Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey Book XXI
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
Liv Albert
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๐๏ธ 5 February 2021
โฑ๏ธ 27 minutes
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Summary
Liv reads Book XXI of Homer's Odyssey, translated into prose by Samuel Butler. Hmm, hmm, hmm... Who can string that bow?
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| 0:00.0 | ๆๆๅฝ |
| 0:11.3 | ็ๅท |
| 0:14.6 | ใ ้ฎใ |
| 0:31.6 | Hello this is let's talk about myths baby |
| 0:35.6 | And I am your host Liv |
| 0:38.6 | Here with more of the Odyssey |
| 0:40.6 | My absolute favorite thing to do |
| 0:43.6 | Of course, we're at book 21 now |
| 0:46.6 | Out of 24, we're getting so close to the end |
| 0:49.6 | I will be looking at what I'm going to read next |
| 0:54.6 | In these Friday episodes |
| 0:57.6 | So stay tuned for an announcement |
| 0:59.6 | So for now, all I will say is |
| 1:02.6 | March is Women's History Month |
| 1:31.6 | This is Homer's Odyssey |
| 1:34.6 | Translated by Samuel Butler book 21 |
| 1:39.6 | Menerva now put it in Penelope's mind |
| 1:42.6 | To make the suitors try their scale with a bow |
| 1:45.6 | And with the iron axes |
| 1:47.6 | In contest among themselves |
| 1:49.6 | As a means of bringing about their destruction |
| 1:52.6 | She went upstairs and got the storeroom key |
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