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

RE-AIR: Euripides Has No Business Making Us Feel for Agamemnon! (Iphigenia at Aulis, Part 1)

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

Liv Albert

Comedy, History, Arts

4.65.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

NOTE! This episode originally aired in 2021. A new episode of the Agamemnon series will come out next week, this week life got in the way... So please enjoy part 1 of Euripides' take on Iphigenia's sacrifice...

The Greeks weren't able to sail for Troy but for the sacrifice of Agamemnon's eldest daughter, Iphigenia. Even for Agamemnon, this one's particularly dark and Euripides's tragedy retelling Iphigenia's fate is the best way to tell her story. Listen to Part 2, Part 3, and the (questionable) Epilogue. Pre-order Liv's Odyssey adaptation (!!!), The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. 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. Enter our podcast guest form if you'd like to be on the show as a conversation guest!

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Iphigenia at Aulis, versions translated by E. Coleridge and Cecelia Eaton Lushnig (quotes from Luschnig); Earth Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz; Theoi.com. Special thanks to Ash Strain for their help researching this episode! Follow Ash on Twitter: @ashstrain_.

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

Learn more about Liv's next group trip to GREECE, this time following along with Ariadne's escape from Theseus. Pre-order Liv's new book, The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. Get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition at patreon.com/mythsbaby.


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0:00.0

Hey, nerds, I'm just here with a quick bit of news. So if you've ever thought of splurging on a trip to a couple of Greek islands and Athens, and you want to do it with me in October of this year, check the link in this episode's description or go to mythsbaby.com slash group trip for more information. It's happening.

0:20.0

Highlights include following in Ariadne's footsteps as she flees the dreaded Theseus.

0:25.6

Mythsbaby.com slash grouptrip.

1:09.2

Music The Hi, hello, welcome. This is Let's Talk About Mets, Baby, and I am your illustrious host, Liv. Can someone call themselves illustrious? It's pretty self-aggrandizing, and yet

1:12.9

here I am. I am really excited for today's episode. I know I did some revisiting of old

1:19.7

stories over the past few weeks, and I hope everyone enjoyed them. Download numbers suggest

1:25.1

maybe you all don't love when I do that, but it's really fun for me,

1:28.7

and I think it adds so, so much more to these stories.

1:32.8

It really only applies to stories like Perseus that I told so, so early in the podcast

1:38.1

that honestly I just had no idea what I was doing or where or how to research.

1:42.8

Anyway, we're back to new, new, new stories, so not to worry.

1:48.3

Everyone, download them again, please. I kid, kind of. I'm so excited for today's episode for so

1:54.4

many reasons. First, obviously, this is a Euripides play, so that alone elicit some major

1:59.9

excitement from me.

2:01.4

Second, we get to revisit some of those dark and badass characters from the Trojan War

2:06.2

without revisiting a story I've already told, kind of.

2:10.8

And third, I mean, it's about a woman, even if she is about to be in some real trouble.

2:17.2

But before we get any deeper into the story, a quick bit of news.

2:21.5

First, I have a very exciting announcement coming in Friday's episode.

2:28.0

I can only hint about it now because we're still ironing out the details.

2:32.0

But basically, there is going to be the first ever live stream of Let's Talk About Myths, baby.

2:39.1

And it's going to be live streamed from Athens with a view of the fucking Parthenon.

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