The Ancient Greek Underworld

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The Mything Link

Dr. Randall Ulyate and Dr. Caitlinn Curry

19 episodes

6 days ago

Welcome to The Mything Link, a mythology podcast for grownups. Join mythologists Dr. Randall Ulyate and Dr. Caitlinn Curry as the candidly explore the mythology that links our modern culture to our ancient stories. The show will cover worldwide mythology, and season one will focus on Ancient Greek stories, giving listeners everything they need to know to understand the new Netflix series KAOS--and most likely several things that they don't. Join us as we talk, laugh, and sing this Fall for The Mything Link, Season One: KAOS Theory. A production of Fernweh Collective, Inc.

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The Ancient Greek Underworld

The Mything Link

1 hour 28 minutes 21 seconds

9 months ago

The Ancient Greek Underworld

Content Warning: discussions of death, dismemberment, and the afterlife.

Join Caitlinn Curry and Randall Ulyate as they descend into the underworld with special guest, mythologist and actor Dr. Helen Slater. Learn more about Helen, her past work, and upcoming projects at HelenSlater.com

Helen’s interview starts at 46:32

Check out extended mythology discussions on Happy Hour with Fernweh Collective.

Have questions or comments? Visit us our website, follow us on Instagram and TikTok, or reach out to us via email at hello@fernwehcollective.org

Bibliography:

Aristophanes. The Frogs: Acted at Athens in the Year B.C. 405. Translated by Benjamin Bickley Rogers. United Kingdom, 1902.

Hesiod’s Theogony.

Mandelbaum, Allen, translator. The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993.

The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images. Edited by Ami Ronnberg and Kathleen Martin. Taschen, 2010.

The Iliad, translated by Caroline Alexander.

Wheatcroft, Alexandra. "On the topography of the Greek underworld and the ‘Orphic’gold tablets." Prandium: The Journal of Historical Studies at U of T Mississauga 3.1 (2014).

Graf, Fritz. "Gold Tablets." Oxford Classical Dictionary.. October 26, 2017. Oxford University Press.