177C-Trojan War: When I am Gone

177C-Trojan War: When I am Gone

Up next

438: Maui: Whatever Happened to the Man Who Snared the Sun?

🏝️No one has seen or heard about Maui for quite some timeMeanwhile, all these strange portents are leading disparate groups to a faraway island, all the while there are ominous tales spoken in whispers. It's probably ok, right? I mean, it's Maui. He's always looking out for us.R ...  Show more

437: Czech folklore: House of the Dragon

🍼 If your parent goes through the trouble of getting you superpowers...Kind of the least you can do is get them a new house. And fight all the dragons infesting that house. And get their increasingly specific and dangerous medical treatments for their very real and not made-up i ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

Return of Achilles, Sort Of (The Iliad Part 7)
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

The Trojan War wages on. The gods involve themselves in the action once more, and surprise surprise, it doesn't go well for the humans.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I wou ...  Show more

Will Someone Please Just Believe Cassandra?! (The Oresteia Part 1)
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

Guess who's back, back again? Agamemnon returns home to Argos after the decade-long Trojan War. And, well, things don't go super well for him. Recommended Listening: XXVII, XL, XLI, plus the entire Trojan War if you're down to binge.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault ...  Show more

What is the Aeneid Without Aeneas? The Second Trojan War Continues (The Aeneid Part 12)
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

The war rages on, Trojans vs. Latins. Jove convenes a meeting of the gods and Juno and Venus each make their case. And finally, FINALLY, Aeneas is on the horizon.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm ...  Show more

Achilles & Agamemnon, the Real Housewives of the Trojan War (The Iliad, Part 1)
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

We're in it now. Achilles and Agamemnon have a major spat over a prize (read: a woman). The gods are called in to settle things, and everyone gets a little dramatic. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, ...  Show more