Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology RetoldLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

Hermes Historia: How Do You Pronounce Extispicy?!

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Happy Halloween! On today's Hermes Historia Michaela tells Liv all about the ancient practices of divination and speaking with the dead... Sign up for a new newsletter to stay in the loop about the upcoming ad-free subscriptions where future Hermes' Historia episodes will live! Submit your questions to the quarterly Q&A episodes!

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Herodotus' The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield; Radcliffe G. Edmonds III. Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the ancient greco-roman world; Sarah Iles Johnston. Ancient Greek Divination; Sarah Iles Johnston. “Charming Children: The Use of the Child in Ancient Divination”.

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.

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