Conversations: Modern Mythologizing, Hellenizing Apuleius, Psyche & Eros w/ Luna McNamara
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
00:00
Zephyrus: A Frisbee Tragedies
Eros is the big one because he really surprised me. Zephyrus becomes kind of this trickster comic relief, but also like a deeply romantic and tragic character. Aphrodite is very much the villain in my version and in Apuleus, but she's kind of a delicious villain. She has that sensuality but also enormous power as well. I think if you really want to be feminist and get the full scope of women's experiences it's going to encompass all of that.
Play episode from 01:15:07
Transcript
