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Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

A Full Cast Reading of Emperor Julian’s Symposium of the Caesars

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

Liv Albert

Comedy, History, Arts

4.65.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

THE SYMPOSIUM OF THE CAESARS. Written by the Roman emperor Julian.

Translated from the ancient Greek and directed by Jeremy Swist. Recorded by Jeremy Swist and fellow cast members. Recordings engineered by Christopher Swist at Evenfall Studio in Spofford, New Hampshire, USA. Produced in loving memory of Lawrence P. Swist. Find further details on the production here.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE in order of appearance:

Jeremy Swist as EMPEROR JULIAN

Liv Albert as the EMPEROR’S COMPANION

Christopher Polt as SILENUS

Toph Marshall as APOLLO and HELIOS

Emma Pauly as DIONYSUS

Marios Koutsoukos as ZEUS

Aneirin Pendragon as HERMES

Fiona Radford as LADY JUSTICE

Katherine Lu Hsu as HERACLES

Peta Greenfield as ROMULUS-QUIRINUS

Jay Bregman as CRONUS

Princess O’Nika Auguste as POSEIDON

Lea Niccolai as JULIUS CAESAR

Meg Finlayson as ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Draken Garfinkel as OCTAVIAN AUGUSTUS

Alberto Quiroga-Puertas as TRAJAN

Mark Masterson as MARCUS AURELIUS

Charlotte Naylor Davis as CONSTANTINE

Daniel Munn as JESUS


SETTING

The imperial palace of Antioch, on a mid-December evening in the year 362 of the Common Era, the 1,115th year from the founding of Rome. 

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