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In this last episode of 2023 I interview the Winter Harvest author about her Demeter novel and we get up close to this formidable goddess who has been consistently sidelined.
Please Note: contact email is now lornarose81@gmail.com
Greek Myth Retellings Book List:
Greek Mythology Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6vI7YyZXFilWx3pIXhmAMb?si=ab571f3188ed4e87
Rebel Heroines Twitter:
https://twitter.com/rebel_heroines
Winter Harvest, Ioanna Papadopoulou https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65654314-winter-harvest
Ariadne Unraveled, Zenobia Neil
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57981212-ariadne-unraveled
Medusa's Sisters, Lauren J.A Bear
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63273108-medusa-s-sisters
Alcestis, Katharine Beutner
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6952589-alcestis
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In this episode I finally reveal my favourite goddess via a preview of my Greek myth retelling novella Hearth.
A forgotten goddess, a notorious god, one night in Paris after an eternity of curious desire...
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Greek Myth Retellings Book List:
Greek Mythology Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6vI7YyZXFilWx3pIXhmAMb?si=ab571f3188ed4e87
Rebel Heroines Twitter:
https://twitter.com/rebel_heroines
Short animated film with Greek Myth characters:
Other Half
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=8xUJ2ea55M&ab_channel=DirectorsNotes
Divine Might, Natalie Haynes:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91274442-herc
Great Natalie Haynes article about Hestia:
https://perspectivemag.co.uk/hymn-to-hestia/
Herc, Phoenicia Rogerson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91274442-herc
Brazen, my one woman show about Jim Morrison
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Following on from Episode 9, exploring the gods and men of Greek Myth, in this bonus episode I interview poet Kym Deyn about their poetry collection Dionysia, "two pieces of not-quite history: the death of Alexander the Great and Odysseus’ adventures during the Trojan war. Two men for whom the truth is as fluid as water, and they are trapped inside the stories told about them." I also review the second installment in Claire North's The Songs of Penelope Trilogy: House of Odysseus and a beautiful narrative poem about Ariadne and the Minotaur, Bull Poppy Star.
Please Note: contact email is now lornarose81@gmail.com
Greek Myth Retellings Book List:
Greek Mythology Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6vI7YyZXFilWx3pIXhmAMb?si=ab571f3188ed4e87
Rebel Heroines Twitter:
https://twitter.com/rebel_heroines
Dionysia, Kym Deyn
https://vervepoetrypress.com/product/kym-deyn-dionysia-pre-order-out-sep-23/?v=79cba1185463
Twitter: @shortestwitch
House of Odysseus, Claire North
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61346131-house-of-odysseus
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59416521-ithaca
Bull Poppy Star, Sylvia V.Linsteadt
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43527009-bull-poppy-star
https://feralangels.com/ (Formerly Hedgespoken Press)
Ariadne Unravelled, Zenobia Neil
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57981212-ariadne-unraveled
Winter Harvest, Ioanna Papadopoulou
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65654314-winter-harvest
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In this episode we do something a bit different where I talk about the Titans, Gods and mortal men I actually like in Greek Myth and have time for, who did truly heroic things for others that wasn’t all about destruction and ego.
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Divine Might, Natalie Haynes
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127823173-divine-might
Weight, Jenette Winterson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127823173-divine-might
The Mythical Oracle, Carissa Mellado
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/132000612-mythic-oracle
Herc, Phoenicia Rogerson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91274442-herc
Great Goddesses, Nikita Gill
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44157727-great-goddesses
God of Fire, Helen Steadman
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60188230-god-of-fire
Psyche and Eros, Luna MacMamara
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62292422-psyche-and-eros
Hold Your Own/Brand New Ancients, Kae Tempest
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23780641-hold-your-own
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23168852-brand-new-ancients
The Goddess Project Podcast: Gay Gods of Greece
https://youtu.be/3hZVSgCXRYM?si=H1u3Hvq8eOQia8WC
Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13623848-the-song-of-achilles
Paradise, Philoctetes adaption by Kae Tempest, National Theatre Live
https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/paradise/
Lets Talk About Myths Baby Podcast: Dionysus Queer Theory
https://youtu.be/lT23OT-_oZI?si=OmaWB4BKHgLO8xIu
The Goddess Project Podcast, Ariadne and Dionysus
https://youtu.be/uOdErf3bywA?si=1IyWDqwmkUpUAObe
Ariadne Unraveled, Zenobia Neil
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57981212-ariadne-unraveled
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In this bonus episode I talk to The Golden Apple Trilogy author about the inspirations behind the novels and her new non-fiction book 'Ancient Stories', out this week, from which we hear extracts about Sappho and The Theban Band.
Content warning: references to violence against women.
Please Note: contact email is now lornarose81@gmail.com
Greek Myth Retellings Book List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/109hF2hqGJGhB5qkmAs3uNOmrcsB0QYyw/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107562735672685003952&rtpof=true&sd=true
Greek Mythology Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6vI7YyZXFilWx3pIXhmAMb?si=ab571f3188ed4e87
Rebel Heroines Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebel_heroines
The Golden Apple Trilogy, Emily Hauser
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25493869-for-the-most-beautiful
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30046913-for-the-winner
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36007787-for-the-immortal
Ancient Love Stories, Emily Hauser
https://www.waterstones.com/book/ancient-love-stories/sander-berg/emily-hauser/9781800783225
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This month we meet the women who swung swords and kicked ass. Artemis, goddess of the hunt, her adventuring votress Atalanta who joins the crew of the Argo and the Queen of the Amazons who almost brings down Achilles, Penthesilea.
Please note, this episode was recorded on a phone rather than a mic so the sound quality isn't quite as good as usual.
Content warning: references to violence against women.
Please Note: contact email is now lornarose81@gmail.com
Greek Myth Retellings Book List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/109hF2hqGJGhB5qkmAs3uNOmrcsB0QYyw/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107562735672685003952&rtpof=true&sd=true
Greek Mythology Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6vI7YyZXFilWx3pIXhmAMb?si=ab571f3188ed4e87
Rebel Heroines Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebel_heroines
Books Mentioned:
Medea, Christa Wolf
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153480.Medea
She Who Hunts, Carla Ionesco
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60656787-she-who-hunts
The Goddess Project Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-goddess-project/id1614012193
Great Goddesses, Nikita Gill
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44157727-great-goddesses
The Golden Apple Trilogy, Emily Hauser
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30046913-for-the-winner
Atalanta, Jennifer Saint
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61884838-atalanta
Psyche and Eros, Luna Mac Namara
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62292422-psyche-and-eros
Pandora’s Jar, Natalie Haynes
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51135393-pandora-s-jar
A Thousand Ships, Natalie Haynes
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53487148-a-thousand-ships
The Firebrand, Marion Zimmer Bradley
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84544.The_Firebrand
Achilles, Elizabeth Cooke
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/509924.Achilles
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In Rebel Heroines first crossover episode, I interview Mira Karakitsou, creator of A Temple Wild Podcast which rediscovers the myths of ancient Greece through the plants and landscapes that shaped them. We talk about how Bay Laurel is intricately tide up with Apollo's origins, how Fennel and Pine were incorporated into the worship of Dionysus and how the Narcissus flower played a pivotal role in the story of Hades and Persephone.
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https://atemplewild.com/atemplewild
https://atemplewild.com/ekstasy-vine-podcast
Greek Myth Retellings Book List:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/109hF2hqGJGhB5qkmAs3uNOmrcsB0QYyw/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107562735672685003952&rtpof=true&sd=true
Greek Mythology Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6vI7YyZXFilWx3pIXhmAMb?si=ab571f3188ed4e87
Rebel Heroines Twitter:
https://twitter.com/rebel_heroines
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In this episode we meet the witches, enchantresses and all round magical women of Greek Mythology. Unpacking Hekate, Circe, Medea, the Sirens and the Bacchae, we explore why these powerful women were ostracised and condemned for using their natural gifts to protect themselves. Includes an extract from my Ariadne and Dionysus audio drama Wild and poetry by Claire Tedstone. Content warning: references to child murder.
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Greek Mythology Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6vI7YyZXFilWx3pIXhmAMb?si=ab571f3188ed4e87
Rebel Heroines Twitter:
https://twitter.com/rebel_heroines
Edinburgh Fringe:
Woven, Nine Muses Theatre
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/woven
Forest, RoguePlay:
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/forests
Cockroach, Elizabeth
https://freefringe.org.uk/shows/elizabeth-mcgeowns-cockroach/
Ella Frears:
https://endoftheworldpodcast.com/artist/E_Frears
Atalanta, Jennifer Saint
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61884838-atalanta
Psyche and Eros, Luna MacNamara
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62292422-psyche-and-eros
Phaedra (The Heroines), Laura Shepperson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60864054-the-heroines
Herc, Phoenica Rogerson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91274442-herc
Circe, Madeline Miller
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959740-circe
Clare Tedstone, Artist and Poet
https://www.instagram.com/clairetedstoneart/
https://www.youtube.com/@clairetedstoneart
Savage Beasts, Rani Selvarajah
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61337475-savage-beasts
The Goddess Project Podcast, Ancient Maenads
https://youtu.be/BX7EoMLZn-o
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This episode we meet the big three: Hera, Athena and Aphrodite and unpack their personalities based on what they offer pretty boy farmer/secret prince, Paris during that pivotal moment when war is courted. We have poetry from Sarah L Dixon, otherwise known as The Quiet Compare, and budding Greek Myth novelist/poet Ashley Postnikoff all the way from Canada. I also interview the creators of Nine Muses Theatre bringing their original musical based on the women of The Odyssey to this years Edinburgh Fringe.
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Greek Mythology Retellings Book List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/109hF2hqGJGhB5qkmAs3uNOmrcsB0QYyw/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107562735672685003952&rtpof=true&sd=true
Rebel Heroines Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebel_heroines
Vergil Musical: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Vergil-A-Mythological-Musical/dp/B0C6QT8NLF
Psyche and Eros, Luna MacNamara: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62292422-psyche-and-eros
Sarah L Dixon Poetry: http://thequietcompere.co.uk/poetry-by-sarah-l-dixon/
Wake Siren, Ovid Resung, Nina MacLaughlin https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43684703-wake-siren
Great Goddesses, Nikita Gill
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44157727-great-goddesses
Ithaca, Claire North: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59416521-ithaca
The Golden Apple Trilogy, Emily Hauser: https://www.emilyhauser.com/books
Nine Muses Theatre:
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/woven
On Twitter, Instagram and TikTok as @woventhemusical
Paradise (Based on Philoctetes), NT Live https://www.ntathome.com/videos/paradise-full-play
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In this bonus episode we revisit Demeter and Persephone through an interview with Matilda Leyser about her novel No Season but the Summer, retelling the myth in the modern world.
I also review Savage Beasts, a retelling of Medea set in Calcutta when the East India Trading Company's reach is extending to engulf her land.
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Rebel Heroines on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/rebel_heroines
Greek Myth Retellings Book List:
Savage Beasts Rani Selvarajah
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61337475-savage-beasts
No Season but the Summer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61921636-no-season-but-the-summer
Matilda Leyser:
M/Others who Make: www.motherswhomake.org
Improbable Theatre Company: www.improbable.co.uk
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In this episode we meet a plethora of pre-pantheon Rebel Heroines. Primordial entities who emerged from the chaos, creation goddesses who were up against it, and a host of nymphs, muses and the keepers of Destiny. There are poem extracts from Nikita Gills fabulous Great Goddesses, oracle messages from The Mythical Oracle, and review of Nina Maclaughlin's amazing retelling of Ovid. As if that wasn't enough, we have an interview with author Rosie Garland who gives us a world exclusive premier of a her new Greek Myth inspired novel coming out next year!
Content warning: references to rape and violence against women from the outset.
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Greek Myth Retellings Book List:
Rebel Heroines Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebel_heroines
Wake Siren, Ovid Resung, Nina MacLaughlin
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43684703-wake-siren
Interview with Nina MacLaughlin
https://electricliterature.com/wake-siren-ovid-resung-reclaims-the-voices-of-the-women-from-myth/
The Mythical Oracle, Carissa Mellado, Michelle Lee Phelan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13544494-mythic-oracle
Great Goddesses, Nikita Gill
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44157727-great-goddesses
Mythos, Stephen Fry
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35074096-mythos
Rosie Garland (Rose Blythe)
Quercus Books
https://twitter.com/QuercusBooks
https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/
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This month we get up close and personal with classical literatures model wife and unpack her nuance, proving how relevant she is to modern culture. Penelope, wife of the daring Odysseus, but while he's off on his adventures, whose ruling his kingdom, bringing up his son and protecting his people with the odds stacked against her?
Content warning: contains references to violence against women and some spoilers for Margaret Atwoods 'The Penelopiad'.
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Greek Myth Retellings Book List:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/109hF2hqGJGhB5qkmAs3uNOmrcsB0QYyw/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107562735672685003952&rtpof=true&sd=true
The Guilty Feminist Podcast: https://guiltyfeminist.com/episodes/
The People Versus (Band) @ThePeopleVersusMusic
Wendy Rule, The Lotus Eaters (Album)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nS6OCwPpPix8SXcu69ulsSIitWjumI98Y
Books:
Clare Heywood, The Shadow of Perseus
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61240284-the-shadow-of-perseus
Natalie Haynes, Divine Might/Pandora’s Jar
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123851747-divine-might
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51135393-pandora-s-jar
Caitlin Moran, More than a Woman
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49397893-more-than-a-woman
Costanza Casati, Clytemnestra
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61361681-clytemnestra
Claire North, Ithaca
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59416521-ithaca
Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17645.The_Penelopiad
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebel_heroines
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Episode three focuses on Persephone, goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld and her mother Demeter, goddess of the harvest. I explore how her cyclic journey symbolises the cycles of the seasons and how this is intrinsically linked to the life cycles of women. Cycles which the modern world has distorted, yet it's through reconnecting with the divine feminine goddess energies that we can get that back. We also pop over to Ancient Egypt and meet Isis.
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Content Warning: references to rape and violence against women
Book Recommendations/Theatre Links
Clytemnestra, Costanza Casati:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61361681-clytemnestra
Book List-Greek Mythology Books by Women:
The Shadow of Perseus, Claire Heywood:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61240284-the-shadow-of-perseus
Becoming a Garment Of Isis, Naomi Ozaniec:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58581798-becoming-a-garment-of-isis
No Season but Summer, Matilda Leyser:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61921636-no-season-but-the-summer
The Worlds Wife, Carol Ann Duffy:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/902792.The_World_s_Wife
Red Moon, Miranda Gray:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/715952.Red_Moon
Sophie Okonedo in Medea: https://sohoplace.org/whats-on/medea
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In this episode, one of Greek myth’s most marginalised, misunderstood and demonised women is given the chance to tell her side of the story. Medusa was a mortal Gorgon cruelly treated by gods and men alike so her power could be weaponised. But does that make her a victim? Content warning-references to rape and violence against women.
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Book Recommendations:
Pandora’s Jar:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51135393-pandora-s-jar
Stoneblind: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61102615-stone-blind
Fiona Benson, Vertigo and Ghost:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39731658-vertigo-ghost
Math Jones: https://www.youtube.com/@mathjones1688
Unorthodox, Jemima Hughes: https://vervepoetrypress.com/product/jemima-hughes-unorthodox/?v=79cba1185463
https://www.jemimahughespoet.co.uk/
Mira Karakitsos Podcasts:
https://atemplewild.com/ekstasy-vine-podcast
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In this introductory episode I tell you about how I discovered Greek Mythology and what it means to me and we meet our first rebel heroine, my favourite: Ariadne. Princess of Crete, sister to the Minotaur, abandoned wife of Theseus and beloved wife of my favourite Greek god, Dionysus. I share some original poetry inspired by Ariadne and Dionysus and give you some great book recommendations to learn more about this extraordinary woman and how her story is still relevant to modern times, touching on themes of sexual awakening, empowerment, and embracing your wild side. Content warning: strong language, mild explicit content, references to violence towards women.
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Book Recommendations-
The Dionysian Spirit, Sean Fitton:
15 Heroines:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56080534-15-heroines?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11
Ariadne, Jennifer Saint:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54860614-ariadne?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8
Ariadne Awakes, Doris Orgel:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/621951.Ariadne_Awake_?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_20
Ephemeron, Fiona Benson:
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