Conversations: The Politics of Mythology, For...

This week Liv speaks with Dr. Alecto Hardwick about women in Euripides! Okay well it started with all about Medea and then it quickly falls into Euripides' women because of course, we simply cannot help it. Pre-order Liv's Odyssey adaptation (!!!), The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling ...  Show more

This episode originally aired in March 2024. A little look into the lives of ancient Greek sex workers, particularly two Hetairai, Phryne and Rhodopis, whose accomplishments achieved them 2300+ years long legacies. Pre-order Liv's Odyssey adaptation (!!!), The Odyssey: a Modern R ...  Show more

This episode contains graphic references of a sexual nature.

Athena is the goddess of wisdom, tactical war and skilled craft in Greek mythology.

She is the favourite daughter of Zeus and Metis, and is actually born from Zeus himself. She is one of ...

In Ancient Greece, the symposium was no ordinary after-dinner drinking party, but one in which the Hellenic men of society got together to wine, recline and philosophise. They took various forms depending on the whim of the leader of the symposium - the symposiarch - but were ...

This episode contains references to sexual assault.

Medusa stands as one of the most iconic yet misconstrued figures of Greek mythology.

Recognised as one of the three Gorgons, she is notoriously portrayed with serpentine hair and petrifying eyes t ...

Petit voyage en Méditerranée, dans cet épisode de Crousti-History on vous parle des guerres du Péloponnèse.On ne part malheureusement pas à Mykonos, c’est entre Athènes et Sparte que ça se passe. Athènes, qui ne garde pas un très bon souvenir de la dernière guerre, fonde la ligue ...  Show more