Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology: Achilles at War
In this episode, we explore what happened to gender in the pressure-cooker of ancient war. To do that, we skip ahead ten years to a different beach: the war-blasted, corpse-strewn sands below the wall...
28 Apr 20221h 1min
Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology: Achilles' Beach Vacation
In our last episode we looked at Achilles’ early life and his relationships with the women who crossed his path. In this episode, we follow him to the beach at Aulis—where all the Greek kings and hero...
21 Apr 202257min
Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology: Achilles Could Rock a Dress
Achilles is so often portrayed as the most masculine of heroes, but those portrayals generally leave out that he spent a few years of his life passing as a girl. Today, we’re going to explore that tim...
14 Apr 202259min
Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology: Achilles x Patroclus
In the first part of our Gender Rebels series, we talked about queer history—queer women, Intersex people, transgender people, and eunuchs. Now, we’re going to begin another series that takes that len...
7 Apr 20221h 22min
The Sacred Band of Thebes (Part 3)
Last week, we told you about the Sacred Band’s first important military victories—victories that depended on the intense trust and love the Sacred Band members had for each other. Victories that showe...
24 Mar 20221h 2min
The Sacred Band of Thebes (Part 2)
In our last episode, we told you the story of how the Spartans took over the city of Thebes and how an intrepid and very queer group of Theban rebels, led by a firebrand named Pelopidas, took it back ...
17 Mar 202247min
The Sacred Band of Thebes (Part 1)
The time was the 300s BC. The place was Thebes. And in this place, in this time, there was an elite military force—the best of the best special ops shock troops—made up of 150 male lovers. Their love ...
10 Mar 202255min
Gender Rebels of Ancient Greece and Rome: Eunuchs (Part 2)
Last week, we focused on people who chose to undergo castration for religious reasons. But this probably wasn’t the most common experience most people had who were castrated. Enslaved people were cast...
3 Mar 202256min
