Nobody Likes Ares (All About Ares)
11/24/202321 min
Oh Muses! Help us speak of the god of war, Ares, son of Zeus and Hera and all his bad decisions. We encounter Aphrodite getting caught being unfaithful, unruly giants, sibling fights, vaguely worded prophecies, and forgotten family members.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
The stories featured in Greeking Out are original adaptations of classic Greek myths. This week's story features Aphrodite getting caught being unfaithful, unruly giants, sibling fights, vaguely worded prophecies, and forgotten family members.
Speaker 10:13
Greeking out. The greatest stories in history were told in Greek mythology. Greeking out. Gods and heroes, amazing feats. Listen and you'll see. It's Greeking out.
Kenny Curtis· Host0:29
Throughout the centuries, there have been many great questions in Greek mythology, but for us today, one of the big ones is how exactly did the god of war wind up in a jar for over a year? Yeah, it seems wild, but it's true. Ares, the god of war, was actually captured and held prisoner in a jar for 13 months, and to make matters worse, this was all done at the hands of two children.
Tori Kerr0:59
You are getting ahead of yourself.
Kenny Curtis· Host1:02
Y- you know what? You're absolutely right, Oracle. We have a long way to go until we get there. You may have noticed that we skipped talking about Ares in our first episode this season, and that's because we had a whole episode planned about him. That's where you are now. Now, Ares is not a, a favorite god. He kind of represents the worst parts of war. He doesn't always do the right thing, and, and he, and I kind of forgot where I was going with this.
Tori Kerr1:26
He is an Olympian.
Kenny Curtis· Host1:28
Right, exactly. He's part of the family.