Perseus: Myths and Retcons(tellations)

06/08/24 • 31 min

Starry Time

Join Jordan and Kit as they retell and ret-con the mythology of the constellation Perseus.

00:00 Intro

00:34 Background and History

01:58 Myth Retelling

13:56 Myth Analysis

18:02 Retconstellations

26:16 Oracle AI

30:22 Outro

Join Jordan and Kit as they retell and ret-con the mythology of the constellation Perseus.

00:00 Intro

00:34 Background and History

01:58 Myth Retelling

13:56 Myth Analysis

18:02 Retconstellations

26:16 Oracle AI

30:22 Outro

Previous Episode

Perseus: Cosmic Background

Join Jordan & Kit as they explore the amazing astronomy and other cosmic background of the constellation Perseus!

Episode transcripts: https://www.starrytimepodcast.com/episode-transcripts.html

Timestamps

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:25 Initial Impressions and How to Find this Constellation

00:05:53 Brightest Star

00:09:36 Bayer's Variable Star

00:15:09 Gold Star

00:21:09 Outro

Next Episode

Perseus: Pop Culture Superstar

Join Jordan and Kit as they explore where Perseus shows up in Pop Culture (broadly defined), and what they'd do with the Perseus brand!

Episode transcripts: https://www.starrytimepodcast.com/episode-transcripts.html

Starry Time - Perseus: Myths and Retcons(tellations)

Transcript

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Hi, I'm Jordan. >> Kit: And I'm Kit. >> Jordan: Welcome to Starry Time, where stars plus lines >> Kit: equal stories. >> Jordan: Today we're going to be continuing our exploration of the constellation Perseus with a focus today on the myth and history of this constellation. >> Kit: So this constellation is named after the Greek ahem quote unquote hero Perseus Though there is some debate about Perseus's origins, at le