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XXVI: The Iliad, Part 1: Achilles & Agamemnon, the Real Housewives of the Trojan War

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

English - March 06, 2018 15:28 - 29 minutes - ★★★★★ - 2.5K ratings
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Part one of the Iliad/Trojan War series. Achilles and Agamemnon have a dramatic spat over a prize (read: a woman). The gods are called in to settle things, and everyone gets a little dramatic. 
A general mythology warning: far too many Greek myths involve assaulting women. I'm sorry, that's just the way it is. 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: The Iliad, translated by Stephen Mitchell. Also I rave about The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Mitchell.
Theme music taken from is "Xenobiological Forest" by Komiku from It's Time for Adventure and is licensed via Creative Commons and is Public Domain. Other music used are clips from by Lee Rosevere, "Not Alone", "How I Used to See the Stars", and "What's Behind the Door" from Music for Podcasts. All are copyright of the artist and licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; music from the artist found here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/.
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Part one of the Iliad/Trojan War series. Achilles and Agamemnon have a dramatic spat over a prize (read: a woman). The gods are called in to settle things, and everyone gets a little dramatic. 

A general mythology warning: far too many Greek myths involve assaulting women. I'm sorry, that's just the way it is. 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: The Iliad, translated by Stephen Mitchell. Also I rave about The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Mitchell.

Theme music taken from is "Xenobiological Forest" by Komiku from It's Time for Adventure and is licensed via Creative Commons and is Public Domain. Other music used are clips from by Lee Rosevere, "Not Alone", "How I Used to See the Stars", and "What's Behind the Door" from Music for Podcasts. All are copyright of the artist and licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; music from the artist found here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/.

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