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Jun 2018
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Mini Myth: Orpheus, Chronos & Why You Sh...

Liv Albert
About this episode

The Orphic Tradition is a weird, weird thing that includes the god of Time himself, Chronos (not, you know, Cronus/Kronus). Plus, don't try to understand the chronology of Greek mythology.

 

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: Classical Mythology, Eighth Edition, Mark P.O. Morford & Robert J. Lenardon.

 

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