Hi all! Welcome or welcome back to the show! In this episode, I discuss Homer's The Iliad. Yes, I talk about Paris, Odysseus, Helen, and the rest of them. It was fun discussing such an important epic poem.

Sources are below along with the snippets of pop culture references! Enjoy!

Sources:

https://www.theoi.com/Text/HomerIliad1.html

https://classics.mit.edu/Homer/iliad.html

Troy, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, 2004

The Odyssey, directed by Christopher Nolan, 2025

Audio snippets:

• Sleeping Beauty, Disney, 1959
• The Last Kingdom

The show is written, produced, edited, and hosted by me, Adrienne T.

Show art: Girl Eating Oysters, Jan Steen

Episode art: Helen looking Upon Paris and Menelaus Fighting - Gemini AI (2026)

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

Hello all! The concluding episode on Alienor of Aquitaine! This does not mean, however, that her story ends - we're still in the thick of it with a movie review and her two sons, Richard and John. That said, thank you again for listening! Sources and podcast info are below.

Sources:

Weir, Allison, Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life. 2001, Ballantine Books

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eleanor-of-Aquitaine

https://elizabethchadwick.com/blog/eleanor-of-aquitaines-scandalous-ancestors-or-blood-will-out/

https://elizabethchadwick.com/blog/eleanor-of-aquitaine-raymond-of-poitiers-and-the-incident-at-antioch/

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

https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/eleanor-aquitaine-myths-about-medieval-queen-facts-who-mother/

https://daily.jstor.org/eleanor-of-aquitaines-court-of-love/

https://www.fontevraud.fr/en/eleanor-of-aquitaine-fontevraud/

Audio excerpts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/betwixt-the-sheets-the-history-of-sex-scandal-society/id1612090432?i=1000753637917

Mulan (1998 - animated), "One Family Reunion Coming Up!" Disney.

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Show art: Girl Eating Oysters, Jan Steen

Episode art: Eleanor of Aquitaine Effigy @ Fontevraud Abbey

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

Hello all! Welcome/welcome back to Sex, Scandals, and Shenanigans Podcast! Sorry about the long delay (life got ahead of me!) This is part deus (two) of Alíenore's life - after getting married, popping out royal brats, and fighting her husband for her autonomy. Enjoy! Sources are down below.

Sources:

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/King-Henry-II-of-England/

https://epistolae.ctl.columbia.edu/woman/24.html

https://guides.loc.gov/feminism-french-women-history/famous/eleanor-aquitaine

https://www.electrummagazine.com/2018/07/eleanor-of-aquitaine-a-woman-beyond-her-time/

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Thomas-Becket/

https://www.fontevraud.fr/en/eleanor-of-aquitaine-fontevraud/

https://longreads.com/2018/04/04/queens-of-infamy-eleanor-of-aquitaine/

WEIR, ALISON, QUEENS OF THE CRUSADES: ENGLAND'S MEDIEVAL QUEENS (BOOK 2). 2021

https://www.thecollector.com/eleanor-of-aquitaine-most-powerful-woman-middle-ages/

https://elizabethchadwick.com/blog/finding-petronella/

https://historylearning.com/medieval-england/the-crusades/second-crusade/

https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/transcript-for-eleanor-4/

https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/transcript-for-eleanor-12/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-1-1-queen-on-the-run/id1641568639?i=1000584587895

https://olivialongueville.com/2020/07/25/eleanor-of-aquitaine-and-louis-vii-of-france-an-ill-fated-royal-match/

Show art: Girl Eating Oysters, Jan Steen

Episode art: Medieval drawing of Eleanor of Aquitaine

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

Hello all! I'm back with Alienor of Aquitaine! She's finally getting her due! This mini series will be the start of my third season, and speaking of threes, her story will be old in three parts. I'll go over that in the show.

Thank you for your patience! Because I have used so many sources, if you have questions, I'll happily provide them. That said, here are some of the sources I used:

JONES, DAN, POWERS AND THRONES: A NEW HISTORY OF HTE MIDDLE AGES. 2021

CARROLL, LESLIE, NOTORIOUS ROYAL MARRIAGES. 2008

Sites:

WEIR, ALISON, QUEENS OF THE CRUSADES: ENGLAND'S MEDIEVAL QUEENS (BOOK 2). 2021

https://www.thecollector.com/eleanor-of-aquitaine-most-powerful-woman-middle-ages/

https://elizabethchadwick.com/blog/finding-petronella/

https://historylearning.com/medieval-england/the-crusades/second-crusade/

https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/transcript-for-eleanor-4/

https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/transcript-for-eleanor-12/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-1-1-queen-on-the-run/id1641568639?i=1000584587895

https://olivialongueville.com/2020/07/25/eleanor-of-aquitaine-and-louis-vii-of-france-an-ill-fated-royal-match/

Show art: Girl Eating Oysters, Jan Steen

Episode art: Louis VII and Alienor During the Second Crusade; 14th Century Manuscript

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

Audio clip: "I want a divorce." - Wolf of Wall Street. Margot Robbie, directed by Martin Scorcese (2023)

Hello again! This is part II covering the romantic escapades of the goddess of love, sex, and desire; APHRODITE! This time, I discuss her relationships with two moral men: Adonis and Anchises, and her involvement in dealing with the love lives of a few mortal couples. Get your tea, get your snacks, and let's get to it!

Sources:

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

greeklegendsandmyths.com/menelaus.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_(mythology)

https://web.sas.upenn.edu/discentes/2024/04/21/the-anatomy-of-a-misunderstood-woman/

https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/the-calydonian-hunt.html#google_vignette

https://www.theoi.com/Ther/HusKalydonios.html

https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Aphrodite.html

https://www.theoi.com/Heroine/Atalanta.html

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

https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Heroes/Achilles/achilles.html

https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/who-was-achilles

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(mythology)

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

https://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/myth-of-pygmalion-and-galatea/

https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/AphroditeLoves2.html#Ankhises

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.

Audio clips:

Steve Carell as Michael Scott, The Office

South Park

Gaston, Beauty and the Beast (Disney, 1991)

Apologies folks! I uploaded the wrong audio file (oops!)

Long time awaiting, I know! Sorry about the delay! This is the first of two featuring the love life and sexcapades of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, sex, sensuality in Greek mythology!

Sources:

https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/HephaistosLoves.html#Aphrodite

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/aphrodite-deity

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=what+was+aphrodite+the+patron+goddess+of&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/HephaistosMyths.html#Birth

https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/goddesses/aphrodite/

https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/birth-of-venus

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.

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.

Hi all!

Welcome, or welcome back to Sex, Scandals, & Shenanigans Podcast! This episode discusses the immortal love life of the "shine bright like the sun" god, Apollo! This is part 1 of his story - the immortal lovers. Part 2 will be forthcoming 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 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.theoi.com/Olympios/ApollonLoves.html

https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/ApollonFamily.html

https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/hesiod-theogony-sb/

https://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Apollo/apollo.html

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

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

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

https://paleothea.com/gods-and-goddesses/apollo-hermes-mythic-friendship/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_and_Daphne_(Bernini)