Mini Myth: Orpheus, Eurydice, & the Importance of Following Underworld Instructions

We travel deep into the Underworld with Orpheus and Eurydice. There's tragic death, quests to the gods of the dead, and repeated tragic deaths...


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.


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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. Gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everything in between. Regular episodes every Tuesday, conversations with authors and scholars or readings of ancient epics every Friday.