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

Augustus Demands Respect, Rome’s Foundation Myths w/ The Partial Historians

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

00:00

The She-Wolf's Rule

Babies are placed in some sort of basket device and they are placed in the river. As the flood waters recede, whilst the babies have been carried along a little bit, they're actually eventually left on dry and therefore safe ground. Only to be discovered by a she-wolf. She doesn't eat them, which is a surprise. But she also feeds them - that's how they get their nourishment in the beginning. And so again, time passes when we don't know much about their youth or anything like that,. Apart from the fact that they're very strong physical specimens, as you would imagine, being the children of Mars. So they grow up, they become warriors,

Play episode from 14:55
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app