Conversations: The Forgotten Polis of Ancient Greece, History & Mythology of Thebes w/ Michael Furman

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Liv is joined by Michael Furman, a professor of ancient Thebes and Boeotia and they talk all things wonderful and Theban, even touching upon pseudoarchaeological claims about the ancient city... Follow Michael on Twitter.

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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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0:30.0	Hi, hello nerds.
0:33.4	This is Let's Talk About Miss Bay.
0:35.7	B.
0:36.7	And I'm your host, that mouthy woman who likes thieves.
0:40.2	Live.
0:41.3	And today I'm here with just that.
0:43.8	Thebes.
0:44.8	So a few months ago I got into a Twitter conversation about Thebes because I fucking
0:48.6	love their mythology and I just generally find it to be fascinating and underrepresented
0:52.2	ancient city-state.
0:53.6	And this is when I started speaking with Michael Furman whose Twitter handle is just
0:57.3	prof Biosha.
0:58.8	So you know that he's the right person to talk to about Thebes, that biggest and baddest
1:05.3	ass of ancient cities in Biosha.
1:09.6	So today I'm bringing you the conversation that we had.
1:11.8	We had such an amazing time talking about Thebes, both its mythology and its history,
1:16.4	the latter of which I was sorely unaware of.
1:19.6	I can't wait to have more guests on to talk historical topics.
1:22.2	I just want to know more, like so much more.
1:24.4	In today's episode I learned a ton because Thebes is fascinating and not least because
1:28.2	of its amazing mythology.
1:30.1	That's why this episode is airing this week too because when better to talk more about
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