Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Part 7)

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

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🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Liv reads The Thebaid, by Statius, translated by JH Mozley. After the side quest with Hypsipyle in Nemea (and the sports!) it's time to return to warmongering. Mars (Ares) gets involved; Jocasta is pissed, and things get violent. 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

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. I try to provide direct warnings when there is reference to anything with overtly traumatic themes but be aware that Greek mythology regularly features assault, death, and many other potentially triggering events. This episode in particular (along with the next reading of the Thebaid) features the mourning of a young baby.

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! For a list of Roman/Latin names and who they generally refer to in the Greek, visit: mythsbaby.com/names The three names for the Fates/Moirae are Clotho, Atropos, and Lachesis; the names of the Furies/Erinyes are Tisiphone, Megaera, and Alecto.

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0:00.0	Oh, hi there. Live here, speaking from the future. If you are keen to support this podcast,
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1:02.4	The Starbucks you love is ready. Hello again from the Starbucks Coffee Company. Hello, this is Let's talk about myths, baby, and I am your host, Live.
1:49.7	And today I am back with another episode of Stacious's Fibiod.
1:55.5	But before we dive back in, just like a little note, because you know me, like I'm feeling,
2:00.4	I'm feeling the guilt for not giving too much new content or rather too much new content for me.
2:06.7	We have those incredible two chaos episodes, so I feel like I didn't do anything.
2:11.5	But that was the whole point, which is that I have incredible people helping me manage this
2:17.0	workload. But I was so excited to
2:19.1	have those two episodes. I mean, everyone really knocked out of the park. I'm so glad we've got
2:24.7	Michaela doing more. And Christy Vogler is the biggest joy. And chaos is just, I mean, as you all
2:31.2	know, the whole point, I really haven't watched it all. But what I've seen, I absolutely loved. I'm now finding it, like, I can enjoy it without feeling like it's work,
2:38.7	but it's still, because it's so beautifully done and, like, actually interacting with the mythology
2:46.5	in a way that I find interesting, now I'm like, well, I have to like pay too close attention
2:50.3	for my poor anxiety at ADHD brain. But I'm so thrilled that they created those episodes.
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