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Things Were Marginally Better for Them! The Women of Sparta (Ancient Sparta & the Spartan Mirage Part 4)

Things Were Marginally Better for Them! The Women of Sparta (Ancient Sparta & the Spartan Mirage Part 4)

FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold


Things Were Marginally Better for Them! The Women of Sparta (Ancient Sparta & the Spartan Mirage Part 4)

FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

ratings:
Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Feb 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this final episode of the Spartan series, Liv goes through the lives of Spartan women. From worshipping and dancing with Helen to having your brother in law's babies, Spartan women had interesting and unique lives. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Sources: Lyra Graeca: being the remains of all the Greek lyric poets from Eumelus to Timotheus excepting Pindar by JM Edwards; “Spartan Women” from A Companion to Sparta, Volume II by Ellen G Millender; Spartan Women by Sarah Pomeroy; Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore by Bettany Hughes;  “Land Tenure and Inheritance in Classical Sparta” from The Classical Quarterly by Stephen Hodkinson;  “The Women of Sparta” from The Classical Journal by James Redfield.
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Released:
Feb 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let's be honest) sarcastically. Greek and Roman gods did some pretty weird (and awful) things. Liv focuses on Greek and Roman mythology's (mis)treatment of women, the wild things the gods did, and the all around incredible minds of the ancient world. Gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everything in between. Regular episodes every Tuesday, conversations with authors and scholars or readings of ancient epics every Friday. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.