Liv Reads Apollonios: The Argonautika Book III (Part 3)

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Liv reads Book III, part 3 of Apollonios' Argonautika, translated by RC Seaton. Medea and Jason finally meet when Medea begins helping Jason in completing the quests for Aeetes. First up, some angry bronze bulls.

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1:26.7	Hello, this is Let's Talk About Myths, baby.
1:31.2	And I am your host, Liv, here with another episode of a reading of The Argonautica because
1:38.2	it's really fucking fun to read ancient epics to you, even if I have to read really old
1:43.7	and stuffy public domain translations because even they are really fun and wild.
1:49.8	Especially The Argonautica.
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