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Finally We’re Talking About Zagreus, Are You Happy? The Orphic Thrice Born Dionysus
FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
Finally We’re Talking About Zagreus, Are You Happy? The Orphic Thrice Born Dionysus
FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Sep 6, 2022
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Podcast episode
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Zagreus, Zagreus, Zagreus. What a mess of a story. It's gross, it's weird, it's both an afterthought and supremely important. Welcome to the story of thrice born Dionysus, better known as Zagreus.CW/TW: **this episode includes particularly egregious assault and incest, even for Greek myth** 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: Early Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz; Nonnus' Dionysiaca, translated by William Henry Denham Rouse. Further reading: Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods by Dwayne A. Meisner; The “Orphic” Gold Tablets and Greek Religion, Radcliffe G. Edmonds III; The Orphic Hymns, translated by Apostolos N. Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow. See last week's episode for even more Orphic sources.Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Sep 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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