Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! A Greek & Roman Mythology Podcast

The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let’s be honest) sarcastically. Greek and Roman gods did some pretty weird (and awful) things. This isn’t your average storytelling podcast: Liv focuses on Greek and Roman mythology’s (mis)treatment of women, the insane things the gods did, and the all around incredible minds of the ancient world. I mean, how did they come up with this stuff? Gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everything in between.

Liv reads Book 22 of the Iliad, translated into prose by Samuel Butler. This is not a standard episode, it’s simply a reading of the Iliad. For regular episodes look for any that don’t have “Liv Reads the…” in the title!

This translation uses the Roman names for gods and heroes. Here’s a list Greek to Roman names to help you out:

Zeus = Jove/Jupiter

Hera = Juno

Athena = Minerva/Pallas Minerva

Ares = Mars

Aphrodite = Venus (Cyprian goddess); also sometimes her mother is Dione

Poseidon = Neptune

Hades = Pluto

Hermes = Mercury

Kronos = Saturn

Artemis = Diana

Leto = Latona

Hephaestus = Vulcan

Odysseus = Ulysses (I think he’s the only mortal with a name change, the Romans were weird)

Heracles = Hercules

(Not Latin, but Achaeans/Danaans = Greeks, Argives = from Argos, Ilius = Troy, Dardanian = ally of Troy, Alexandrus = Paris)

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