A Tale of Two Cities, oh and the Capture of a Third (Herodotus' The Histories Bk 1, Part 2)

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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We return to the wonderful world of Herodotus to see what happens next in Croesus' mad dash to take on the Persian Empire? Will he succeed? Will we even really hear about it? What sort of tangents can Herodotus get onto today! Line up quick folks, tickets go fast, come on in to see the wonders that is Herodotus and his Histories.

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CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. I try to provide direct warnings when there is reference to anything with overtly traumatic themes but be aware that Greek

mythology regularly features assault, death, and many other potentially triggering events.

Sources: Herodotus' The Histories Translated by Tom Holland.

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1:25.6	It's on Prime. It's own prime. Hey, hi, hello. This is Let's Talk About Myths, baby. And I am back this week to continue our wonderful romp through Herodotus's histories.
2:13.5	Hi, it's Michaela, not live, your wonderful Hermes here to bring you all things history.
2:20.6	Thank you, everyone, for your wonderful comments from last week's episode.
2:24.5	I'm still very new to this whole recording myself for the show, so I'm pretty nervous,
2:28.8	but you're all so lovely and welcoming, so I'm very excited to bring you more history every once in a while.
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