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Apr 2018
25m 20s

Athena vs. Aphrodite, Kind Of (The Iliad...

Liv Albert
About this episode

Results of the oath sworn by Paris and Menelaus, some godly intervention and drama, and, finally, an actual battle!

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 Iliad, translated by Stephen Mitchell and The Greek Myths by Robin Waterfield.

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