73- Posthomerica Part III: A Madman and a Mad Lad
Priam reaches out for help to yet another ally- this time the grandson of Heracles. Meanwhile, over in the Greek camp- or Greel if you believe Vince's mangled pronounciation- Ajax and Odysseus get int...
22 Kesä 202514min
Bonus XIII- The Chromosome Count of Mythical Creatures (feat. Biopedia)
Here at Autocrat, we quite often cover a lot of mythical beasts. Examples would include the Lernaean Hydra which Heracles and Iolaus dealt with, the sphinx tormenting Thebes, and the sea monster Cetus...
1 Kesä 20255min
72- Posthomerica Part II: R.I.P. Achilles
On today's installment of the Trojan War, Apollo lands a well-aimed shot to finally lay Achilles low. Oh, and also a debate about chariots. That, and Vince may have rediscovered the reverb function on...
25 Touko 202519min
71- Posthomerica Part I: Allies, Allies Everywhere!
Quintus Smyrnaeus may have been the least favourite child according to Autocrat lore, but he did give us a new source called the Posthomerica- a.k.a. the Fall of Troy- which takes us all the way to th...
18 Touko 202514min
70- Iliad Part XII: Let Me Bury My Son (feat. the Ghost of Patroclus)
It's finally the end of the Iliad! But before we wrap up, we still have time for a few questions. For instance, are all Achilles' funeral games either problematic or rigged? Will Cassie pointing out e...
4 Touko 202526min
69- Iliad Part XI: R.I.P. Hector
It's been a long time in the making, but we finally get the fight between Achilles and Hector. Tune in for Priam and Hecabe trying to make their son see reason, a surprise cameo from Eddie Redmayne an...
27 Huhti 202511min
68- Iliad Part X: Achilles Goes Completely Manic
A shorter episode today discussing book XXI of the Iliad! Achilles goes round murdering people like there's no tomorrow, and one of the rivers he keeps flinging people into objects to this. Not only t...
13 Huhti 20257min
67- Iliad Part IX: Achilles Kills Everything
Patroclus is dead and Achilles is feeling seriously unhappy about it. And the Trojan army is going to know about it. But along the way, join us to give a sulking Odysseus a video game controller as a ...
6 Huhti 202514min
