The ENTIRE Greek Mythology.

Welcome to the entire story of Greek mythology, told calmly from the very beginning. This is a gentle 5 hour journey through every great myth the ancient Greeks ever whispered. We're also live on Spofity now: https://open.spotify.com/episode/601Y... Chapters: 0:00 Intro: A Climb Up Olympus 2:56 Before the Gods 6:32 Uranus & Cronus 9:45 The Golden Age & the Swallowed Children 12:57 The Hidden Cave: Zeus on Crete 18:29 The War of the Titans 22:06 The Sky, The Sea & The Dead 24:38 Hera, the Reluctant Queen 29:58 Hephaestus, the Cast-Out Smith 35:15 Aphrodite, Born of the Sea 37:41 Athena 41:42 The Contest for Athens 42:48 Leto & the Floating Island of Delos 45:59 Apollo & Artemis: Sun and Moon 49:15 Hermes 54:17 Demeter, Persephone & the First Winter 1:00:54 Dionysus, the Twice-Born 1:08:29 Hestia & the Quiet Hearth 1:10:52 Prometheus & the Gift of Fire 1:17:30 Pandora & the Jar 1:23:01 The Flood & the Stones of the Earth 1:28:11 The Oracle at Delphi 1:33:56 Perseus & the Gorgon's Gaze 1:44:47 Andromeda & the Sea-Monster 1:52:54 Bellerophon, Pegasus & the Chimera 1:56:44 The Fall of Bellerophon 1:59:54 The Minotaur & the Labyrinth 2:03:38 Theseus, Ariadne & the Thread 2:08:32 The Black Sail & the Aegean Sea 2:12:21 Daedalus & the Fall of Icarus 2:18:48 The Birth of Heracles 2:24:19 The Twelve Labors Begin 2:29:48 Labors of Distant Lands 2:40:20 The Belt, the Cattle & the Golden Apples 2:47:32 Holding Up the Sky 2:50:53 Into the Country of the Dead 2:52:26 Charon, Cerberus & the Fields of the Departed 2:56:50 The Punishments of Tartarus 3:02:20 Orpheus & Eurydice 3:14:17 Echo & Narcissus 3:20:07 Tales of Transformation 3:25:08 The Apple of Discord 3:29:56 The Judgment of Paris & the Theft of Helen 3:36:32 The Becalmed Fleet at Aulis 3:39:23 The Long Siege of Troy 3:41:34 The Rage of Achilles 3:43:34 Hector of Troy 3:47:01 Patroclus & the Borrowed Armor 3:53:33 The Duel Beneath the Walls 3:57:04 Priam in the Tent 4:00:43 The Heel of Achilles 4:02:22 The Wooden Horse & the Fall of Troy 4:09:15 The Long Way Home Begins 4:11:43 The Cyclops & the Name 4:16:25 Circe & the Land of the Dead 4:20:02 The Sirens, Scylla & Charybdis 4:26:16 Calypso & the Refusal of Forever 4:29:48 The Suitors & Penelope's Loom 4:34:00 The Old Dog Argos 4:35:28 The Contest of the Bow 4:37:39 The Bed Rooted in Olive 4:40:26 Jason & the Gathering of the Argonauts 4:44:33 The Clashing Rocks 4:45:31 Medea & the Golden Fleece 4:50:24 The Betrayal of Medea 4:57:06 Oedipus & the Crossroads 4:58:08 The Riddle of the Sphinx 5:01:05 The Truth Uncovered 5:07:08 A Last Quiet Word: Good Night Resources: Hesiod (c. 700 BCE) "Theogony" - trans. M.L. West, Oxford World's Classics (Oxford University Press) Homer "The Iliad" & "The Odyssey" - trans. Robertson/Lattimore/Fagles eds. (Penguin Classics / University of Chicago Press) Hard, R. (2004) "The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology" - Routledge (based on H.J. Rose's Handbook of Greek Mythology) Burkert, W. (1985) "Greek Religion" - Harvard University Press Gantz, T. (1993) "Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources" - Johns Hopkins University Press de Boer, J.Z., Hale, J.R. & Chanton, J. (2001) "New evidence for the geological origins of the ancient Delphic oracle" - Geology, vol. 29 - and accessible write-up via Smithsonian Magazine, "The Fumes at Delphi" Ovid "Metamorphoses" - trans. A.D. Melville, Oxford World's Classics (Oxford University Press) (for the transformation tales: Narcissus, Echo, Pyramus & Thisbe, Niobe) #boringhistoryforsleep #greekmythology #boringhistory #bedtimestories Disclaimer: These stories are myths and legends, retold for relaxation and entertainment. Some details vary across ancient sources, and gentle creative phrasing is used throughout to keep the telling soothing.