Jocasta Beyond Oedipus, Euripides’ The Phoeni...

This is an episode of the Memory Collective podcast ANCIENT HISTORY 101 by Alexandra Sills! Find loads more episodes on endless topics in ancient history wherever you're listening to this (and more info here)... AVAILABLE NOW! The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. Submit your question ...  Show more

This episode originally aired in June 2023. Liv speaks with Dr Joe Watson about the trans characters of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Iphis and Caeneus, along with some necessary asides into Atalanta, Arachne, and Medusa. : WHO WANTS TO WATCH THE ODYSSEY WITH ME?! I'm teaming up with the ...  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

Many connected stories from Greek mythology. We'll start with story of Hades and Persephone, and learn why she's always hanging around the underworld (hint: it's not because she wants to). Then, I'll tell the story of the curse of the house of Atreus, starting with Tantalus and h ...  Show more