Season 8 // Episode 711
This episode originally aired on June 20, 2025. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition at patreon.com/mythsbaby
Liv speaks with author, poet, and big ol' nerd H. Voss about queer relationships in the ancient Greek military and the way that aligns with the Roman story of Nisus and Euryalus from Virgil's Aeneid. Read more from H. Voss here, and find the Ancient World Magazine article about Nisus and Euryalus here. Submit your question for the next Q&A via email or a voice note.
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.
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