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Apr 2016
19m 2s

002 The Greek Genesis

RYAN STITT
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In this episode, we take a look at Creation, according to the Greeks; the Titanomachy, the Gigantomachy, and the ascendancy of the Olympian Gods; the creation of the first humans; the story of Prometheus and the first woman, Pandora; Deucalion and the great flood; and the progenitors of the various Greek tribes

Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2016/04/002-greek-genesis.html

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