A revised version of an earlier episode, now with historical commentary following the story!

Julius Caesar stands at the Rubicon river, as the Roman Republic teeters on the brink of civil war. Will he cross the Rubicon, march on Rome against his rival Pompey the Great and the Roman senate, and plunge the Republic into civil war?

A story from Roman history (Late Roman Republic, Civil Wars, 49 BC), featuring: Gaius Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great), Marcus Licinius Crassus

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CREDITS

Music by Kevin MacLeod

Thumbnail Image:Caesar Crosses the Rubicon (Adolphe Yvon, 1875)

A revised version of an earlier episode, now with historical commentary following the story!

The Greek myth of the Great Flood ends with Deucalion and Pyrrha, the last mortals left alive, who struggle to survive as Zeus looks on. How was humanity created again after the deluge?

A story from Greek mythology, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 1), featuring: Deucalion, Pyrrha, Zeus, Themis

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CREDITS

Music by Kevin MacLeod

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A revised version of an earlier episode, now with historical commentary following the story!

The tale of the Great Flood from Greek mythology continues, as the gods and goddesses of Olympus decide how to end human injustice...and Zeus and Poseidon unleash the great flood that destroys the world.

A story from Greek mythology, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 1), featuring: Zeus, Poseidon

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CREDITS

Music by Kevin MacLeod

Sound effects from YouTube Audio Library

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Bronze statue of Zeus or Poseidon from Cape Artemision, Greece, 5th century BC (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zeus_or_Poseidon_bronze_460_BC,_NAMA_X_15161_102617.jpg)

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A revised version of an earlier episode, now with historical commentary following the story!

The Greek myth of the Great Flood begins, as Zeus informs the other Olympian gods of his encounter on earth with the evil king Lycaon. What were Lycaon's crimes, how was he punished, and what does this portend for the fate of humanity as Zeus and the gods sit in council?

A story from Greek mythology, adapted from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 1), featuring: Zeus, Lycaon, the Olympian gods

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CREDITS

Music by Kevin MacLeod

Thumbnail Image: Engraved gem with scene of Zeus and Lycaon (19th century; Beazley Archive, Oxford University)

A revised version of an earlier episode, now with historical commentary following the story!

The Roman emperor Nero's murder of his own mother, the empress Agrippina the Younger, is among his most shocking crimes. A lurid tale of power, conspiracy, and violence emerges as the unstable Nero plots the death of an empress.

A story from Roman history (Early Imperial Period, Julio-Claudian dynasty, 59 AD), based on Tacitus' Annals, featuring: Agrippina the Younger (Julia Agrippina), Nero, Seneca, Burrus, Anicetus

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CREDITS

Music by Kevin MacLeod

Thumbnail Images: Relief of Nero and Agrippina from the Sebasteion in Aphrodisias, Turkey: c. 54-59 CE, Aphrodisias Museum
View from the Amalfi Coast, Italy

A revised version of an earlier episode, now with historical commentary following the story!

The Spartan lawgiver Lycurgus creates a new law code and way of life in ancient Sparta—revered thereafter as the Laws of Lycurgus—that pave the way for Sparta's rise as one of the greatest city-states in Greece.

A story from Greek history (Early Sparta, Archaic Period, c. 800 BC), based on Plutarch's Life of Lycurgus

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CREDITS

Music by Kevin MacLeod

Thumbnail Images: Statue of Lycurgus: c. 1880, Palace of Justice, Brussels View of the Eurotas valley, near Sparta in Greece

A revised version of an earlier episode, now with historical commentary following the story!

Actaeon, a young hunter, unexpectedly meets the goddess Artemis in the forests of Boeotia near the ancient city of Thebes. What will happen to Actaeon when Artemis unleashes her power, and the hunter becomes the prey?

A story from Greek mythology, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 3), featuring: Actaeon, Artemis

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CREDITS

Music by Kevin MacLeod

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Roman statue of Diana/Artemis (1st/2nd century CE copy of a Greek original) Actaeon (#1) by Paul Manship (1925, Smithsonian American Art Museum) Samaria Gorge, Crete

A revised version of an earlier episode, now with historical commentary following the story!

Phaethon, a young demigod and son of Helios, the Greek god of the Sun, meets his divine father at the ends of the earth. Recklessly eager to prove himself, he takes a terrifying ride across the heavens in his father's chariot. As the earth faces total destruction by an out-of-control sun, Phaethon's fate offers a timeless lesson in knowing your limits.

A story from Greek mythology, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses (Books 1-2), featuring: Phaethon, the Sun, Clymene, Epaphus, Gaia, Zeus

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Music by Kevin MacLeod

Thumbnail Image: The Fall of Phaethon (Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1608)