Oh Muses! And Other Minor Gods
12/15/202323 min
Oh Muses! Today's tale is about.... well, you! The goddesses of creativity and art! We encounter bees, bees in cows, kidnapped bees, animal carcasses, revenge birds, epic poetry, dancing, and, of course, hubris.
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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 bees, bees and cows, kidnapped bees, animal carcasses, revenge birds, epic poetry, dancing, and of course, hubris.
Speaker 10:14
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
Welcome back to another episode of Greeking Out. Today's show is all about some of the minor gods in Greek mythology, and by minor, we don't mean less important. We just mean the gods that you might not have heard all that much about.
Tori Kerr· Co-host0:46
Our earlier Who's Who on Mount Olympus episode showcased some of the bigger and more prominent gods in Greek mythology. This episode is focused on the gods you might not know about, but are still important nonetheless.
Kenny Curtis· Host1:05
Exactly. And to kick things off, we're talking about every artist's favorite group of goddesses, the Muses.
Tori Kerr· Co-host1:13
Muses were deities that provided artists with the inspiration they needed to create.
Kenny Curtis· Host1:21
Yep, and they definitely played a big role in getting some of these mythology stories composed. Homer actually begins his famous poem, The Odyssey,