177A-Trojan War: Rage

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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“Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.” We're here. The culmination of a dozen episodes and twice as many stories has led to this. Achilles. Helen. Agamemnon. Menelaus. Hector. Odysseus. There's a reason these names are still with us after thousands of years. This is the story of the Trojan War. The creature is pretty much the opposite of an epic, brutal war. It's the not-epic, not-intimidating little Tofu boy! The episode post with the listening list: https://www.mythpodcast.com/14142/177a-trojan-war-rage/ The membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership -- Sponsors: Squarespace: Head to Squarespace.com/MYTHS for a free trial.- And when you’re ready to launch, use the offer code MYTHS to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Check out Best Fiends, the 5-star rated mobile puzzle game, on the Apple App Store or Google Play! Looking for another side of Vegas? Visit Aria.com for more. -- Music: “Darkened Treeline” by Blue Dot Sessions “Throughput” by Blue Dot Sessions “Roadside Bunkhouse” by Blue Dot Sessions “Illa Villardo” by Blue Dot Sessions “Only Lara” by Blue Dot Sessions “Pedalrider” by Blue Dot Sessions “Late Night Reading” by Blue Dot Sessions

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0:00.0	This week on Myths and Legends, we are actually starting the Trojan War.
0:05.0	You'll see the world's first helicopter parent, and how that got thousands of guys killed,
0:10.0	and learn that it might be a bad idea to mobilize thousands of troops based on a dream,
0:15.0	especially if that dream came from Zeus.
0:18.0	The creature this week is Little Tofu Boy.
0:20.0	He's Little Boy, with Dofu, and Claws.
0:30.0	This is Myths and Legends, episode 177A.
0:34.0	Rage.
0:39.0	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:42.0	Some are incredibly popular stories you'd think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:47.0	Other stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth a listen.
0:51.0	We're here.
0:52.0	We've arrived, finally, at the Trojan War.
0:56.0	It has been a long boat ride to get here, so we'll do a short recap on who everyone is in their backstory.
1:02.0	On the post-linked in the show notes, I have a list of episodes on about two pretty thoroughly spoil,
1:07.0	so if you want to listen to the history of the Trojan War and its entirety, you can.
1:10.0	Oh, and if you don't want the recap, the real story starts at about six minutes in.
1:15.0	Briefly, the Greeks are led by Agamemnon and his brother, Menelaus.
1:20.0	They were two sons in this very cursed family.
1:24.0	They did pretty well for themselves, though, after being raised in exile in Sparta.
1:28.0	Agamemnon took control of his ancestral kingdom of mycenae, and Menelaus went the hand of the beautiful Helen of Sparta.
1:35.0	It wasn't exactly that easy, though, because everyone wanted to marry Helen of Sparta.
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