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

Liv Reads Lucian: The True History, Part 2

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.85.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Liv reads Lucian's True History, translated by Francis Hickes. In a satirical novel of epic proportions, Lucian and his companions get eaten by a whale, fight a war inside, before they eventually land on the island of the blessed...

This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style. For regular episodes look for any that don't have "Liv Reads..." in the title!

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0:00.0

I've been dancing at my funeral!

0:07.0

See, Jung-Blug! Live on his biggest tour to date, as he arrives at

0:19.0

the UK in February 2023 in support of his self-titled album, Out Now!

0:34.0

When it's time to get grandad, something other than socks this year. When noise-cancelling

0:46.5

headphones might be a good idea. When their games controller is looking a bit well-loved,

0:52.5

for gifts for all your crises. Say hello to very pay. Choose Payno, pay later or pay

0:58.7

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1:28.7

Oh, hi, hello, this is Let's Talk About Miss Baby! And I am once again. As always, literally

1:45.4

just such a predictable announcement every time I am your host, live. And, wow, oh,

1:53.6

I hear again reading to you from Luciens True History. IE1 of the most ridiculous and hilarious

2:04.1

pieces of ancient writing I have ever, ever come across. Honestly, it's a piece of art.

2:13.2

So another huge thank you to Ryan Denson for suggesting this to me. Truly what a gift.

2:20.7

Now make sure that if you are listening to this, you have listened to last week's episode

2:25.0

because it starts this thing off, but also I give some background exactly on exactly who

2:30.3

Lucien is and what he's doing with this piece of art. And once again, I am here with a

2:38.1

very, very pre-recorded episode. You know, just in case anything else horrific has happened

2:44.3

in the world since I recorded this at the beginning of Rush's invasion of Ukraine. Who

2:49.6

knows what the world will look like in just a few months? Sorry if I missed out, but I digress

2:55.2

into darkness and today is for the light and happy, ridiculousness that is Luciens True History.

3:07.6

Where we last left our travelers, presumably but maybe not clear, a Lucian himself, they

3:14.0

had visited an island that had rivers of wine and weird tree women before they went on

3:20.6

to fly through the air and up to the moon. There, on the moon, they helped the king of

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