Troy Story: Iphigenia LIVES
5/24/202420 min
Oh Muses! We revisit the aftermath of the Trojan War, In this episode we encounter siblings, human sacrifice, an excessive amount of revenge murder, an Achilles cameo, and two-part episodes.
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First 90 secondsKenny Curtis· Host0:00
The stories featured in Greeking Out are original adaptations of classic Greek myths. This week's story features siblings, human sacrifice, an excessive amount of revenge murder, an Achilles cameo, and two-part episodes.
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
I bet a lot of you listening have siblings or cousins that you spend a lot of time with, no matter how often you fight. And I know you do fight sometimes, but in the end, siblings are friends you get for life. Am I right? Well, in this episode, we're headed back to ancient Greece to talk a little bit more about some sibling relationships and some characters from one of the most popular stories in Greek mythology, the Trojan War.
Tori Kerr· Co-host0:57
We dedicated most of the sixth season to discussing the Trojan War.
Kenny Curtis· Host1:04
Yeah, we did, Oracle. And in one of those episodes, we introduced the star of today's episode, Iphigenia.
Tori Kerr· Co-host1:11
Iphigenia appeared in the episode Rallying the Troops.
Kenny Curtis· Host1:17
Right, and she has kind of a sad story. Now, like the Oracle said, we go into great detail about how the Trojan War got started back in season six, but today's story is gonna pick up right when the Greek soldiers were