Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses Book XIV

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Liv reads the penultimate book of Ovid's Metamorphses, translated by Brookes More. We here about Circe, Aeneas, and far too much about Rome. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Oh, hi, hello and welcome to the show where one woman obsesses over ancient sources to the point of madness.
0:39.8	This is Let's Talk About Myths, Baby, and I am that woman.
0:43.9	Live here to read the second to last book of Ovid's Metamorphoses, the penultimate, if you will.
0:51.8	Gods, we are really nearing the end here, and I don't quite know what to do with myself,
0:55.8	honestly.
0:56.3	Like, what should we read next?
0:58.1	As I get closer to the reading of the last book, I'm going to be picking out some possible
1:02.4	options for the next reading series and presenting them to you all to hear what you think.
1:08.6	But not quite yet, because we still have two more episodes of
1:12.2	Abbot's metamorphoses, and frankly, recovering from COVID threw off every plan that I thought
1:16.5	I had. For now, we're moving on to the transformation of Skilla, which those of you who've read
1:22.7	Madeline Miller's Circe will recognize, and then it's on to some travels of Ulysses. Oedius, I mean, though I will
1:30.6	be saying Ulysses, because Ovid's Roman, whatever, and Aeneas. Then next week, oh, we are getting
1:37.0	deeper into the foundations of not only Rome, but like the actual Roman Empire, because while it
1:41.9	can be hotly debated what Ovid's own thoughts and feelings were
1:45.6	when it comes to the newly installed Empire of Rome, he still wrote this for a certain Augustus
1:51.9	to cement that Augustine hegemony. Did I pronounce that right? I'm not going to do it again,
1:58.3	but until then, we have got just a few more
2:00.9	transformations with Greek origins. But before we dive in, just another two quick and exciting
2:08.7	announcements. One, my Q&A is open for the holidays. I will be answering your questions in the
2:13.9	episode airing January 9th. So please submit them anytime until December 27th on my website,
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