The ancient Greeks weren't all gods and monsters. They were also the people who invented so many concepts we now take for granted. Herodotus was the world's first historian. He travelled the region writing down stories of the recent past. This episode recounts Herodotus' history, rather than myth. I'll tell you about the man himself, how he accounts for some of the most famous myths of the Greek world, and some of the badass women he wrote about.

Special thanks to the book The Landmark Herodotus as the primary source on this episode.

A general mythology warning: far too many Greek myths involve assaulting women. I'm sorry, that's just the way it is. 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.

Theme music taken from is "Xenobiological Forest" by Komiku from It's Time for Adventure and is licensed via Creative Commons and is Public Domain.
Other music used are clips from by Lee Rosevere, "Not Alone", "How I Used to See the Stars", and "What's Behind the Door" from Music for Podcasts. All are copyright of the artist and licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; music from the artist found here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/.

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby!

XXIV: They're Not So Awful After All, Ancient Greek Women in Herodotus' History

Greek and Roman mythology: we all know the basics, but have you ever really considered how crazy some of the stories are? The gods did some pretty weird (and awful) things. In Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! a myth geek tells stories of different myths in a casual, contemporary, and straight-up blunt way. This isn't your average storytelling podcast: Liv focuses on Greek and Roman mythology's (mis)treatment of women, the insane things the gods did, and the all around incredible minds of the ancient world. I mean, how did they come up with this stuff? Gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everything in between.