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Aug 2024
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Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of...

Liv Albert
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Liv reads the final books of the Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. The final horrors of the war, and some satisfying bad luck for the Greeks on their way home... Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style. For regular episodes look for any that don't have "Liv Reads..." in the title! For a list of Roman/Latin names and who they were in the Greek, visit: mythsbaby.com/names

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