My Favorite [Ancient] Murder, Nyx, Eris, and ...

This is an episode of the Memory Collective podcast ANCIENT HISTORY 101 by Alexandra Sills! Find loads more episodes on endless topics in ancient history wherever you're listening to this (and more info here)... AVAILABLE NOW! The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. Submit your question ...  Show more

This episode originally aired in June 2023. Liv speaks with Dr Joe Watson about the trans characters of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Iphis and Caeneus, along with some necessary asides into Atalanta, Arachne, and Medusa. : WHO WANTS TO WATCH THE ODYSSEY WITH ME?! I'm teaming up with the ...  Show more

Many connected stories from Greek mythology. We'll start with story of Hades and Persephone, and learn why she's always hanging around the underworld (hint: it's not because she wants to). Then, I'll tell the story of the curse of the house of Atreus, starting with Tantalus and h ...  Show more

This week it is the very very spooky* Halloween episode about a terrifying** trek through the Greek underworld. It's definitely not a lighthearted romp where a Greek god makes a podcast, trick-or-treats as Hercules, and emcees a poetry competition. Nope. Not at all.The creatures ...  Show more

This episode contains references to death and sexual assault.

Hades is King of the the dead and the Underworld in Ancient Greek mythology. 

Dive into the shadowy underworld with host Tristan Hughes and guest Prof Sarah Iles Johnson of Ohio Sta ...

Oh Muses! In this episode, we tell the tale of many terrifying monsters. We encounter Latin, the removal of all of someone’s muscles, winning contests against jealous gods, ill-advised romances, some truly brutal deaths, and terrorizing the countryside. This one is pretty gruesom ...  Show more