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

Othering in the Odyssey; Liv & Michaela Chat Polyphemus the Cyclops

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.85.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Liv is neck-deep in the Odyssey which means today she and Michaela chat Odysseus' travels, particularly Polyphemus and the 'othering' of the Cyclops. Submit your question for the next Q&A via email or a voice note. 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.

Sources: Emily Wilson's translation of Homer's Odyssey.

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.


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0:00.0

Oh, hi there. Live here, speaking from the future. If you are keen to support this podcast,

0:05.6

if you are enjoying the episodes as you find them and you want to listen ad-free, check out

0:11.4

the Oracle edition on Patreon. It didn't exist way back when these early episodes were recorded,

0:17.5

but I'm telling you about it now. You can get all 700 and counting episodes of Let's Talk About Myths Baby,

0:24.6

ad free, along with so much more at patreon.com slash mythsbaby or via the link in the podcast description.

0:34.1

Thanks and happy listening.

1:13.1

Music description. Thanks and happy listening. We did it. Hello, this is let's talk about myths, baby.

1:16.4

And I am your host, Live.

1:22.3

And today, we're here with a very special, I'm slowly losing my mind.

1:27.1

And so we're coming up with it, creative ways to make episodes. And thus, I didn't even know how to finish that sentence.

1:30.8

I started it. Then I lost track because ADHD. I'm here with Michaela today. Hi,

1:35.4

Michael. Hello. Hi. So today we're going to do something a little bit different. I'm going to

1:42.1

vaguely explain it. This is what our plan is.

1:45.0

So today for the regular podcast, we are going to be talking about The Odyssey, some interesting

1:51.9

things that I have found while it slowly consumes my soul while I'm working on this book,

1:56.3

and which I would love to ramble about with Michaela because I can't jam it into a children's book.

2:01.6

You'll see why. And then, and to some of you, you'll hear all of this or little bits and pieces,

2:08.3

but we're really just teasing stuff. After we've had a little bit of a chat about the Odyssey,

2:11.7

which is going to go on the main podcast feed. So all of you now, you might be hearing it there.

2:15.9

But if you're a patron on our

2:18.9

Oracle Edition, Patreon, then we're going to be answering a bunch of patron questions. And all

2:25.8

of this is also going to be available on video on the Patreon. So if you're not a patron,

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