CXXXVII: Andromeda, Phoenician-Ethiopian Royalty & Monsters Turned to Stone (Perseus Part 3)

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

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🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

After killing Medusa, Perseus comes across the Phoenician-Ethiopian princess, Andromeda, awaiting death by sea monster. He steps in, for a price...

For the article referred to at the end of the episode: sententiaeantiquae.com/2021/08/07/just-a-girl-being-briseis

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.

Sources: Theoi.com (entries on Perseus, Danae, Hesperides, primarily content from Apollodorus); Early Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz; Ovid's Metamorphoses translated by Allen Mandelbaum.

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0:30.0	Oh, hi, hello, welcome nerds!
0:34.6	This is Let's Talk About Myths, baby!
0:37.9	And I am your host, that woman, live!
0:42.4	Well, here we are again with the story of Perseus
0:45.3	and all the things he did before and after
0:47.6	removing that poor woman's head from her body
0:49.6	just because he said something dumb to an asshole, King.
0:53.7	Of course, now that he has Madusa's head,
0:57.0	a lot of the stories involve him just shoving her
0:59.5	to capitated head in people's faces to turn them to stone.
1:02.6	But fortunately, there is a bit more to it than that.
1:05.8	And even when there isn't, there are characters aside
1:08.3	from Perseus to make things very, very interesting, like, say,
1:14.4	Andromeda, the real reason we're here today.
1:17.2	Andromeda is the princess of Ethiopia
1:20.0	who will go on to be the mother and grandmother
1:22.8	and great-grandmother and so on and so on and so on
1:26.6	of so many heroes and characters of Greek myth.
1:45.4	This is episode 137
1:49.8	Andromeda, Phoenician Ethiopian royalty
1:53.7	and monsters turned to stone.
2:08.8	Having killed Madusa and fled from her sisters,
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