Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses, Book III (Part 1)

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

Liv Albert

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🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Liv reads Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book III, translated by Brookes More. The founding of the Theban dynasty... Things don't go particularly well.

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0:00.0	The History
0:12.0	History is full of the extraordinary.
0:15.0	Civilizations like the Mongols and the Aztecs, remarkable peoples like the Vikings and the ancient Egyptians,
0:22.0	fascinating figures steeped in mystery like the Spartans and Cleopatra.
0:27.0	Then there are events that changed everything, the Great Fire of London, the Mount Vesuvius eruption.
0:33.0	The sky became dark like nights, the cloud had covered the sun.
0:38.0	Can you imagine the sense of panic that these people are feeling?
0:42.0	This was a hellscape.
0:44.0	Chances are you've heard of these things, but ever wish you knew more.
0:48.0	My name is John Hopkins and I'm the host of Short History of, created by award-winning podcasters, Noiser.
0:55.0	Each week we'll transport you back in time giving you a front row seat as history's most incredible moments play out right before you.
1:05.0	For your weekly dose of history, find Short History of wherever you get your podcasts or listen at Noiser.com.
1:36.0	Oh, hi, hello there. This is Let's Talk About Myths, baby.
1:43.0	And I am that host of yours, the one who brings up the dreaded feminist boogie man, the patriarchy.
1:50.0	I'm live, and I am here not with more feminist nonsense.
1:55.0	She said in very sarcastic tone, but instead a simple reading of all its metamorphoses.
2:01.0	That's right, today is another day for me reading something to you in between conversation episodes, so that I have a moment to get my head on straight.
2:08.0	Not to mention record and edit loads more of them because that is what I do.
2:12.0	Basically all of the time and so here we are.
2:16.0	Today we're diving into book three of the metamorphoses, which means we're about to hear about my favorite characters of all time, cadmice and harmonia, among other people.
2:27.0	Obviously I'm highlighting cadmice and harmonia. And well, their marriage leads to absolutely endless myths of all your favorite characters, so just know this one is going to be thrilling.
2:38.0	Now as always, these are very old translations in order for me to be able to read them without copyright issues, but I do my best to translate supremely dated phrasing in the moment to make it a little bit easier to understand.
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