012: Can We Cheat Death? A Lesson from Sisyphus.

012: Can We Cheat Death? A Lesson from Sisyphus.

It seems as though every culture or mythological system has death myths. The preoccupation with the afterlife is something that has transferred very quickly into our modern world. We see it with the never-ending pursuit of that youthful glow. In Ancient Greece, Sisyphus's obsession over not dying led him to trick Gods, force his wife to not bury him, and negotiating with the goddess Persephone. He was able to trick death two times, but the third time was his failure.&n...

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010: How I Plan and Map Out My Mythology Units

010: How I Plan and Map Out My Mythology Units

Are you teaching mythology, but don't know where to start or what to include for the time you have? In this episode, I outline what I would teach if I had 2 weeks, 1 month, 1 quarter, 1 semester, or ...

15 Aug 202121min

009: Resources and Tips for Teaching Mythology

009: Resources and Tips for Teaching Mythology

Are you looking for resources for teaching Mythology? Do you need some help with how to get started teaching Mythology? Here are some of my favorite resources and tips for teaching mythology. I me...

30 Jul 202126min

008: Pandora and Eve

008: Pandora and Eve

I love looking for similarities in myths from around the world. The Myth of Pandora and the story of Eve both teach us that the Ancient World believed that the curiosity of the first women brought ab...

16 Jul 202117min

007: The Creation of Man in Greek Mythology

007: The Creation of Man in Greek Mythology

The ancient Greeks had two different myths explaining the creation of man. The first being told by Hesiod, where he describes the four ages of men. The other myth involves Prometheus creating man to...

2 Jul 202124min

006: The Graduation Speech

006: The Graduation Speech

Today I'm going to share with you a graduation speech that I gave a few years ago. There's something about high school graduations that are special. They're life events that your entire family gets in...

18 Jun 202110min

005: The Fall of Kronos and the Rise of the Olympians (The Greek Creation Part 2)

005: The Fall of Kronos and the Rise of the Olympians (The Greek Creation Part 2)

In today's episode, we continue the Greek Creation story. We left Zeus off on the island of Crete. As he grows stronger, Gaia whispers to Zeus to overthrow his father Kronos. With the help of a mag...

4 Jun 202116min

004: The Greek Creation, Castration, and Cannibalism

004: The Greek Creation, Castration, and Cannibalism

Today we're going to talk about the Greek creation story, a whole lot about castration ,and about cannibalism too. Hold on tight because the Greek creation is a wild story that is a little bit about c...

21 Mai 202125min

003: What I Did on the First Day of Mythology Class Every Semester

003: What I Did on the First Day of Mythology Class Every Semester

The first day of class is probably always the worst day. You have to go over rules and procedures, answer questions about homework and grading, and force students to "get to know each other" through ...

7 Mai 202122min

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