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 gruesome, so younger listeners might want to skip it.
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Oct 6
S11E6 - All Systems Argo 3 - Argus is as Good As Yours
Oh Muses! The Argonauts and their undemocratically elected leader Jason are on the hunt for the Golden Fleece. We encounter more murder on more islands, a boxing match, lots of different scary birds, more trials of leadership, an abundance of Arguses, and magnificent hair.
29m 4s
Sep 29
S11E5 - All Systems Argo 2 - War and Fleece
Oh Muses! In this episode we meet Jason and the Argonauts and see them on their journey! We encounter murderous women, descriptions of boats, missing shoes, mistaken identity, giants with different numbers of arms, and the question of who gets to be a leader.
29m 54s
Sep 22
S11E4 - All Systems Argo 1 - Succession
Oh Muses! Two complicated succession struggles are in this episode of this children's podcast. We encounter the beginning of a hero, bogus claims to the throne, falling into the sea, old women stuck in mud, murder in a temple, twins, and succession ancient Greek style.
30m 38s
Oct 2017
An Ancient Greek Monster Mash
This Halloween special is a collection of ancient Greece's most famous, and most obscure, monsters! The Greeks invented some pretty crazy, and some pretty famous, monsters. Lots of snakes and lots of females. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, an ... Show More
24m 30s
Oct 2020
Blood-soaked Trees, Erysichthon Eats Himself & Bonus Boogeywomen of Ancient Greece
For the next episode in Spooky Season, we travel to Thessaly where their king, Erysichthon gets a horrifying punishment for his crimes against Demeter. Plus, Lamia and Empusa... monstrous and vampiric women of mythology.CW/TW: eating disorders; and as usual: far too many Greek my ... Show More
29m 3s
Oct 2020
Horror Comes in Many Forms… the Transformations of the Daughters of Minyas, Procne & Philomela
There's horror movie horror, and there's "the world is dark and awful" horror. This episode has a little of each... The Daughters of Minyas could've used to be a bit more deferential to the god Dionysus, and Procne and Philomela, well, they were just unlucky enough to meet Tereus ... Show More
33m 57s
May 2022
That is One Cursed Necklace! The Deadly Dynasty of Cadmus & Harmonia (Part 2)
How does a curse like theirs filter down the generations? The fate of the family of Cadmus and Harmonia, and their own...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 would be were I r ... Show More
38m 26s
Oct 2023
SPOOKY SPECIAL: Finally We’re Talking About Zagreus, Are You Happy? The Orphic Thrice Born Dionysus
Revisiting an unofficial Spooky episode... Zagreus, Zagreus, Zagreus. It's gross, it's weird, it's both an afterthought and supremely important. Welcome to the story of thrice born Dionysus, better known as Zagreus. Find all six years of Spooky Season content on this Spotify Play ... Show More
35m 29s
Oct 2025
RE-AIR: So Many Snakes, the Prolific Monster Dynasty of Typhoeus & Echidna
This episode originally aired in October 2021... So. Many. Snakes. To continue Spooky Season, a look at the Father of Monsters, Typhoeus (or Typhon), and the near equally monstrous Echidna.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves ... Show More
36 m
Sep 2022
Born From a Cosmic Egg, You Say? More Orphic Tradition Horrors & Oddities
In this final episode on the Orphic tradition we look at some weird and wild alternate theogonies, the so-called Orphic gold tablets, and the Orphic hymns. Yes, it's a lot.CW/TW: **this episode includes particularly egregious assault and incest, even for Greek myth** Given it's f ... Show More
41m 17s