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[EXCLUSIVE] [SFW] β­πŸ“– Reading for You | Greek Mythology | Episode 3 | Monsters and Heroes | The Stories of Arachne, Pegasus, Amazons and Gorgons | Saying Goodbye to Monstober 🫢

[EXCLUSIVE] [SFW] [20:00] β­πŸ“– Reading for You | Greek Mythology | Episode 3 | Monsters and Heroes | The Stories of Arachne, Pegasus, Amazons and Gorgons | Saying Goodbye to Monstober 🫢

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Hello, hellooo my celestials! πŸ’–πŸ’«

I'm excited to share this very special reading episode with you and say goodbye to our Monstober! This time I'll be reading three myths for you, which are centered around some monstrous creatures and transformations πŸ•ΈοΈπŸ•·οΈ You can expect to hear the stories of Arachne and Pegasus, as well as the epic tale of the Amazons vs Gorgons war. Oh, and a short rant from the nerdy Solar right after haha 🀭

I recorded it a couple of days ago, but somehow ended up creating a whole epic cinematic soundscape when editing πŸ™ˆ And it's finally here for you to enjoy now and hopefully immerse yourself fully into the world of gods, heroes and monsters πŸͺ½πŸΉ

I adore you with my whole heart, please never forget ✨

Solar xx

πŸ“– The book I'm reading is "Greek Myths: Meet the Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of Ancient Greece" by Jean Menzies. Illustrated by Katie Ponder.

[EXCLUSIVE] [SFW] β­πŸ“– Reading for You | Greek Mythology | Episode 3 | Monsters and Heroes | The Stories of Arachne, Pegasus, Amazons and Gorgons | Saying Goodbye to Monstober 🫢

Comments

To be clear, I was not critiquing that you were using a children's book. It provides me an opportunity to see how the myth is presented and received and interpreted by others and nerd out, not to mention that it's just overall enjoyable to hear these.

Altinus

So true! 😩 And I hope you enjoy the rest of them then, we got quite a few already πŸ™ŒπŸ“–

S

Ahh this makes me so happy, means it was worth all the effort then πŸ™ŒπŸ˜Œ

S

I totally agree with you on that πŸ˜ŒπŸ™Œ Hope you enjoy the audio, Anton!

S

Thank you so much, it was truly fascinating to read your commentary 🀩 I know that it’s only a book for children that I’m reading from, but it does the job since the language of myths can be pretty difficult to the ear at times (not to mention that insane tongue-twister that those more thorough, professional texts are haha). But I’m always happy to see comments from those of you who are familiar with the other texts and interpretations, it always makes me smile. And I’m really glad that despite your deeper knowledge on the topic you could still find joy in the audio as well β˜ΊοΈπŸ™Œ

S

I loved all the effects you added, it made it waaaay more immersive!

CharalamBOSS

Well done once again, Solar. I really enjoy it when you do these kind of read-alouds. The insertion of the sound effects and the background music helped add to the overall immersion, such that I imagined you as a magician giving a telling/visual narration of the stories in a library setting. Apologies in advance for the text dump. Regarding the stories, I can give a few thoughts and elaborate and research further if there is a desire. The three Gorgons and other monsters are found on the peripheries of the world, outside of the reach of civilization, and so can be viewed in terms of the other. Even the Amazons fall under this category (depending on who you ask), as they deviate from the societal expectations of women by doing traditionally masculine activities, i.e. warfare. Yet it is possible to say that they are not entirely evil. There is play at what constitutes civilized and uncivilized behavior. An example would be in the Odyssey in the encounter of Polyphemus (a cyclops and son of Poseidon) and Odysseus. Both violate or infringe on the rules of xenia (i.e. relations twixt guest and host viewed as sacred). Though violent and dangerous, Polyphemus is part of his own civilization among the cyclopes as he is a shepherd, implicitly complicating the assumption regarding their savagery. There were many views of the gods and the divine and supernatural in what is called Greek mythology, often contesting, elaborating, contradicting one another or differing from each other in one way or another. It would be a mistake to view the myths as one monolithic collection put together in a canonized format that is to forever remain unchanged. They are flexible and therein lies the beauty of myth in general, in my opinion. Heroes were dangerous and unpredictable people, to say the least. They possessed great strength and ability, yet they also could be violent (Herakles and the Trojan heroes for example). The moral quality that is assumed in our general western understanding of the word is not exactly present. They were more "speakers of words and doers of deeds" to quote from Phoenix in bk. 9 of the Iliad. Either way, I thank you again for choosing to read these myths aloud, as it is both enjoyable to hear and for me to share what I have learned.

Altinus

That was really nice to listen to. I also share your opinion with the gorgons. As much as i LOVE mythology in different cultures it often makes me question who the real monsters are; them or the humans. I need to check out your other episodes as well ;)

Asato Munowa

Excited to listen to this, Greek mythology is so fascinatingβ˜ΊοΈπŸ’–

Anton Mattsson

Ohh don’t know about that haha, I always feel sooo much pressure when it comes to being a good reader tbh πŸ™ˆ not to mention all of the names I’m afraid to mess up all the time haha. But thank you though πŸ˜‡

S

I’m really glad you enjoyed it! πŸ™β˜ΊοΈβœ¨

S

I enjoyed this episode's reading of Greek myths. I remember the first myth, not so much the other two but it was very nice to listen to. I should listen to the other episodes as well.

Samson Liang

Can't wait to listen to this! You're gonna be a full-time audiobook narrator before you know it 😊

Scott B.

Haha by the way, those are 50/50 this time, so you might even enjoy it! 🀭

S

Yay more happy Greek Stories where I am sure everything will end well. I love myths

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