Horror Comes in Many Forms… the Transformations of the Daughters of Minyas, Procne & Philomela
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
Liv Albert
4.6 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
There's horror movie horror, and there's "the world is dark and awful" horror. This episode has a little of each... The Daughters of Minyas could've used to be a bit more deferential to the god Dionysus, and Procne and Philomela, well, they were just unlucky enough to meet Tereus.
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault (this one especially). 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: Ovid's Metamorphoses translated by Allen Mandelbaum, Apollodorus' the Library of Greek Mythology translated by Robin Hard, Theoi.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, hello, hello. This is,'s Talk About Myths, baby, and I am your host, Live. She who loves this shit, if you weren't already aware. |
| 0:21.0 | Now, before I dive too deep into today's episode I need to confess something. |
| 0:27.0 | Am I certain that I haven't already covered the story of Procte and Philomela? |
| 0:33.2 | No, but I searched the folder with all my scripts |
| 0:36.6 | and nothing came up, and I Googled and nothing. |
| 0:39.1 | So here's hoping. |
| 0:41.8 | If I've already done it, I could swear I haven't. |
| 0:44.4 | But still, if I've already done it, I'm sure this version will be even better, or different |
| 0:49.3 | at least. |
| 0:51.0 | A couple of quick reminders. Hey, I wrote a book. |
| 0:54.0 | Have you pre-ordered it yet? |
| 0:55.0 | It's mythology. |
| 0:56.0 | By me. |
| 0:57.0 | It's fun. |
| 0:58.0 | It doesn't sugarcoat those darn God's actions. |
| 1:00.0 | And it's got the most beautiful illustrations you will ever see. |
| 1:03.2 | They're super weird and kind of dark and I love them so much. |
| 1:07.6 | Anyway, pre-order that bitch, Myths Baby.com slash book. |
| 1:18.0 | Also, I spoke with Betny Hughes last week and it was fucking incredible. Such an amazing conversation about my all-time favorite goddess, the woman who got me obsessed in the first place, Aphrodite. |
| 1:25.7 | We talked about her history, the goddesses around the Mediterranean that were ancestors of hers in |
| 1:31.5 | their own way, and mythology as a whole. She didn't say it in |
| 1:36.1 | her beautiful British accent but it's pretty clear that Bettney loves this |
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