Hi all! This episode is part II of Apollo's love life - but with the mortals! It gets messy with the women, and lovelorn with his men.

Sources:

Day, Malcolm. Barron’s 100 Characters from Classical Mythology : Discover the Fascinating Stories of the Greek and Roman Deities. Hauppauge, Ny, Barron’s Educational Series, Inc, 2007, p. 53.

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.

Waterfield, Robin, and Kathryn Waterfield. The Greek Myths: Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold. Metro Books, 2011.

https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/cassandra.html

https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/ajax-the-lesser.html

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Helenus-Greek-mythology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Horse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecuba

https://classicalwisdom.substack.com/p/the-curse-of-cassandra?has_completed_unsubscribed_unlock=true

https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Clytemnestra/clytemnestra.html

https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Agamemnon/agamemnon.html

https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Iphigenia/iphigenia.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelops_(son_of_Agamemnon)

https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/wretched-cassandra/

Show art: Girl Eating Oysters, Jan Steen

Episode art: Apollo stepping on the python with Cassandra at his feet with the walls of Troy behind them - ChapGPT

Show music: Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522, performed by the Advent Orchestra via musopen.org.