Le poème le plus célèbre de la mythologie grecque, l’Iliade, commence par cette invocation aux Muses, déesses de la poésie : « Chante, ô Muse, la colère d’Achille ».
Mais si tu suis ce podcast, tu sais que dans la mythologie grecque, la colère est avant tout… un attribut des (insiste) Dieux. Et les plus grands héros ont eu à affronter les fureurs divines.. ... Show More
Mar 10
COLLECTION LES GRANDS CLASSIQUES - Le Chat Botté - d'après le conte de Charles Perrault
Au XVIIe siècle, un écrivain du nom de Charles Perrault rassembla les contes populaires racontés dans les campagnes françaises en un recueil: ce sont les Contes de la Mère l’Oye. Il y immortalisa des personnages qui continuent, aujourd’hui encore, d’accompagner les petits et les ... Show More
15m 25s
Mar 3
COLLECTION LES GRANDS CLASSIQUES - Ali Baba et les Quarante Voleurs - d’après Les Contes des Mille et une Nuits
Depuis des siècles, dans le monde arabe, les voyageurs et les caravaniers se racontent les histoires de Shéhérazade… Qui avait épousé un roi persan fort cruel, connu pour ne passer qu’une nuit, une seule, avec chaque épouse... et la tuer au petit matin ! Pour éviter ce terrible s ... Show More
15m 16s
Dec 31
Casse Noisette – d’après le conte d’Ernest Hoffman
Si l’on pense à la magie de Noël, on imagine les cadeaux fabuleux, la danse légère des flocons de neige, les gourmandises enchantées… Ces merveilles sont au cœur d’un des ballets les plus connus du monde : celui de Casse-Noisette ! Mais d’où vient l’histoire de Casse-Noisette ? C ... Show More
19m 34s
Jul 2020
The “Hero” Who Kidnapped an Amazon, a Child, & a Goddess (Theseus Finale)
Theseus, Theseus, Theseus. He's not done terrorizing the Hellenic world, next up: a kidnapping spree including a very, very young Helen of Sparta, an Amazonian queen, and a flesh and blood goddess. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically ... Show More
25m 33s
Aug 2023
Gilgamesh, le plus ancien héros de l'histoire ?
<p>Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour ! </p><p>Hercule, Jason, Ulysse, Achille, Persée, Roland, Arthur, Merlin, Jeanne d’Arc et Mulan : on en a vu des héros et héroïnes historiques, semi-légendaires voire carrément mythologiques ! Mais si je vous disais qu’il existe une histoir ... Show More
13m 27s
May 2021
Why She Is the Way She Is, the Goddess Hera (& the Time She Tried to Overthrow Zeus)
Hera is so much more than Zeus' vengeful wife. She has her own experiences, her own traumas, that affect how she handled her life with the king of the gods. This is why Hera is the way she is.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically invol ... Show More
28m 59s
Aug 2020
Bringer of Death, the Dread Goddess Persephone, and her mother, Demeter
She's the Bringer of Death, the Dread Goddess Persephone (and she's Kore, the maiden goddess of the spring). Persephone and Hades have a hand in countless stories from mythology and theatre, they ruled the Underworld and required constant appeasement. Meanwhile, in the daily lie ... Show More
22m 42s
Nov 2019
Penelope & Medea, the Heroines Behind their Heroes
The women behind the men. Penelope beyond Odysseus and the Odyssey, and the second part in the story of Medea . Two fascinating and underrepresented women of mythology. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monster ... Show More
28m 28s
Dec 2020
Rosy-Fingered Dawn, Eos, Was Problematic As Hell (Cephalus Wasn’t Much Better)
Rosy-Fingered Titan/goddess Eos has a great epithet, but she wasn't such a great lady... She had a habit of pulling a Zeus. The stories of Cephalus and Procris, and Tithonus.CW/TW far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or mon ... Show More
30m 8s
Nov 2022
Zeus: King of the Gods
<p>Zeus, the chief deity in Greek mythology, is the Olympian god of sky and thunder, and is king of all other gods and men.</p><br><p>His tale is one of overthrowing fathers, eating babies and seducing women, both mortal and divine, by changing his own form. He's one of the most ... Show More
54m 55s