Many civilizations around the world have traditions in which the gods get upset with mankind and water the world back to square one. The Greeks and Romans were no exceptions. This week the guys wade into Ovid’s take on all this with a look at the Greco-Roman “Noah figures” Deucalion and Pyrrha. After humanity Teen Wolfs its way into Zeus’ disfavor, the couple find themselves on a skiff headed for a sea-swamped Parnassus. And even when they hit dry land they have to solve a riddle to repopulate the earth. Why? Well, Themis the breaks, I’m afraid. So how do Deucalion’s and Pyrrha’s titanic parentage foreshadow the action? What does this story have to say about Roman views of human nature? Why so much rock chucking? And also stay tuned for Ad Navseam’s new coming attraction: “Gvrgle”!
Ad Navseam Episode 15: I Can't Spare a Square! - Horror Vacui and the Dipylon Vase
Ad Navseam Episode 14: Cicero Falls at Formiae - A Date which will Live in Infamy
Ad Navseam Episode 13: Buried in Books - Cicero and Cato in a Tusculan Villa
Ad Navseam Episode 12: Theogony and the Ecstasy - The Archaic Greek Poet Hesiod, Part 2
Ad Navseam Episode 11: Workin' for a Livin' - The Archaic Greek Poet Hesiod, Part 1
Ad Navseam Episode 10: Necropolis Now! The Martyrdom and Tomb of St. Peter
Ad Navseam Episode 9: A Fisherman, a Farmer, and a Shepherd Walk into a Painting… - Ovid and Brueghel’s Fall of Icarus
Ad Navseam Episode 8: Avid for Ovid, or What's Love Got to Do with It?
Ad Navseam Episode 7: Troy, the Movie - More Bods than Gods
Ad Navseam Episode 6: SCHLIEMANN!
Ad Navseam Episode 5: History and the Trojan War
Ad Navseam Episode 4: Homer's Iliad, Part 3
Ad Navseam Episode 3: Homer's Iliad, Part 2
Ad Navseam Episode 2: Homer's Iliad, Part 1
Ad Navseam Episode 1: Classics as a Way of Life
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