S9E6 - Nobody Likes Ares (All About Ares)

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

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Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

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🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Oh Muses! Help us speak of the god of war, Ares, son of Zeus and Hera and all his bad decisions. We encounter Aphrodite getting caught being unfaithful, unruly giants, sibling fights, vaguely worded prophecies, and forgotten family members. --- 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 featured in Grecing Out are original adaptations of classic Greek myths.
0:04.6	This week's story features Aphrodite getting caught being unfaithful, unruly giants,
0:09.4	sibling fights, vaguely worded propheciescies and forgotten family members.
0:14.0	Grecing out the greatest stories in history
0:18.0	we're told in Greek mythology.
0:21.0	Grecing out gods and heroes amazing feats. Listen and you'll see it's
0:26.2	cricking out.
0:29.2	Throughout the centuries there have been many great questions in Greek mythology, but for us today
0:37.0	one of the big ones is, how exactly did the God of War wind up in a jar for over a year.
0:44.0	Yeah, it seems wild, but it's true.
0:47.0	Aries, the God of War, was actually captured and held prisoner in a jar for 13 months.
0:55.0	And to make matters worse, this was all done at the hands of two children.
1:00.0	You are getting ahead of yourself.
1:02.0	You know what? You're absolutely right, Oracle.
1:04.0	We have a long way to go until we get there.
1:06.2	You may have noticed that we skipped talking about Ares in our first episode this
1:10.1	season, and that's because we had a whole episode planned about him.
1:14.6	That's where you are now.
1:15.9	Now, Ares is not a favorite god.
1:18.3	He kind of represents the worst parts of war.
1:21.4	He doesn't always do the right thing and and I kind of forgot where I was going with this.
1:26.1	He is an olympian. Right exactly he's part of the family so let's start with Ares himself.
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