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RE-AIR: Calliope is Over Your Sh*t, the Women of the Trojan War with Natalie Haynes

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

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A Thousand Ships - I Love It!

The iliad is so routinely translated, its first line as sing muse of the wrath of achilles. But that imperative has always slightly got on my wick, really. And generally, it's a quite a good idea to be polite to gods and goddesses and greek myths. So i kind of thought how much fun it would be if she was just sort of, you know, not quite marking the time. If she was there in, well, this is the kind of poem that you should be writing. I've heard about all these men, and i want a story for women. You can either write that one, buddy, or you can not write one at

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