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Jan 2018
22m 42s

When a Seer Tells You to Kill Your Daugh...

Liv Albert
About this episode

Paris and Helen jet off to Troy leaving Helen's husband more than a little peeved. Agamemnon puts together an expedition to Troy, and there are some familial hiccoughs.

 

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 referencing the real thing.

 

Sources: The Greek Myths by Robin Waterfield.

 

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