Revisiting the stories of trans characters, Caeneus and Iphis, in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically

Conversations: Putting the Trans in Transformation, Iphis and Caeneus w/ Dr Joe Watson

7 days ago 1h 50m

Liv speaks with Dr Joe Watson about the trans characters of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Iphis and Caeneus, along with some necessary asides into Atalanta, Arachne, and Medusa. Follow Joe on Twitter. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patre

Beloved Boyfriends of Greek Myth's Most Famous Heroes

10 days ago 40m

Stories of Achilles and Heracles and their beloved boyfriends. Featuring a clip from my conversation with Charlotte Gregory, episodes on Plato's Symposium, and the episode dedicated to Heracles' lovers. Find all episodes from past Pride Months

Conversations: Beyond the Binary, the Divine Madness of Dionysus w/ Chiara Baldini

14 days ago 1h 43m

Liv speaks with raver and researcher Chiara Baldini who talks Dionysus, pre-patriarchal goddesses, and ecstatic worship. Read more from Chiara on Academia.edu and find her Advaya courses here. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patre

Gender Has Always Been Fluid, Just Ask Dionysus

17 days ago 53m 58s

Stories of Dionysus and gender identity in Greek myth. Featuring clips from my conversations with Emma Pauly and Yentl Love and episodes on Dionysus and Ampelus. Find all episodes from past Pride Months in this Spotify playlist. Help keep LTAMB

Conversations: The Love of a Good Woman, Translating Sappho w/ Brendon Zatirka

21 days ago 1h 18m

Liv speaks with Brendon Zatirka, author and translator of an upcoming volume of Sappho's poetry... They talk translation, poetry, Sappho, and ancient queerness. Learn more about Brendan's translation of everyone's favourite poet, Sappho. Help k

When the Pythia Speaks, You Listen (Euripides’ Ion Part 4)

24 days ago 49m 31s

Finishing off the play about the crimes of gods and men. Creusa considers burning Apollo's Oracle to the ground. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it'

Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Part 6)

28 days ago 1h 22m

Liv reads the rest of Book 6 and part of 7 of the Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. The Trojans get a new hero on their side, grandson of Heracles, Eurypylus. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! This is no

For Love or Possession, Defining Ancient Parenthood (Euripides’ Ion Part 3)

Jun 4th, 2024 41m 3s

Mistaken identities, lost half divine children, and the horrors of Apollo. Euripides tears apart the patriarchy. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it'

Conversations: A Man of Many Turns, Odysseus & the Odyssey w/ Joel Christensen

May 31st, 2024 1h 37m

Liv speaks with Joel Christensen about Odysseus and the Odyssey and what we really should take from his long and storied journey. Check out Joel's amazing website full of weird nerdy things. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon

Keeping the Secrets of Apollo, Euripides’ Ion (Part 2)

May 28th, 2024 43m 27s

Mistaken identities, lost half divine children, and the horrors of Apollo. This week, Creusa and Ion continue to share stories and Xuthus takes on the role of Patriarch. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! C

Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy Part 5

May 24th, 2024 1h 22m

Liv reads Book 4 and part of 5 of the Fall of Troy, translated by AS Way. After the death of Achilles, the Greeks honour him with funeral games held by Thetis. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! This is not

Beware the Blood of a Gorgon, Euripides’ Ion (Part 1)

May 21st, 2024 37m 35s

Back with another fascinating Euripidean woman... Mistaken identities, lost half divine children, and the horrors of Apollo. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assaul

Liv Reads Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Part 4)

May 17th, 2024 1h 11m

RE-AIR: There Once Was a Battle of Frogs & Mice, the Satirical Silliness of the Batrachomyomachia

May 14th, 2024 42m 21s

Revisiting the silliest epic of them all... We all know the famed battle of Achaean and Trojans, but what about the equally epic battle between the Frogs and the Mice? CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typ

Conversations: Revisiting the Cultural Memory of the Bronze Age

May 10th, 2024 1h 42m

Revisiting three past conversations featuring mythology based in the cultural memory of the Bronze Age... The Minotaur and Autism featuring Cora Beth Fraser, Helen of Sparta and the Kalon Kakon with Alexia Burrows Charalambidou, and Homer with

(Mostly) Archaic Myths as Cultural Memory of the Bronze Age

May 7th, 2024 52m 50s

Revisiting past episodes featuring myths born of the cultural memory of the Bronze Age. Find the full Bronze Age playlist here. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I

Liv Reads Thucydides: Classical Greece's Mythical History

May 3rd, 2024 43m 4s

Liv reads a selection from Book 1, chapter 1 of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, translated by Richard Crawley. The ancient Athenian historian recounts the cultural "history" of the Bronze Age during the Classical period. Help keep

Conversations: When the Network Went Down, the Bronze Age Collapse w/ Dr Eric H Cline

Apr 30th, 2024 1h 33m

Liv is joined by Eric H Cline to look at what we know of the end of the Bronze Age, what did and did not contribute to its collapse, and so much more. Learn about the books 1177 BC and After 1177 BC, and more, here. Help keep LTAMB going by sub

Conversations: The Evidence is in the Thigh Bone, Climate and Collapse in the Bronze Age w/ Dr Flint Dibble

Apr 26th, 2024 1h 44m

Liv is joined by Flint Dibble to talk all things animal bones... How climate change and food production contributed to the end of the Late Bronze Age. Check out Flint's YouTube Channel here. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon

Not With a Bang, but a Whimper, the Collapse of the Bronze Age Mediterranean

Apr 23rd, 2024 54m 57s

A brief look at the causes behind the societal collapse of the Bronze Age Mediterranean. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically

Conversations: From Homer, With Love… The Evolution of Oral Storytelling w/ Dr Joel Christensen

Apr 19th, 2024 1h 33m

Liv is joined by Joel Christensen to talk all things oral storytelling, the tradition, theories on its origins, and how the Iliad and the Odyssey intersect with their ancient origins. Read more from Joel on Sententiae Antiquae. Help keep LTAMB

How History Becomes Mythology, Bronze Age Greece in the Wider Mediterranean

Apr 16th, 2024 46m 50s

A brief look at the wider Mediterranean during the Bronze Age and their interactions with Greece (mostly... the Evidence For Troy). Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve

Conversations: The Things They Found in Tombs, Bronze Age Mycenae w/ Dr Kim Shelton

Apr 12th, 2024 1h 27m

Liv is joined by Dr Kim Shelton to dive deeper into the real world of Bronze Age Mycenae and all we've learned from what they left behind. Learn more about Dr Shelton's work here. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus

Under the Shadow of Agamemnon, the Real Bronze Age Mycenae

Apr 9th, 2024 49m 54s

Continuing on with the Bronze Age history of Greece, a look at the famed Mycenaeans, the historical origins behind the mythic heroes of Homer. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content! CW/TW: far too many Greek my