Death is Bad, the Anger of Clytemnestra & the Strength of Iphigenia (Iphigenia at Aulis Part 3)
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
Liv Albert
4.6 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
The Greeks weren't able to sail for Troy but for the sacrifice of Agamemnon's eldest daughter, Iphigenia. Part three of Euripides's tragedy retelling Iphigenia's fate.
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: Iphigenia at Aulis, versions translated by Coleridge and Cecelia Eaton Lushnig; Earth Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz; Theoi.com. Special thanks to Ash Strain for their help researching this episode! Follow Ash on Twitter: @ashstrain_.
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| 0:30.0 | Hello, this is Let's Talk About Myths Baby, and I am Liv, the woman who cannot be brief |
| 0:38.2 | anymore, no matter how hard she tries. |
| 0:41.3 | Well, yeah, we're back in Euripides as if it could be eyed Alice, because as much |
| 0:46.4 | as I imagined it could be only two episodes, obviously I was wrong, very wrong. |
| 0:51.1 | I mean, it's Euripides, his characters are so interesting, so complex, it's such a fascinating |
| 0:56.3 | look at these characters that we know so well, and kind of turning them on their heads |
| 1:00.9 | and playing with their personalities. |
| 1:03.6 | I love it, clearly. |
| 1:05.6 | But before we get back into these final tragic moments of Euripides's life, and the |
| 1:10.2 | world's most obnoxious version of Achilles, just another reminder about the live stream |
| 1:14.8 | show that I am doing from Athens with Ancient History Fangirl. |
| 1:18.9 | On September 12th at 12 p.m. Eastern, I will be live streaming a moment via Moment |
| 1:23.0 | House in Athens with Ancient History Fangirl. |
| 1:26.3 | That's really pretty fucking exciting. |
| 1:30.0 | Jen and Jenny of Ancient History Fangirl and I will be meeting up in Athens and putting |
| 1:34.6 | on a live stream of our favorite Patreon series, Drunk Myths. |
| 1:39.0 | Granted, we're not getting too drunk because this shit is live, but we will have some |
| 1:42.9 | Greek wine in hand to tell the myth of Athens' mythological founding and those early snake |
| 1:49.4 | people. |
| 1:50.4 | There's a lot of good shit in this myth, and you can listen to us ramble on about it |
| 1:54.4 | with a view of the Parthenon in the distance. |
| 1:57.1 | That's right, a view of the Parthenon. |
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