“So, f*** you, Midas, for being a snarky bastard.”

Darien (she/they) and DJ (he/him) immediately abandon the episode topic order and skip to the original king of bling, Midas.

Other topics include Jason having a genuinely cool hero moment, an origin story for a mineral-rich ancient river, the dangers of having bad taste in music, big thoughts about Charlie Daniels’s ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia,’ reflections of high school assigned reading, DJ’s realizing the perfect method to get Darien to finally finish her draft, and the Scarlet Letter guy removing “heathen wickedness” and adding a daughter to the King Midas story.

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about death by petrification, murder, and beheading.

Spoilers for The Heroes of Olympus, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Hercules: The Animated Series, Once Upon a Time, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Bonus episode about The Amazing Digital Circus on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology

About Us

Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.

Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka

Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology

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“Rome was destined to exist."

How did Rome get away with copying Greece's homework like this? They would have totally gotten detention if they were in our sixth grade social studies class!

Other topics include our friend Emily's personal enemy, the mysterious destiny of Trojan princes, Janus being the weirdest choice to sneak into PJO, Darien plotting to sneak Vesta into the season, DJ's middle school history project, and questioning if Rick Riordan's portrayal of the Greco-Roman split accurately reflects the reality of the mythology.

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about empire, conquering, and colonialism.

Spoilers for The Heroes of Olympus

Enjoy from Queer Myths for Pride on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology

About Us

Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.

Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka

Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology

Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch

Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com

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“Plato’s in the room.”

Why hasn’t Percy Jackson ever gone to Atlantis? Is it even a real myth? What makes something a real myth, anyway? Author Sian Ingham (they/them) joins the pod to set ALL the stories straight!

Pre-order Atlantis Through Time: The Writing and Rewriting of an Occult Legend from your favorite book place! https://bookshop.org/p/books/atlantis-through-time-the-writing-and-rewriting-of-an-occult-legend-sian-ingham/04ca7bd16c3663c8

Other topics include Sian’s shelf of the damned, hating on Graham Hancock, love for Milo Rossi, ancient BookTube, the perfect casting for a Plato biopic, using the wrong format to get the right answer, the true meaning of Pride, dunking on Heinrich Schliemann, rampant plagiarism, family drama, and the best fantasy slice-of-life version of Atlantis.

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about racism, colonialism, destruction of indigenous history, mental illness, Nazi ideology (gross), domestic abuse, and cults.

Get more Sian Ingram https://www.patreon.com/Room207Press?utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan

Check out Darien's full European Trip Report on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology

About Us

Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.

Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka

Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology

Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch

Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com

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We apologize for the lack of new episode this week. Darien's laptop is experiencing an ongoing crisis and we've been unable to research or record the next episode. Please enjoy this Pride Bonus Episode in the meantime. We will be back with The Heroes of Olympus as soon as possible.

Dalton Montgomery of The Bad Moon's Orbit returns to the Patreon to talk about LGBTQIA+ characters in Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, examining how fantasy is an excellent genre for telling queer stories.

Meanwhile, Darien yells about all the times the Read Riordan blog made weird comments about queer characters.

Listen to The Bad Moon's Orbit: https://open.spotify.com/show/4VtnLRcGz1GkFWqfdeXfBH?si=e5eb91aec1564234

See cool painted miniatures: https://www.instagram.com/ringedmountain/

Find which Discworld book YOU should read first: https://www.discworldemporium.com/quiz/

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“F*** off, Jason. You don't even have memories.”

We return to Camp Half-Blood and kick off The Heroes of Olympus series. Is it as bad as the fandom says? Let's find out!

Other topics include a too-rigid POV structure, being in the wrong character’s POV for certain events, the problem with amnesia, missing chapter times, DJ learning about the new series, the cringe of “not being like other girls,” Leo being the most realistic fictional 15-year-old-boy of all time, and love for Couch Hedge.

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about death by fire, kidnapping, memory loss, child death, and murder.

Spoilers for The Heroes of Olympus, The Kane Chronicles, and Invincible.

Check out Darien's full European Trip Report on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology

About Us

Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.

Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka

Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology

Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch

Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com

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While the show is on hiatus, we're sharing some episodes from our Bunker 9 Bonus Feed! We'll be back on Tuesday, June 2, 2026!

Bunker 9 - Episode 88: 'Fate Be Changed: A Twisted Tale' by Farrah Rochon

Y'ALL

IT'S JUST BACK TO THE FUTURE BUT WITH BRAVE

IT'S BRAVE TO THE FUTURE

Jenny Nicholson Frozen 2 video essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwN3Myxrpvw

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While the show is on hiatus, we're sharing some episodes from our Bunker 9 Bonus Feed! We'll be back on Tuesday, June 2, 2026!

Bunker 9 - Episode 74: We Love Hadestown (w/ Dylan Hunter)

Nearly three years ago, we recorded an episode about the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Our guest was the fabulous Dylan Hunter, who came on the podcast to discuss the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Hadestown. Unfortunately, at the time neither co-host had seen the musical, so the topic was largely tabled.

Two years and nine months later, we finally have that conversation.

Major Spoilers for Hadestown

Content Warning: This episode contains mention of death, starvation, and climate change.

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While the show is on hiatus, we're sharing some episodes from our Bunker 9 Bonus Feed! We'll be back on Tuesday, June 2, 2026!

Bunker 9 - Episode 82: Liv Albert's Nectar of the Gods

Darien impulse-bought a mythology-themed cocktail book! So we invited some friends over to sample a few drinks.

Thank you to Kelsey Dody, Dylan Hunter, Melissa Keating, and Dalton Montgomery for helping us mix up an amazingly fun episode! The audio quality is sub-par, but we promise the conversation will be top shelf!

Content warning: This episode features alcohol consumption as well as conversations about death and murder in myths.

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