RE-AIR: Fragments of an Ethiopian King, Memnon & the African Continent in Greek Myth
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
Liv Albert
4.6 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
The ancient Greeks knew incredible warriors when they saw them. The African continent featured often in Greek myth, Egypt as well as regions typically referred to as Libya and Ethiopia, these are the Greek myths featuring those people and places. Listen to Legendary Africa on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Legendary Africa host Theshira's suggestions for more on African mythologies and lore: Giraffe's Eggs and Other African Tales by L.M. Daini, Afro Tales Podcast, By the Fire Podcast, and No Be Juju: An African Mythology Podcast.
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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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| 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. |
| 1:01.6 | Music The Oh, hi, hello, nerds. This is Let's Talk About Myths, baby. |
| 1:04.9 | And I am your host, Live, back on my old shit. |
| 1:09.6 | Well, we're finally leaving that never actually real or lost world of Atlantis behind. |
| 1:15.6 | Can you believe it? |
| 1:16.8 | I want to thank you all for telling me how much you've enjoyed this series, too. |
| 1:19.7 | It's really meant a lot to me and has been super motivating. |
| 1:22.5 | I was worried, as I said, because it is so different, and it's really all about my bursting |
| 1:27.0 | bubbles and destroying |
| 1:28.1 | dreams of some epic story of Atlantis from the Greek world. Still, I thought it was important to |
| 1:33.2 | cover in the way that I did, and you all agreed, and I fucking love that. So thank you for being the best. |
| 1:39.4 | Still, we're not going to leave Atlantis behind forever forever because now I want to hear from you. |
| 1:45.3 | This story has been so affected, so completely altered by modern lore and understanding that it's unrecognizable from Plato's original allegory. |
| 1:54.7 | And that is the most mind-boggling part of the story. |
| 1:58.9 | But what blew your mind from my Atlantis series? What was the most |
| 2:03.4 | shocking or most affecting piece of information that you learned? And for that matter, what questions |
| 2:09.6 | were raised for you in the episodes that you would like to have answered? I want to hear from you, |
| 2:15.9 | and I'm going to make an episode out of it. |
| 2:17.9 | I want questions, comments, thoughts on Atlantis, and my Atlantis series, and you can submit |
| 2:23.3 | them at the very bottom of the page at mythsbaby.com slash Atlantis, or just click the link |
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