When a Seer Tells You to Kill Your Daughter, Just, Don't (Trojan War Origins Part 2)

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Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 6 & 7

Liv reads Books and 7 of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Ian Johnston. This modern translation is used with immense gratitude to translator Ian Johnston and Vancouver Island University. Submit questions and prompts for future Odyssey readings at mythsbaby.com/questions and get ad- ...  Show more

Kassandra, the Prophetess on the Killing Floor… (Aeschylus’ Agamemnon Part 3)

Clytemnestra's fury gives way to Kassandra's prophesies, Agamemnon might as well not even speak... Just how we like it. Things are about to get bloody in the broken kingdom of Mycenae. Pre-order Liv's Odyssey adaptation (!!!), The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. Submit your question ...  Show more

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