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Conversations: But How Many Bears Is It? Sharks, Whales, and Sea Monsters in Greek Mythology w/ Ryan Denson

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

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Orca

The word orca is actually a latin word as well. But it's one of these things where it's always hard to judge when when you're looking at ancient names for animals, how much does that correspond to our actual terms for them? "I don't know the science, but i feel like if there was primarily orcas or something, they probably wouldn't have developed the same type of mythology around them"

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