Why Do So Many Important Gods Have so Few Stories... And So Much More (Q&A Pt 3)

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Liv answers even more listener questions because they're just so good! Submit your question for the next Q&A via email or a voice note. Get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition at patreon.com/mythsbaby

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	Oh, hi there. Live here, speaking from the future. If you are keen to support this podcast,
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0:34.1	Thanks and happy listening.
1:29.2	Music description. Thanks and happy listening. Hello, this is let's talk about Myths, baby. And as always, I am your host, Liv. And today, because last week was so much fun and we had so many incredible questions coming in from all of you listeners, I'm doing another Q&A episode. I have a bunch that I wasn't able to get to, along with some others that have come in since I asked for more. And so here we are. That and it's 345 and I have to have
1:36.2	an episode come out tomorrow and I've been working on The Odyssey since 8 a.m. this morning,
1:40.7	which is basically what I'm doing every day. So here we are with you guys giving me
1:45.1	ready-made content. Thank you.
2:06.1	Why do such important gods have so few stories?
2:11.0	And why are the men always crying to their mothers?
2:13.9	Another anniversary Q&A.
2:30.6	All right, today we are starting off with something fun.
2:34.0	This is from Todd, who starts off with much love from the UK. Thanks, Todd.
2:36.0	Uh, sending it right up back from Canada. Why do you think some gods, Zeus, Athena, etc.,
2:41.5	are the focus of so many stories, while other gods, Hades, Hestia, etc., are mainly only featured
2:47.7	in other stories and rarely have any myths centered around them.
2:51.3	Do you think it was the ancient Greeks projecting themselves into these stories?
2:55.0	Athena was a strong woman who was respected by most men,
2:58.0	so maybe a lot of women project themselves onto Athena
3:00.4	so they could feel the respect they never got from Greek men.
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