In this (late, it's still free for a reason) Hermes Historia episode, Michaela shares a brief history of ancient Greek funerary practices. Because Spooky Season. 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: John Ferguson's Among the Gods: An Archaeological Exploration of Ancient Greek Religion;Maria Serena Mirto's Death in the Greek World: From Homer to the Classical Age;Herodotus' The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield.

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

In this (late, it's still free for a reason) Hermes Historia episode, Michaela shares a brief history of ancient Greek funerary practices. Because Spooky Season. <a href="mythsbaby.com/newsletter">Sign up for a new newsletter</a> to stay in the loop about the upcoming ad-free subscriptions where future Hermes' Historia episodes will live! <a href="http://mythsbaby.com/questions">Submit your questions to the quarterly Q&amp;A episodes</a>!
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: John Ferguson's Among the Gods: An Archaeological Exploration of Ancient Greek Religion; Maria Serena Mirto's Death in the Greek World: From Homer to the Classical Age; Herodotus' The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: <a href="http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions">mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions</a>.

The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let's be honest) sarcastically. Greek and Roman gods did some pretty weird (and awful) things. Gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everything in between. Regular episodes every Tuesday, conversations with authors and scholars or readings of ancient epics every Friday.

The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let's be honest) sarcastically. Greek and Roman gods did some pretty weird (and awful) things. Gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everything in between. Regular episodes every Tuesday, conversations with authors and scholars or readings of ancient epics every Friday.

The most entertaining and enraging stories of Greek and Roman mythology.

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