35- Prequel to New Rome
Constantine the Great founded New Rome, or Constantinople, in the 4th century. However, there was already a city there centuries earlier. For the mythical roots of Byzantium, we have to go back to yet...
7 Jul 20249min
34- Heracles/Hercules Part VIII: The Stymphalian Birds
The shareholders have agreed that the Heracles Cleaning Company is branching out today, because we're going to deal with a pest species running riot in Stymphalus! How many birds? A million, you say? ...
30 Jun 20247min
33- The Phoenix
Steering away from the standard format of stories for a bit, this episode we will be talking all about the phoenix! Is it what you were expecting? Is it like in Harry Potter? Eh... Not quite. Sources...
23 Jun 202412min
32- Heracles/Hercules Part VII: The Augean Stables
This next task has hired the Heracles Cleaning Company, because it's time to muck out some stables! Not just any stables, though- the famously impossible stables of King Augeas... Plus, we get to hear...
16 Jun 202410min
Bonus V- The Worst Byzantine Emperors (feat. Eastern Roman History)
In today's episode, we are delighted to be joined by Daniel from the YouTube channel Eastern Roman History! This is a collaboration where we discuss the best and the west that the Byzantine portion of...
12 Jun 20241h 33min
31- Psyche
Sometimes we get tales of star-crossed lovers and, well... sometimes we get whatever this is. Let's explore the bizarre story of Psyche, a tale which feels as though every character needs to be sat do...
9 Jun 202422min
30- Heracles/Hercules Part VI: The Erymanthian Boar
Another fetching job! Heracles might be the equivalent of an Ancient Greek delivery man, but this time he's being sent to fetch a boar... Sources for this episode: Frazer, J. G. (1921), Apollodorus...
2 Jun 20246min
29- Arachne
Arachnaphobes, look away- this is where all your problems originate! Today's story is basically How the Spider Came to Be. And yes, we know that about 6% of the population has a fear of spiders; let's...
26 Mai 20248min
