Ever feel like you're living in the shadow of a thousand-year-old statue? In today’s episode, Mars Tarassenko sits down with Eleftheria Papanikolaou to talk about Greek queer identity, tradition, and the weight of legacy. We lay the groundwork for a bigger conversation on Greek queer poetry—digging into how Ancient Greece still shapes the present, how national identity is built around the past, and what it means to navigate all that as a modern queer artist. We didn’t quite make it to the poetry itself… but don’t worry, that’s coming in part 2!