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

BTS BONUS Conversations: A Peek Behind the Ancient Scenes, the Culture of Theatre w/ CW Marshall

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.85.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

It's time for another 'Back to School' BONUS!... That is, we're re-sharing some fun and (extra) educational episodes because there's always more to learn...

This episode originally aired in January 2024. Liv speaks with returning guest CW Marshall about ancient Greek Theatre! Toph goes through the culture of it all, the festivals, the winners and losers, how and why a play gets made, and who pulls the strings... Plus, Euripides is the best, as always. 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

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

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Music Hi, hello there. This is Let's talk about myths, baby, and I am your host, Live, back with returning guest, C.W. Marshall, also known as Toff. Tof joined me from UBC, which is always such a thrill. It is just over the water from where I live. And we talked about theater. Just theater. I specifically asked Tof to come back to talk about this because I have had so many

2:36.1

incredible questions from all of you, both on my Patreon really specifically and elsewhere,

2:41.1

but just about the culture behind ancient Greek theater, the festivals, the actual, the ways

2:49.0

in which these plays were performed, who funded them? Why? What was the whole, like the actual, the ways in which these plays were performed, who funded them? Why? What was the whole, like, the actual, real people aspects of this ancient entertainment, the ancient tragedy, but theater broadly, we do talk about the comedians as well. Aristophanes. Fine. But we had,

3:09.6

this was an incredible conversation. Oh my God. I learned so much. And it did inspire me to next

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