Research & Episode Links

Goddesses & Gods

Ares God of War, Artemis Goddess of the Hunt, Asclepius God of Medicine, Athena Goddess of War, Craft, and Reason, Diana Goddess of the Moon, Eris Goddess of Discord, Hades God of the Underworld, Hera Queen of the Gods, Hestia Goddess of Hearth and Home, Morpheus God of Dreams, Prometheus the Titan who Stole Fire, Titans the pre-Olympian Gods, Thanatos God of Death, The Three Fates, Zagreus God of the Underworld

Heroes & Humans

Achilles the Greatest of All greek Warriors, Amazons the women warriors, Autolycus the King of Thieves, Camilla of the Volsci, Cecrops mythical founder of Athens, Cycnus Son of Ares, Julius Caesar Emperor of Rome, Deiphobos Prince of troy, Diomedes hero of the Trojan War, Euripides the Playwright, Galen ancient Greek Physician, Genghis Khan and the Golden Horde, Helen of Troy, Hippocrates Ancient Greek Physician, Homer the Poet, the Meleager host of the Calydonian Boar Hunt, Menelaus King of Sparta, Midwives of Ancient Greece, Mizentius the Despiser of the Gods, Oedipus the King of Thebes, Oracles of Ancient Greece, The Oracle of Delphi, Orestes the cursed son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, Orion the Giant Huntsman, Orpheus the musician poet & prophet, Patroclus Greek warrior and Achilles’ Lover, Paris Prince of Troy, Penelope the Queen of Ithaca, Penthesilea the Amazon Queen, Phantes the Egyptian prince, Polyxena Princess of Troy, Salmoneus impious king and brother of Sisyphus, Solon the Athenian Statesman, Toxeus a bowman at the Calydonian Boar Hunt, Ulysses the king of Ithaca and hero of The Odyssey, Velasca the Bohemian Rebel, Xerxes the Persian King

Myths& Magical Creatures

Bacchae the female followers of Bacchus, Baucis & Philemon a cautionary tale of guest friendship, Boreas the North Wind, Callisto the Nymph, Centaurs, Cherubs, Cyclopes the One-Eyed Giant, Charon the Ferryman of the Underworld, Cupid & Psyche the eternal lovers, David & Goliath the underdog vs Giant fight, Giants throughout history, Gryphons, The House of Atreus the cursed family line, Ibraham & Isaac a myth of sacrifice and faith, Ixion father of Centaurs, The Labors of Hercules, Pandora’s Box, Panope the Nereid, Pyramus & Thisbe the Star Crossed Lovers, Sirens the bird women with alluring voices, Sisyphus & the meaninglessness of repetition, Talus the Giant Bronze Automaton

Objects & Animals

The Aegis Athena’s Shield, Ambrosia the Nectar of the Gods, The Ark of the Covenant religious relic of the Israelites, Currency in Ancient Greece, Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, The Enchiridion, The Henbane Plant,The HourGlass, Kites, Masks throughout History, Murder Mystery Games, Passenger Pigeons throughout History, Quicksand, Rodents in the Ancient World, Ships of Ancient Greece, Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper, Ululation & Xena’s Battlecry

Places & Events

1940s Macedonia, Ancient Gaul, Birth Practices of Ancient Greece,Burial at Sea practices of the ancient Greeks and Early Modern Europeans, Drag Performance in Ancient Greece, The Eleusinian Mysteries, The Elysian Fields and paradise in the underworld, The Feast of Zeus, Funerary Practices in Ancient Greece, Healing Waters and Sacred Wells, The Platonic Academy, prisons in Ancient Greece, Solstice & Equinox Celebrations around the World, Tartarus the underworld dungeon, The Trojan War, Saturnalia and Winter Holiday Festivals from the Ancient World, Sumer, Wedding Rituals in Ancient Greece, Village Life in the Ancient World

Themes

Astrology, Blindness in Ancient Greece, Body Swapping, Feminist Utopias & Dystopias, Folk Horror, Honor Culture in Ancient Greece, Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece, Love Spells, Lucid Dreaming, Madness in Ancient Greek Comedy and Tragedy, Miss America Pageants, Nazis and Archaeology, Neopaganism, Orphan Life in Ancient Greece, Simone de Beauvoir Social Theories, Slavery in Ancient Greece and MORE Slavery in Ancient Greece, Spirit Possession, Swarms, History of ’Tramps’, Twin Strangers, Women in Early Archaeology, Xenia the ancient greek concept of hospitality