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 Conflicting Rocks Being Icebergs
Daniel Ogden: The idea that Medea gave Jason a poison and explicitly told him to get eaten by the dragon so that he could like poison the dragon from within and then get spat out. It is interesting now thinking about somebody reconstructing part of the story based on that pottery, but not based on any kind of like textual example. He says it's probably a theory that's been around for a while because they're a part of rationalizations or explanations of things that have a sort of venerable tradition of their own.
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