Perseus & the Crazy Things that Emerge When You Behead a Gorgon

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

07/21/17 • 27 min

The story of the hero Perseus (it's only vaguely like Clash of the Titans). We get a taste of how dangerous it is to talk to the Oracle, learn one of the creepiest ways Zeus got his rocks off, and just what happens when you behead a woman like Medusa.

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.

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07/21/17 • 27 min

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Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold - Perseus & the Crazy Things that Emerge When You Behead a Gorgon

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Hello again. This is let's talk about myths baby, and I am live a absolute crazy person when it comes to Greek mythology who just wants to talk about it all the time. I wanted to release another episode immediately, or rather at the same time as the first one, simply because the first episode I released, the introduction to everything, is really just that an introduction. It's less of a story then I'd like the rest of the podcast to be. I wanted

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