Ancient History 101 by Alexandra Sills, a Memory Collective Podcast
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
Liv Albert
4.6 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
This is an episode of the brand new ancient history podcast, Ancient History 101, by Alexandra Sills! Featuring Owen Rees who introduces the ancient Greek historian, Xenophon. Subscribe to Ancient History 101 wherever you get your podcasts or learn more. Pre-order Liv's Odyssey adaptation (!!!), The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. Submit your question for the next Q&A via email or a voice note. Get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition at patreon.com/mythsbaby. Enter our podcast guest form if you'd like to be on the show as a conversation guest!
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.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.
Learn more about Liv's next group trip to GREECE, this time following along with Ariadne's escape from Theseus. Pre-order Liv's new book, The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. Get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition at patreon.com/mythsbaby.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, hi there. Live here, speaking from the future. If you are keen to support this podcast, |
| 0:05.6 | if you are enjoying the episodes as you find them and you want to listen ad-free, check out |
| 0:11.4 | the Oracle edition on Patreon. It didn't exist way back when these early episodes were recorded, |
| 0:17.5 | but I'm telling you about it now. You can get all 700 and counting episodes of Let's Talk About Myths Baby, |
| 0:24.6 | ad free, along with so much more at patreon.com slash mythsbaby or via the link in the podcast description. |
| 0:34.1 | Thanks and happy listening. |
| 1:13.3 | Music description. Thanks and happy listening. Hello, this is let's talk about Miss Baby, and I am your host, Liv. |
| 1:17.9 | Except, I'm not actually your host today, and technically this isn't Let's Talk About Myths Baby, |
| 1:25.3 | and that is because today, I am bringing you an episode of the brand new podcast, Ancient History 101. It is hosted by Alexandra Sills, who you will all know as my favorite |
| 1:30.2 | gladiatrics, aka the woman who comes on and tells me all the things about gladiators, and also |
| 1:35.8 | the same delightful one who shared everything about the Olympics. Oh, it's gross and weird. |
| 1:41.8 | And now Alexandra is here with a new podcast, having conversations with experts and academics regarding the ancient world, coming at it from a beginner's point of view and an attempt to kind of be able to cover almost the basics of an entire topic in one episode. We're really excited |
| 2:02.8 | for this. Alexander's been working on it for like a couple of years, honestly. It's been sort of |
| 2:07.4 | in the works and then pause and all of these different things. But it's finally here. And today's |
| 2:12.4 | episode is the second episode of their catalog. You can scroll on over to Ancient History Fan. |
| 2:18.1 | I almost said Fangirl. |
| 2:19.3 | It's not Ancient History 101 to listen to the other. |
| 2:23.9 | First episode, there are two available now, I believe, or will be within a day or two, |
| 2:28.3 | in honor of the Iads of March, naturally. |
| 2:31.2 | And so sit back. |
| 2:32.3 | This episode we're going to share today is with none |
| 2:35.0 | others and Owen Reese, who is another fan favorite of this podcast, so you're going to love it. |
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