Conversations: A Journey Aboard the Argo, the Many Myths of the Argonautika w/ Helen Lovatt
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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The Origins of Apollodorus
There's a reasonable chance that there's quite an early version in which Atalanta was one of the Argonauts and also there's quite a strong set of connections between the Caledonian ball hunt and the Argonaut sort of crew. So, so, so, I went Apollonia says, we cannot have any woman on this ship. It would make a mess. That's another one of those things where he's saying, in other versions, say trade out Atalanta, but I am not going to because I am super misogynist. But all that he sort of is in sort of isn't.
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