Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Part 9)

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Liv reads Book 9 of Statius' Thebaid, translated by JH Mozley. The battle between the Argives and Thebans, aka between the brother Polyneices and Eteocles, continues... and it's pretty dramatic. 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.

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1:10.2	Always seek medical advice from your GP or pelvic health specialist. 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 Subbiate.
1:53.8	And you all want to hear it, which is a delight. And thus, it's what we're doing.
1:58.4	Now, last time, I mean, honest, I've been really enjoying reading
2:01.6	these, but we're getting into like some pretty wild levels of ancient warfare slash
2:08.5	specifically mythologically ancient warfare. This is where it's clearly trying to pull in these
2:16.3	Iliad type vibes or maybe a pre-existing epic that is lost for us,
2:21.2	but either way we're getting like all of that absolute, like, wacky horror, you know, which is
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