Nemi and myth

Nemi and myth

Up next

Myth in the Greek and Roman Worlds: the Temple of Diana at Nemi

A short introduction to this album. 

Why study myth?

Chris Emlyn-Jones, Valerie Hope and Paula James reveal the enduring importance of myth. 

Recommended Episodes

Myth and the Roman Empire
Myth at the heart of the Roman Empire - for iPod/iPhone

Open University academic Valerie Hope talks about choices behind the material in this album. 

Emily Thomas on Wildly Implausible Metaphysics
Philosophy Bites

Some philosophers have drawn very strange conclusions about the nature of reality. Despite this Emily Thomas believes that their work may still be worth studying. They usually have had good reasons for what they concluded. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast she discu ...  Show more

Destroying language myths (with Shana Poplack)
Canguro English

It’s an unfortunate fact that many people don’t know the truth about how language works outside of their grammar books, in the real world, but recently I spoke to someone who is trying to change that. Shana Poplack and her sociolinguistics laboratory at the University ...

  Show more

Conversations: The Many Faces of Monsters, Monster Theory with David J. Wright
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

Liv speaks with David J Wright who has studied Monster Theory as it relates to the monsters of Greek myth... He also teaches mythology, and Medusa specifically, so you just know they had a great conversation. Follow David on Twitter for all things monsters and more. The piece of ...  Show more