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Music description. Thanks and happy listening. Hello, this is Let's talk about myths baby, and I am your host, Liv, here with another reading episode because I want to read the Theobai and you all want to hear it, which is a delight

and thus it's what we're doing. Now, last time, I mean, honest, I've been really enjoying reading

these, but we're getting into like some pretty wild levels of ancient warfare slash specifically mythologically ancient warfare.

This is where it's clearly trying to pull in these Iliad type vibes or maybe a pre-existing epic that is lost for us,

but either way, we're getting like all of that absolute, like, wacky horror, you know,

which is kind of nice because, like, slightly less horrifying.

And so last we left off, the Argyves, who are, of course, working on the side of Polly Mikes,

have gone to war with Thebes, which is being led by Ateocles.

These dudes are brothers.

They're the sons of Oedipus.

I'm not going to cut out that gap where my brain blipped.

Edipus and Jocasta.

And this is all happening in the aftermath of this big old curse because you're not supposed to have children with your son.

Spoilers.

And remember, Antigone and as many, they are the sisters who are peripherally involved, mostly because last time Attis, who was the, was supposed to marry, as many, died.

And so, you know, these girls are involved, even if everything is happening kind of just around

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