Liv Reads Lucian: The True History, Part 1

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Liv reads Lucian's True History, translated by Francis Hickes. In a satirical novel of epic proportions, Lucian invents a world featuring rivers of wine and trips (and resulting wars!) to the moon and the sun.

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1:55.5	Don't miss young blood. Live!
2:26.1	Oh nerds nerds nerds. Hello this is Let's Talk About Myths Baby and I am that woman
2:35.8	that host of yours. She who loves this shit live. Now you may be thinking wait a minute it's
2:43.4	Tuesday. Why am I listening to a reading episode? Well I promise I've got a good answer for you.
2:49.3	While you listen to this reading episode which by the way is so worth it for a Tuesday because this
2:55.2	shit is wild I will be visiting the Greek island of Samothraise. This is to say this is a dream of
3:03.4	mine is like a complete understatement it doesn't even begin to describe how I feel about being able to
3:09.5	visit Samothraise. Which leads me to very quickly this was recorded far far in what is now the past.
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