Jocasta Beyond Oedipus, Euripides’ The Phoeni...

A timely revisiting of this ICONIC conversation about the wondrous goddess Thetis with one of Liv's favourite myth experts! This episode originally aired in March 2025. Liv speaks with returning guest Dr Maciej Paprocki about the goddess Thetis, a goddess with seemingly immense b ...  Show more

The great goddess Thetis, the crimes of men, and the origins of the Trojan War. AVAILABLE NOW! The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. Submit your question for the next Q&A via email or a voice note. Get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition at patr ...  Show more

Euripides’ Phoenician Women mimics the Aeschylus tragedy Seven Against Thebes with some key differences. One of those is the composition of the members of the chorus. Aeschylus chose Theban women as the members of his chorus but Euripides selected foreign slave women from Tyre en ...  Show more

A tale of Greek mythology that tells the story of how Oedipus became the King of Thebes. Also this story first comes from Egypt, the Greek version has become the most widely known through the ages. Try to solve the riddle before you hear Oedipus' answer. Learn more about your ad ...  Show more

"Rock star classicist" and reformed stand-up Natalie Haynes is obsessed with the ancient world. In these series she explores (historical and mythological) lives from ancient Rome and Greece that still have resonance today. They are hilarious and tragic, mystifying, revelatory. An ...  Show more

The story of Oedipus is fun until it isn't. I've met people with varying degrees of familiarity with the story. Some are familiar only with the central premise of the story, while others' knowledge only extends to a certain disgusting little complex popularized by a similarly-dis ...  Show more