Mini Myth: Friends, Romans, Countrymen... Rome, Janus & Virgil’s Aeneid

Before we start Virgil's Aeneid: a grounding in the differences of Romans and mythology, and an understanding of where the Romans were, historically, when Virgil wrote the Aeneid. CW/TW: A general mythology warning: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sponsor! Care/Of: for 50% off your first Care/of order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code MYTHSBABY50! Sources: Roman Mythology: A Traveler's Guide from Troy to Tivoli, Virgil's Aeneid, translated by David Ferry, Ovid's Fasti, translated by Anne and Peter Wiseman. Mythology, by Edith Hamilton. All songs used are clips from by Lee Rosevere: “More On That Later”, ”Not Alone", "How I Used to See the Stars", "Night Caves", "The Nightmare", and/or "What's Behind the Door" from Music for Podcasts. All are copyright of the artist and licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; music from the artist found here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices