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S8E5 - You Odyssey This: The Breathless Dead

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

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Odysseus and the Underworld

Tyreseus is one of the most famous seers in Greek mythology. Long-time listeners might remember him from the episode titled, Prophets and Seers. He's dead, you're going to have to go to the underworld. The most visited off-limits place in all of Greek mythology. Odysseus thought it might be better to die trying to get home than just sailing himself and his crew right up to the underworld itself. But when he told the crew to set sail they were directed to the home of the Sumerians - a tribe who lived at the edge of the world. This was as close to the underworld as Odysseu could get without actually

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