Liv Albert from Let's Talk About Myths Baby! has an obsession, and the name of that obsession is Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
This game immerses you immediately in Ancient Greece--and provides loads of historically accurate settings from the world we've been exploring this season: the symposia of Athens, the pleasures of Corinth, the Peloponnesian War and exact ... Show More
Aug 14
How an Empire Ends: Germanic Heroic Legend
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Long after the smoke from the battlefields died down, long after the ravens had eaten their fill, the Migration Era lived on in Germanic heroic legend, well into the Middle Ages. For centuries after the battles and e ... Show More
1h 2m
Jul 31
How an Empire Ends: Rise and Fall of the Visigothic Kingdom
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! We've told you the story of the Ostrogoths, the Amal ruling family, who built an imperial dynasty only to see that rulership dissolve within two generations. But what happened to their cousins, the Visigoths? The Terv ... Show More
1h 17m
Feb 2021
Alcibiades Was Very Real, an Assassin's Creed Odyssey (& Whatever Else) Q&A
Liv answers your questions about Assassin's Creed Odyssey's mythology and historicity, and her favourite food, and the gods in general, and whatever else you all asked.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters ... Show More
46m 21s
May 2024
The Athenian Empire and the Coming of the Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War, the epic 30-year conflict between Athens and Sparta for control of Classical Greece, was a long time in coming. In fact, its roots went back to the Persian Wars, when Athens seized the opportunity to create an empire in the aftermath.Patrick's book is now a ... Show More
40m 27s
Oct 2017
Assassin's Creed Origins: Egyptological Impressions
Assassin's Creed Origins sees video-game players visiting ancient Egypt (c.50 BCE). From the desert oases to the city of Alexandria, the Faiyum to the Pyramids, you can now explore a fully-realised version of ancient Egypt.
But how does the game play, and is it historical enough? ... Show More
20m 40s
Apr 2022
Getting Down & Dirty with Mortals, Aphrodite, Anchises & the Mysteries of Archaic Aeneas
When Aphrodite gets with mortals, crazy things happen. Aphrodite's affair with the Trojan Anchises lead to the birth of the Trojan prince Aeneas, a man who's much more interesting before the Romans ever got their hold on him...CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Give ... Show More
40m 38s