Quick disclaimer, there's some light adult stuff this week on the show, some playful,

painless mutilation, and the briefest, non-graphic mention of suicide.

Please visit the post on mythpodcast.com or follow the link in the show notes

if any of those are of concern to you or those listening with you.

This week, on Myths and Legends, we're back in the Greek myths,

with the story of witches, transformation, and how one young man will stop at nothing in his quest

for magic, even if he really should. For the creature of the week, we'll ask the question,

how many McDonald's filet-e-fish sandwiches is too many, because the creature this week

apparently loves filet-e-fish, and also filet-ing cars.

This is Myths and Legends, episode 296, to bewitch or not to bewitch.

This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore. Some are incredibly

popular stories you might think you know, but with surprising origins. Others are stories that

might be new to you, but are definitely worth listening. Today, we're in the Greek myths,

with a standalone pair of episodes. It comes from the story Metamorphoses by Apulias,

and it's actually the source of the Cupid and Psychie story, but the surrounding narrative

is amazing, bizarre, and a truly great story in its own right. It's apparently the only Latin

novel that we have a complete version of today, and the story is truly unexpected, and really good.

It's very modern in its feel, and really holds together. Anyway, we'll jump in today not with

our protagonist, Lucius, a young man traveling to Thessaly to deliver a letter, but with the guy

he ran into on the road, Aristomani's, and the story of his epic cheese run.

So, I love cheese, right? I love it so much that I ran off to Thessaly to get some cheese. My buddy

Lupus was gonna hook me up when I got there, but get this, he sold the cheese. I used to think

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