Liv Reads the Homeric Hymn to Demeter

In celebration of all things Odyssey and Odysseus, we're re-airing the two part series on the ONLY surviving Satyr play... Euripides' Cyclops, a dick-filled farce version of Odysseus' encounter with Polyphemus... Part 2 re-airing soon! Liv looks at some of the more phallic origin ...  Show more

It's time!! Here are selections from the AUDIOBOOK of the Odyssey: a Modern Retelling, written and read by ME, Liv Albert... It's like the podcast, but slower, more beautifully produced, and with more appropriate language... Available wherever you get your audiobooks. Pre-order L ...  Show more

The Iliad and the Odyssey are two of the world’s most famous poems. But who was their author, Homer, and how have his name and poems survived so long, preserved for almost 3 millennia?

In this episode of The Ancients, Tristan is joined once again by author, classicis ...

God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses, Poseidon is one of the most iconic Olympians.

In this episode, host Tristan Hughes is joined by Seth Pevnick, Curator of Greek and Roman art. Together, they untangle the various myths that describe Poseidon, his children, most ...

He was a blind poet whose stories of heroes and gods helped launch an incredible era of literary and cultural flourishing. History of Literature host Jacke Wilson takes a look at the influence that Homer had on the minds of Ancient Greece – and the resonance that the epic poems T ...  Show more

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 ...