Bethany Banner

Triumvir Clio's School of Classical Civilization

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The literature, philosophy, and history of the Greek and Roman world covered sometimes irreverently but always with love. If you've always wanted to read ancient literature but don't know where to begin, join me at Triumvir Clio's School of Classical Civilization.

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Bethany Banner

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218. Roman Epics XXI: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 12, or I Wonder If That’s How Virgil Wanted It To End 11.04.2022 18:26

Wait. That’s the end?!? To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early access to ad-free episodes and bonus content. Refere...

217. Roman Tragedy X: Seneca’s Hercules on Oeta, or The Long Kiss Goodnight 04.04.2022 12:19

Hercules goes on and on and on and on and on… To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early access to ad-free episodes and...

216. Greek Myth XLIV: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter III – Glaucus, or Who Knew Honey Was So Dangerous?!? 28.03.2022 8:54

Glaucus dies. But don’t be nervous. It will all be all right in the end. To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early acc...

215. Roman Epics XX: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 11, or It’s Funeral Time! 21.03.2022 10:32

It’s truce time! At least for a bit. Until it’s not. And once it’s not? It’s really not truce time anymore. To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreo...

214. Roman Tragedy IX: Seneca’s Phoenissae, or I Think I Missed Something 14.03.2022 8:49

What Phoenician women? No. Really. Where are they? To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early access to ad-free episode...

213. Greek Myth XLIII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter II – Catreus, or Agamemnon’s Dad is Who Again? 07.03.2022 7:41

Catreus has some kids, and they also have some kids, and that’s the story in today’s episode. To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvir...

212. Roman Epics XIX: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 10, or A Study in Scarlet 28.02.2022 11:39

My professor described this book as “a study in violence,” so… fair warning? To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early...

211. Roman Tragedy VIII: Seneca’s Thyestes, or Well, That Explains the Curse 21.02.2022 12:06

And this is why the House of Atreus can’t have nice things… To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early access to ad-fre...

Greek Myth XLII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter I – Europa, Minos, Pasiphae, or A Lot of Bulls 14.02.2022 8:19

First there’s the Zeus bull. Then there’s the Poseidon bull. Then there’s the Man-Bull… To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio t...

Roman Epics XVIII: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 9, or Two Books for the Price of One! 07.02.2022 12:07

Just when you think Book 9 is over... To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early access to ad-free episodes and bonus c...

Roman Tragedy VII: Seneca’s Hercules Furens, or the Only Man Who Can Beat Hercules 31.01.2022 10:19

Juno has plans for Hercules, and they aren’t good. But then, are they ever? To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early...

Greek Myth XLI: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book II, Chapter VIII – The Heraclids, or What We Talk About When We Talk About Heracles 24.01.2022 12:48

Heracles’s sons and grandsons carry on the line in today’s episode. To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early access t...

Roman Epics XVII: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 8, or Aeneas Finds Rome 17.01.2022 8:25

Aeneas finds some allies and some armor in today’s episode. To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early access to ad-fre...

Roman Tragedy VI: Seneca’s Troades, or Not Euripides’s Trojan Women 10.01.2022 11:02

Seneca merges two of Euripides’s plays about the end of the Trojan War with mixed results. To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvircli...

Greek Myth XXXV: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book II, Chapter VII – Heracleidae, or Heracles Seeks Revenge 03.01.2022 15:27

Heracles kills some more people and finally gets his comeuppance. Sort of. To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early a...

Roman Epics XVI: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 7, or Allecto Runs Free 27.12.2021 13:49

Juno is furious, and she knows just who to ask for help. To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early access to ad-free e...

Roman Tragedy V: Seneca’s Medea, or Every Day a Little Death 20.12.2021 14:40

Seneca gives us his take on Medea in today’s episode. To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early access to ad-free epis...

Greek Myth XL: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book II, Chapter VI – Wars of Heracles, or Why is Heracles Revered? 13.12.2021 8:14

Heracles kills some more people and has to atone for it. Again. To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early access to ad...

Roman Epics XV: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 6, or Virgil Throws Some Shade(s) 06.12.2021 12:10

Aeneas visits the Underworld and learns some things… Or does he? To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early access to a...

Roman Tragedy IV: Seneca’s Oedipus, or Another Odd Complex 29.11.2021 11:06

Beth tries really hard not to sing that excellent Tom Lehrer song as she once again talks about that boy who loved his mother. To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Pa...

Greek Myth XXXIX: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book II, Chapter V – Twelve Labors of Heracles, or There Should Have Been Ten 22.11.2021 20:19

Heracles makes himself famous in today’s episode. To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early access to ad-free episodes...

Roman Epics XIV: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 5, or the Trojan Cup 15.11.2021 12:46

You get a funeral game! And you get a funeral game! And you get a funeral game! To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get ea...

Roman Tragedy III: Seneca’s Phaedra, or Passions 08.11.2021 10:20

Passions overwhelm Phaedra in Seneca’s version of her story. To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early access to ad-fr...

Greek Myth XXXVIII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book II, Chapter IV – Perseus, Sons of Perseus, Amphitryon, Birth of Heracles, or But Wait, There’s More! 01.11.2021 16:53

Perseus has some adventures and more than a few descendants in today’s episode. To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get ea...

Roman Epics XIII: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 4, or It’s Not Pretty When Euripides is Your Model 25.10.2021 10:47

I hope you’re not too attached to Dido. CW: suicide, suicidal ideation To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization .  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode. Join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/triumvirclio to get early acces...