Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Part 2)

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Liv reads Statius' Thebaid, book 2, translated by JH Mozley. The ghost of Laius travels from the Underworld; Polynices and Tydeus return to Thebes and threaten the king Eteocles. Submit to the quarterly Q&A at mythsbaby.com/questions and get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition at patreon.com/mythsbaby

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1:13.5	Here to regale you with yet another reading episode.
1:17.8	I say yet another.
1:19.0	It's actually been a while since I've been doing these regularly, and I'm excited to really get back in.
1:23.3	I love a reading episode.
1:25.1	I absolutely just, I really, I love reading this stuff aloud. I love getting to
1:30.5	discover these epics with you guys. Like, this is one that I haven't read on my own. Um, but it's so
1:37.7	fun so far. And we're only getting into book two. So we are returning today to Staceous's
1:42.7	Thibaiyid.ous's Thebayid.
1:51.2	Now the Thebayid, as I mentioned last time, was written during the Roman period by this Roman guy named Staceous. It was written in Latin, but it was written about historically Greek myths and stories generally.
1:59.4	So it's a very Greek story told by a Latin guy.
2:05.0	Now, this epic, while it tells the story of these two brothers who are about to have an incredibly epic battle, it also just involves so much else, so much mythological depth, but also just so much more than we
2:23.1	typically get with myths, and that's why I'm so excited to read it. So last week, we were reminded
2:28.6	of the story of Oedipus and how his sons were sort of left with the mess behind.
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