Liv Reads the (Remaining) Homeric Hymns

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Liv reads the remaining, shorter Homeric Hymns to gods and heroes, translated by HG Evelyn-White. Sing of Aphrodite and Dionysus, Pan and Hermes, Hestia, Athena, Artemis, even the mother of all gods.

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!

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0:13.9	Harry Potter and the Sacred Text is a weekly podcast co-hosted by Vanessa Zoltan and Matt
0:18.6	Potts, who met during their time together at Harvard Divinity School.
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0:31.8	by it.
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0:34.3	On this podcast, Matt and Vanessa ask, what if we read the books we love as if they
0:38.5	were sacred texts?
0:39.8	Each week, Matt and Vanessa relive the magic by exploring a chapter of the Harry Potter
0:44.1	series through themes like commitment, revenge, forgiveness, and more, utilizing traditional
0:49.2	forms of sacred reading to one our hidden lessons within even the most mundane sentences.
0:54.4	Many scholars of religion believe that what makes a text sacred is not the text itself,
0:58.8	but rather the community of readers around it.
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