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Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

S9E4 - A Multiverse of Helens

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

National Geographic

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.716.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Oh Muses! We tell some tales you already know -- of Helen, Menelaus, Odysseus, and Agamemnon -- but with secrets revealed! We encounter Herodotus, beach wrestling, cloud women, another water entity that changes shape, and lots of confusion. --- You can listen to Greeking Out early and ad free on Wondery+! But wait, parents! The creators of THIS amazing podcast have written a New York Times bestselling tie-in book Greeking Out, featuring many tales you haven’t heard. It’s every bit as hilarious, harrowing, heartwarming, and Hellenistic as its namesake. Buy it here: https://bit.ly/greekoutbook

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0:00.0

The stories you already know,

0:04.0

Greek myths. This week's story features some stories you already know,

0:07.0

Beach Wrestling, Cloud Women,

0:09.4

another water entity that changes shape,

0:11.8

and lots of confusion.

0:13.4

Grecing out the greatest stories in history were told in Greek mythology.

0:20.4

G. Geeking out gods Gods and Heroes, Amazing Feats,

0:24.0

Listen and you'll see it.

0:26.0

Quicking out!

0:31.0

And this is a very special episode because we originally performed this script

0:36.9

live in the land of big battles, crazy communities, and marvelous monsters.

0:42.0

That's right, we did this episode live at a comic book convention.

0:47.0

Yes, and we're going to bring it back for you today.

0:49.0

We have a mixed-up multiverse tale for you that we are calling the multiverse of Hellens.

0:56.0

The thing you have to remember about ancient Greece and Greek mythology is how much these people love stories. Everything is a story. There are stories within

1:06.2

stories and stories about stories. In fact, one of the most famous stories of all time is

1:11.1

Homer's Odyssey, which is what I'm going to talk to you about today.

1:15.4

That's right.

1:16.4

I am here telling you a story about that storyteller who wrote down the story that was

1:19.6

told to him in which a famous hero tells a story about his really long ride home from Troy.

1:24.0

Oh, and a couple of times during that story within a story, we meet characters who, wait for it, tell us stories.

1:32.0

It's like the plot of a Spider-Man movie or something.

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