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

Liv Reads Ancient Spooky: Selections from Pliny, Ovid, Aeschylus, and Lucan

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.85.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Liv reads a selection of spooky content from ancient authors: Aeschylus' Agamemnon, translated by Herbert Weir Smyth; Aeschylus' Eumenides, translated by Herbert Weir Smyth; Lucan's Pharsalia; Letters of Pliny the Younger, translated by William Melmoth. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

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

I noticed Jacob is not in his crib, so I look in and say, oh, she's not there, so I'm

0:15.0

like, okay, they're not there.

0:17.8

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0:23.4

a mother accused of murder.

0:25.1

I'm thinking, you know, like, what's going on?

0:27.5

Like, this is insane, like, where are my kids?

0:31.5

But despite signs that Catherine Hoggel took her tiny children one by one into the night,

0:37.3

never to come home again, she has yet to stand trial.

0:41.2

Because soon after her children went missing, she was declared incompetent to stand trial.

0:46.2

You know, when I would ask her, her engagement was up and abided to remain incompetent.

0:50.2

And then I would say, well, who advised you should throw you know, I can't tell you that.

0:54.1

In Maryland, if the defendant is found incompetent and can't be restored to competency, their

0:58.4

felony charges are dismissed after five years.

1:01.8

So as the clock counts down, Catherine's charges on the verge of being dismissed will

1:07.0

a grieving dad ever get justice?

1:11.7

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1:17.1

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1:19.4

Something about Mary Poppins?

1:20.8

Something about Mary Poppins.

1:21.8

Exactly.

1:22.8

Oh, man.

1:23.8

This is fun.

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