Notes from the Oracle: A Percy Jackson and Mythology Podcast

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Notes from the Oracle: A Percy Jackson and Mythology Podcast

Show Notes

This episode may be short, but it is packed tighter than a demonic taxi with a cyclops in it! Join Jack and Connor for a frenetic chapter that is filled with comedy and action. We're talking about the leading ladies for this chapter, the Graeae, in today's myth section as well as learning a little bit about the origins of Ganymede! So buckle up because this chapter is about to be a bumpy ride! This Week's Myths: The Graeae Perseus and the Graeae An Introduction to Ganymede

The Oracle's Visions! (Links to sources) Ganymedes - Greek Cup-Bearer of the Gods Ganymede (mythology) - Wikipedia Homer, Iliad, Book 5, Lines 239-279 Homer, Iliad, Book 20, Lines 199-241 The Elegiac Poems of Theognis Hyginus, Astronomica Nonnus, Dionysiaca Ampelos - Wikipedia Fagles, Robert, translator. The Iliad. Penguin Publishing Group, 1998. Graeae - Wikipedia GRAEAE (Graiai) - One-Eyed Grey Hags of Greek Mythology Gray Sisters | Riordan Wiki Gray Sisters' Taxi | Riordan Wiki Hesiod, Theogony, Lines 270-303 Homer, Iliad, Book 5, Lines 576-626 Enyo - Wikipedia Deino (mythology) - Wikipedia Perses (mythology) - Wikipedia Riordan, Rick. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2). Disney Hyperion, 2006.

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