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May 2018
30m 10s

The Achaeans, Infinity War (The Iliad Pa...

Liv Albert
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The wrath of Diomedes (he's something else), and his encounters with Aeneas, Aphrodite, Athena, and Apollo. It's gory and god-filled!

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.

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.


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