211-Aeneid: Troy Story

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The Aeneid, by Virgil, is one of the great world epics. Inspired by, and modeled after, the Odyssey, it's the story of Aeneas's journey from burning Troy to found the Roman empire, and all bleeding ground, sad Cyclopes, and bellybutton-wolves he encounters along the way.

The creature is the Camazotz, from Mayan mythology, and it's like Batman, only if a Batman was an actual bat and not only didn't have an aversion to killing, but was like super into decapitation all day every day.

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0:00.0	This week on Myths and Legends, it's the first part of the Ineid,
0:03.8	what happens when a neos flees Troy to go found an empire.
0:07.4	And we'll learn the meaning of your child's head spontaneously catching fire,
0:11.3	and how, if you try to dig in the ground bleeds and yells at you,
0:15.3	you're probably gardening wrong.
0:17.5	The creature is Batman, if Batman was super into decapitation.
0:22.8	This is Myths and Legends, episode 211, Troy Story.
0:37.1	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:40.4	Some are incredibly popular stories, you might think you know,
0:43.6	but with surprising origins.
0:45.1	Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth a listen.
0:48.6	This week we're back in Greek and Roman mythology for the Ineid.
0:52.9	Now, it's not technically mythology,
0:55.6	Deenia was basically created wholesale by the poet Virgil,
0:59.3	commissioned by Octavian, the first Roman emperor, and it's kind of propaganda.
1:05.4	It came out about the time of the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Empire,
1:10.1	and gives Rome a great mythic past, a search Roman virtues and superiority,
1:15.1	and is over the top trying to legitimize the Julio Claudian dynasty,
1:18.8	aka the family of the then current ruler of Rome.
1:22.4	Essentially, Virgil took some disparate facts and legends about Onius,
1:26.3	Trojan, and woven new tale.
1:28.5	But we're not in Rome yet, and we're not in Italy either.
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