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58- Bring Your Daughter to Sacrifice Day
Season 2 Episode 9
Agamemnon is a family man. It's just a shame that family is also the answer to who needs to be put up on an altar. As the Greeks are loitering at Aul…
1 year, 3 months ago
Bonus VIII- Yearly Histories (feat. Augustus History) (Christmas Special)
Christmas and the Anno Domini system of counting years are very intertwined. So, what better way to celebrate than to talk to someone going through e…
1 year, 3 months ago
57- Choosing Miss Olympus
Season 2 Episode 8
Aphrodite, Hera and Athena. These are the three goddesses now fighting over an apple. And, strange as it sounds, it's this dispute that will lead to …
1 year, 3 months ago
56- I'm Just a Goddess, Standing in Front of a Boy
Season 2 Episode 7
Content warning: Peleus is a terrible person, so expect a mild reference to some implied nastiness.
Peleus is one of those people who gets things he …
1 year, 3 months ago
55- Odysseus and Friends
Season 2 Episode 6
In the quiet before the storm of the Trojan War and its immediate causes, we introduce two major characters today. The first is Odysseus, great-grand…
1 year, 3 months ago
54- The House of Tantalus (See Also Child Cannibalism)
Season 2 Episode 5
Content warning: the title should tell you everything you need to know here. The descendants of Tantalus are violent, and they don't mess about.
Tan…
1 year, 4 months ago
53- Helen: The Origins
Season 2 Episode 4
Meet the most beautiful woman in the world- who may have hatched from an egg. She's got suitors lining up to marry her which poses a problem for her …
1 year, 4 months ago
52- Aeneas: The Origins
Season 2 Episode 3
Prince Aeneas of Troy has a bit of an unusual parentage- he's the son of minor prince Anchises by Human Woman. Who is definitely human. And not Aphro…
1 year, 4 months ago
51- Paris: The Origins
Season 2 Episode 2
The secondborn son of Priam and Hecabe was already making a big splash before he was born- and well before he swooped on a woman called Helen. There'…
1 year, 4 months ago
50- Cassandra: The Origins
Season 2 Episode 1
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 subj…
1 year, 5 months ago