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Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

S8E4 - You Odyssey This: The Floating City and the Cannibals

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

National Geographic

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.716.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Oh Muses! The winds are not kind to Odysseus and his crew in this continuation of our Odyssey retelling. In his adventuring we encounter secret windbags, exotic metal, ill-timed naps, a blinded Cyclops, cannibals, and Poseidon’s long-held grudge. Seriously, lots of cannibalism. --- Check out the Greeking Out book! Buy it here: https://bit.ly/greekoutbook —- 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 original adaptations of classic Greek myths.

0:04.6

This week's story features secret windbags, exotic metal, ill-timed naps,

0:09.6

a blinded cyclops, cannibals, and Poseidon's long-held grudge.

0:14.4

Greek out the greatest stories in history

0:18.0

were told in Greek mythology.

0:20.8

Greek out, gods and heroes amazing feats.

0:24.4

Listen then you'll see it's freaking out.

0:30.8

Welcome back to this week's episode of Greek out.

0:34.5

Now if this is your first time tuning in,

0:36.4

you're going to want to go back and start over at the first episode of this season.

0:41.1

You see we're doing a series on the Odyssey,

0:43.2

the famous journey of the Greek hero Odysseus.

0:45.6

So you're going to want to listen to the last three episodes before starting this one.

0:49.8

Just trust me on this it'll make a lot more sense if you do it that way.

0:52.9

Listening to the episodes in order is the most logical and practical way

0:58.5

to listen to this podcast series.

1:01.2

Maybe so, but if you've decided to listen out of order,

1:04.4

you should know that you're not alone because you know who else wasn't a fan of episodes in order.

1:09.4

Homer.

1:10.6

Homer is the name we use for the composer of the Odyssey and the Iliad,

1:17.6

two of the most famous works of Greek literature.

1:21.2

Yes, and Homer was a big fan of what we like to call the story within a story.

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