finally the end of the Iliad! But before we wrap up, we still have time for a few questions. For instance, are all Achilles' funeral games either problematic or rigged? Will Cassie pointing out …
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
69- Iliad Part XI: R.I.P. Hector
Season 2 Episode 20
It's been a long time in the making, but we finally get the fight between Achilles and Hector. Tune in for Priam and Hecabe trying to make their son see reason, a surprise cameo from Eddie Redmayne a…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
68- Iliad Part X: Achilles Goes Completely Manic
Season 2 Episode 19
A shorter episode today discussing book XXI of the Iliad! Achilles goes round murdering people like there's no tomorrow, and one of the rivers he keeps flinging people into objects to this. Not only …
Published on 5 months ago
67- Iliad Part IX: Achilles Kills Everything
Season 2 Episode 18
Patroclus is dead and Achilles is feeling seriously unhappy about it. And the Trojan army is going to know about it. But along the way, join us to give a sulking Odysseus a video game controller as a…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Bonus XII- Orpheus and Eurydice (April Fools' Day Special)
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Sources for this episode:
Apollonius of Rhodes (1972), The Voyage of Argo. Translated by E. V. Rieu. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd.The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2018), Linus (on…Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Bonus XI- Roman Influence on the USA (feat. Presidencies of the United States)
The United States of America may only have been founded in the 18th century, but the influences on it stretch all the way back to the days of the Roman Empire and, before that, the Roman Republic. We…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago