Mermaids
The Ancients
History Hit
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The central Mediterranean is home to a bounty of creatures - fish, dolphins, and... mermaids? In today's episode Dr Amelia Brown returns to the podcast to talk marine mammals and Merpeople. From iconic characters such as Thetis, mother to one of the most famous heroes in the ancient world (anyone heard of a man called Achilles?) to the role Nereids played throughout Greek Mythology - just what can we learn from these mythical creatures and do we really want to be part of their world?
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Entrance on History Hit. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Tristan Huseyou-Host and in today's podcast where we're going back to Greek mythology |
| 0:10.8 | because we're talking about these great mythical patrons of ancient Greek mariners, the |
| 0:16.5 | ancient Greek sailors. |
| 0:18.2 | I'm talking about, shall we say ancient mermaids? |
| 0:22.2 | We're talking about the senums. |
| 0:24.2 | Now to talk all about this, we were delighted to get back on the podcast Dr. Amelia |
| 0:29.8 | Brown from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. |
| 0:33.3 | Now Amelia, she's been on the podcast once before, just over a year now since her last |
| 0:37.3 | appearance, when she talked all about Corinth, in late antiquity. |
| 0:41.3 | But Amelia got in contact a few months back to let us know about her recent research |
| 0:45.7 | about sea beasts, about mermaids and so on and we thought, yes, let's do a podcast |
| 0:50.6 | about mermaids. |
| 0:51.7 | We go from the Black Sea to Thessaly to other areas of the Central Mediterranean and cover |
| 0:57.5 | a lot of ground. |
| 0:58.5 | It was great to get Amelia back on the podcast and I really do hope you enjoy. |
| 1:02.6 | So without further ado, to talk about ancient mermaids, about the senums and their importance, |
| 1:07.6 | here's Amelia. |
| 1:10.9 | Amelia, it is great to have you back on the podcast. |
| 1:14.2 | Thank you so much Tristan, it's great to be back. |
| 1:17.1 | It has been too long since our last chat on Corinth in late antiquity, but now we're |
| 1:22.6 | talking about something completely different. |
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