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

Hermes Historia: AUT-- Wait, What Did He Say?! Modern Reception of Julius Caesar

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.85.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In today's Hermes Historia special episode Michaela Pangowish breaks down the phrase 'AUT CAESAR AUT NIHIL' and the way we understand Julius Caesar today. Caesars, dictators, billionaire oligarchies are bad, actually. For more Hermes Historia episodes (typically co-hosted by Liv!) sign up for LTAMB's ad-free Oracle Edition on Patreon. 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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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The Hello, this is let's talk about Mitz, baby, and I am your host, or one of them here with something very special.

0:42.5

So as you all know, I have been trying to find creative ways of providing you with new and exciting

0:49.6

episodes of the podcast while still finding the time to write this children's retelling of The Odyssey

0:55.1

that I'm doing, which is the most exciting thing to have happened to me in a long time.

1:00.0

And it just so happened that everyone's favorite Hermes, Michaela Pengawish, also had a project

1:09.9

to do for her degree. And one of those classes that she had

1:14.6

was on uses and abuses of antiquity in modern reception, something like that. And fortunately,

1:23.9

for, I mean, me and Michaela, she was able to make a podcast episode for that class.

1:29.9

And even better, I mean, she did it absolutely in the vein of, let's talk about Myths, baby,

1:35.8

because she's Michaela, because she is the second in command of this podcast, and she knows what

1:40.7

she's doing.

1:41.6

And so this episode, I am so excited for you to hear this.

1:46.2

Michaela sent this to me and she was like, uh, let me know, you know, if you think it's good

1:49.8

for the podcast, no pressure. And I listened to it and I was like, ha ha, it's perfect. It's perfect.

1:54.8

Michaela is breaking down not only some myths regarding Julius Caesar and what he did or did not do and did or did not

2:05.2

say, but myths of Julius Caesar that directly relate to modern tech oligarchy. That's right.

2:17.4

That's right. That's right.

2:18.4

And oh my God.

2:19.3

No, it's so good.

2:20.2

So you're going to learn about the history of Julius Caesar, which is utterly, I mean, wild to begin with.

2:24.4

The type of stuff that I know I cannot tell you in the excited and hilarious and interesting way that I want, but which fortunately, Michaela can and does.

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