Sex, Scandal, and Shenanigans!

In this episode, I discuss Zeus and his mortal amours and the children he begat with them. Swan, heifers, and satyrs, beware! Sources: Graves, Robert. The Greek Myths . Vol. 1, Penguin Books, 1960. GUERBER, H.A. Classical Mythology . Sterling Publishing Co, 2016. Sears, Kathleen. Mythology 101: From Gods and Goddesses to Monsters and Mortals, Your Guide to Ancient Mythology . Adams Media, 2014. Wa...

Hi all! Sorry for the long wait to upload Zeus' sexcapades. In this episode, I discuss Zeus and his immortal amours and the children he begat with them. Part II to come soon with his mortal lovers! Sources: Graves, Robert. The Greek Myths . Vol. 1, Penguin Books, 1960. GUERBER, H.A. Classical Mythology . Sterling Publishing Co, 2016. Sears, Kathleen. Mythology 101: From Gods and Goddesses to Monst...

Today's episode features the third wife of Emperor Claudius, Valeria Messalina, commonly referred to Messalina. Sources: https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1158&context=constructing http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0137:book=10:chapter=83&highlight=messalina https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Lati...

Hi all! This episode features both Tiberius and Caligula and their salacious sexcapades and how one may have influenced the other! Sources used: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Caligula*.html https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/caligula-facts-life-biography-horse-consul-incitatus-little-boots-how-die/# Farquhar, Michael, A Treasury of Royal Scandals: Th...

Today's episode looks into the chaotic life and relationships of Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Sources: https://arthive.com/publications/4336~the_life_and_death_of_cleopatra_in_15_paintings#google_vignette https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Caesar*.html

This episode explores the fast paced life of Servilia of Rome. She was the most favored mistress of Julius Caesar, mother to Brutus, and mother in law to Gaius Cassius Longinus. Sources: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Caesar*.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servilia_(mother_of_Brutus) Flower, Harriet (2021-01-22). "Servilia" . Oxford Classical Dictionary . Tem...

Welcome to this week's episode - which features Hephaestion, the favorite of Alexander the Great. Sources used: Plutarch, Parallel Lives - https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Alexander*/10.html Arrian of Nicomedia, Anabasis of Alexander Cantarella, Eva Cartledge, Paul - Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past (Macmillan, 2004) Artwork: Sisygambis, Mother of Dariu...

Today's episode focuses on Phryne of Ancient Greece (from Thespian, Boeotia) and one of the most prominent courtesans/hetaira of Ancient Greece during the 4th Century BCE. Sources: Natalie Haynes, "The It Girl of Ancient Greece" https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20171108-the-it-girl-of-ancient-greece Plutarch, Parallel Lives , https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.0...

This episode focuses on Aspasia of Miletus. She was the lover and mistress of the Ancient Athenian soldier and politician, Pericles. Sources: Plutarch, Lives - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/674/674-h/674-h.htm#2H_4_0012 Henry, Madeline, Aspasia of Miletus and Her Biographical Tradition ( 1995) The Periclean Citizenship Law of 451/0 B.C. - June 2007 - https://www.ancienthistory.org.uk/downloads/m...

Episode on Bathsheba, lover/mistress of David, then his wife. Is she to be considered a mistress? Listen and you shall find out! Sources used: Bereshit (Book of Nevi'm - Prophets): https://www.chabad.org/ New International Version (NIV) https://www.biblegateway.com/ This show is produced by me, Adrienne. Podcast show artwork is Jan Steen's A Girl Eating Oysters. Episode artwork - Bathsheba at her...

First episode! This episode discusses Hagar from the Old Testament's Book of Genesis (Chapters 16 and 21) - as to whether or not she's really a mistress. Sources used: Bereshit (Book of Genesis): https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/8216https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/8211/jewish/Chapter-16.htm New International Version (NIV) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesi...