Liv Reads Hesiod: The Theogony (Part 2)

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2021

⏱️ 44 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!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 nerds, this is Let's Talk About Myths, Baby, and I am your host, Liv, who has so much fun with these reading episodes.
0:42.7	Oh my god, who knew the Theogony would be so much fun.
0:46.7	I really, really enjoy having a good time with my vocal acting chops, I should say.
0:53.9	It's really fun to read these out loud and just really feel it in the words.
1:00.0	And honestly, I just have so much fun.
1:01.5	I read these on a complete whim.
1:03.5	I don't do any preparation and somehow it seems to go very well and how lucky,
1:08.4	because ADHD prevents me from preparing much of anything at all.
1:12.9	Alright, I'm back with Part 2 of Heciids Theogony.
1:17.8	It's just, oh my gosh, it's so much fun.
1:19.8	So if you had questions from the last episode, Part 1, or questions from anything else in the podcast,
1:27.9	maybe you'll have more after this episode.
1:30.0	I'm going to present you with more weird discrepancies, because that is what Greek mythology is.
1:35.2	So if you have questions about mythology, about, I don't know, classics.
1:39.2	People ask me a lot of stuff about having a degree in classics and stuff, and I just can't,
1:43.9	I can't answer individual questions, you know, one-on-one, because I just,
1:47.6	I don't have the time, so I need to be answering questions that you all can use in episodes like this.
1:52.0	It's really perfect for everyone.
1:53.8	So this is your time to ask me questions and have me answer them on the podcast.
1:58.4	So please go to mythsbaby.com slash questions to get your questions in.
2:03.2	I will answer all that I can get to on this Q&A episode.
2:06.7	I'm really looking forward to it.
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