Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold - Far-Shooting Phoebus Apollo, God of Everything & Nothing

Far-Shooting Phoebus Apollo, God of Everything & Nothing

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11/30/21 • 33 min

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Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

Oh, far-shooting Apollo... What are you exclusively the god of, anyway? All things Apollo, the good and the very, very bad. Submit your questions to Liv's 2022 New Year Q&A episode here.

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: Theoi.com; Homeric Hymns translated by Hugh Evelyn-White.

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Oh, far-shooting Apollo... What are you exclusively the god of, anyway? All things Apollo, the good and the very, very bad. Submit your questions to Liv's 2022 New Year Q&A episode here.

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: Theoi.com; Homeric Hymns translated by Hugh Evelyn-White.

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

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Liv Reads the Homeric Hymns to Apollo

Homeric Hymns are beautiful and detailed and so, so ancient... The two Homeric Hymns to Apollo tell the story of his birth and the founding of the Oracle at Delphi.

This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's simply a bonus reading of an epic. For regular episodes look for any that don't have "Liv Reads..." in the title!

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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.

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

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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold - Far-Shooting Phoebus Apollo, God of Everything & Nothing

Transcript

Speaker 100:00:32.079

I will begin with the Muses and Apollo and Zeus, for it is through the Muses and Apollo that there are singers upon the earth and players upon the lyre. But kings are from Zeus. Happy is he whom the muses love. Sweet flows speech from his lips. Hale, children of Zeus, give honor to my song, and now I will remember you and another song. Also, Hi, hello nerds. This is let's talk about Mitts baby, and I am your host, live here with a god specific ep