A desperate family become separated while fleeing a war zone in this famous story from Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid, 2.624-795. I'm delighted to be joined on this episode by Dr Olivia Knops, from the University of Birmingham, and Ed Harrisson, who has composed all the music for the podcast. We have a good old natter about ancient and modern music, different musical moods, what we know about ancient music and how this can be transformed for modern listeners. The story features a new arrangement of the ancient Greek Seikilos Epitaph, the earliest known musical composition including musical notation.
Content warning: war, fire, urban destruction, references to sexual violence.
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The Story of Marathon
The Story of the Unidentified Flying Object
The Story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Story of Erichtho’s Necromantic Rite
The Story of the Female Spirits
The Story of White Island
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The Story of Caligula
The Story of Herlequin‘s Hunt, from Orderic Vitalis
The Story of Augustus‘ Nursery, from Suetonius
The Story of Old Hamlet, from Shakespeare
The Story of Cynthia, from Propertius
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The Story of Khonsuemheb: An Egyptian Ghost Story
The Story of the Haunted House from Pliny, with Tony Keen
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