Liv Reads Hesiod: The Theogony (Part 1)

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Liv reads Hesiod's Theogony! The Theogony is the oldest surviving source for the beginning of the ancient Greek world. Liv has referenced it, a lot, but now she's reading it for you! Translated by Hugh Evelyn White.This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's simply a bonus reading of Homer. For regular episodes look for any that don't have "Liv Reads..." in the title!For a list of Roman/Latin names and who they were in the Greek, visit: mythsbaby.com/names Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.

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0:30.0	Hello this is let's talk about myths baby
0:37.0	and i am here with a fun reading episode to pass the time over the holidays
0:42.2	so that i can enjoy the holidays and you can listen to episodes and i get to read
0:47.6	the theogony out loud
0:50.3	a thing that yes okay i have done readings of lots of bits and pieces
0:55.8	but always short bits and pieces never the whole thing at once
1:01.5	so the theogony is of course you know that thing i refer to all the damn time
1:06.8	it is attributed to a man by the name of heciad
1:10.8	but who on earth knows it's all part of the same
1:13.6	oral tradition that spread around and changed and adapted and then finally was
1:18.3	written down into what we have today
1:20.9	in this case the theogony is the oldest surviving source we have for
1:25.6	how they understood the mythology to have come into existence or rather how
1:30.8	they understood their world to have come into existence
1:33.8	when it comes to the gods and the goddesses and the titans and gaya and
1:38.4	you know the beginning of things the origin of everything
1:42.1	and thus it felt like the perfect episode or reading to do
1:47.3	in order to close out 2021 before we somehow already
1:52.7	enter 2022
1:55.4	i've said it before i'll say it again does anyone else feel like 2019 like
2:00.2	just ended what happened i miss it
2:03.9	anyway this one is just a particularly fun one for me to read for you to listen to
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