Autocrat- A Roman History Podcast28 Apr 2024

25- Bellerophon

All you need is a flying horse, a false accusation and a fear of accidental immodesty in women to get a pretty interesting story... That's the tale of Bellerophon and his sidekick Pegasus! But for all his questing and Perseus-style protagonist energy, pride comes before a fall...

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Additional audio used for this episode: AkkordGliss harp music, public domain, used unchanged in first instance and reversed in the second. Available at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AkkordGliss.ogg (Accessed 28/04/2024).

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