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Liv Albert
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Conversations: Picking Apart Truth from Satire in Lucian's On the Syrian Goddess w/ Dr Gillian Glass
Liv speaks with returning guest Dr Gillian Glass, and this one is for the hell of it (ie., not at all Gillian's specialty). Learn more about Gillian's work here, and the ANINAN project here. If you're curious about Lucian's On the Syrian Goddess you can find the full text here. A ... Show More
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