Women in Greek myths

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🗓️ 25 November 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Natalie Haynes discusses the varied portrayals of women in Greek mythology, uncovering the multi-layered figures who emerge from different retellings Writer and classicist Natalie Haynes discusses her latest book Pandora’s Jar, which revisits the varied portrayals of women in Greek mythology, finding that the figures who emerge from different retellings and translations are less familiar than we might think. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:16.8	Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine. Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine, Britain's best-selling history magazine.
1:34.6	I'm Ellie Gawthorthorne. In the most familiar versions of Greek myths, the women who feature are often monstrous, vengeful, or just plain evil.
1:41.6	But in today's episode, you'll be hearing an alternative version of events, from the writer and classicist Natalie Haynes.
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