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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Thebes and the Myth of Apollonius
There are lots of foundation epics from the sort of 6th, 5th century BC that were once from the Corinthian area. So there's just loads of, and then the visual and material culture stuff as well. One of my favorite connections between those two things is this idea that Cadmus goes and found Thebes, he kills the dragon, he sows the dragon teeth,. And some of those dragon teeth don't get sown there in Thebes and they get, like, eventually given off to IETs.
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