S7E3 - Akhenaten The Heretic King

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

National Geographic

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.7 • 16.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Akhenaten, oh Muses, is who we discuss in today's episode. We'll talk through his religious beliefs and how it made sense to build a new city in the middle of the desert. We encounter anthropomorphic stars, megalomania, re-writing religion, the pain of moving, artsy fartsy stuff, and the Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Check out the other podcasts in Nat Geo Kids Podcast Party: Ancient Egypt! And check back for links to the episodes when they come out. Oct 19th - Flip and Mozi’s Guide to How to Be an Earthling: https://wondery.com/shows/how-to-be-an-earthling/episode/9842-camel-102022/ Oct 19th - The Ten News: https://pod.link/1514325670/episode/f04fc6122254e7ddee9e3e9838ddeb8c Oct 20th - The Big Fib: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pharaohs/id1348469682?i=1000582474720 Oct 21st - How We Explore: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/archaeologist-nora-shawki/id1625920072?i=1000583474914 Oct 25th - Mystery Recipe: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4excJii06V9DTpigtjqaIG?si=5d78a444af44420b Oct 28th - Tumble: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4JXXcdLIpRLaoHsPBM4dYE?si=26JbWBfdSsCWJ2LEOPNNeQ Oct 31st - Girl Tales: https://girltalespodcast.com/ Nov 2nd - Forever Ago: https://www.brainson.org/collection/forever-ago-podcast —- National Geographic Kids Greeking Out is a kid-friendly retelling of some of the best stories from Greek mythology. This podcast is an extension of the Zeus the Mighty series by Nat Geo Kids. Check Out bit.ly/ZeusOut to meet Zeus the Hamster and his friends—Athena the cat, Ares the pug, Demeter the grasshopper, and many more—who also listen to the Greeking Out podcast. Watch a video, read an excerpt, or check out the truth behind the stories!

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0:00.0	The stories featured in Greek out are usually original adaptations of classic Greek myths.
0:05.2	This week's story features anthropomorphic stars,
0:08.0	Megalomania, rewriting religion, the pain of moving,
0:11.8	artsy fartsy stuff, and the Pharaoh Tutankham.
0:15.0	Grinking out the greatest stories in history were told in Greek mythology.
0:31.7	Grinking out is about myths, right?
0:34.7	Are we doing the rhetorical question thing again?
0:39.2	Ha, no oracle. Just stick with me.
0:41.5	You know how we usually talk about Greek myths, and then sometimes we talk about myths from other cultures?
0:47.0	I am familiar with the podcast.
0:50.5	Right, so you know that myths are stories created by lots of people over long periods of time
0:56.6	told over and over again. They're usually about superhuman beings or gods, and people might
1:02.2	slightly change the myth to make it more exciting or more relevant to their lives the next time
1:07.6	they tell it, and so over time the myth could change a bit.
1:11.6	It's kind of a group effort and everybody pitches in, so when we tell the stories of
1:16.3	Heracles or Cersei, we're participating in the myth too.
1:20.4	But today's story is something different.
1:23.9	What happens when one person decides that a new myth is the best myth,
1:29.3	and that everybody else should have to follow what they believe or else?
1:33.8	I believe people should be kind to snakes.
1:39.3	Well, that seems reasonable, but one ancient Egyptian pharaoh made a belief system
1:44.4	all by himself and things went, well, you'll see, we've already talked about two myths
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