Episode III.05 - Roman Mythology II: Ovid’s Metamorphoses

from The Western Traditions Podcast · host Robert Paxton

Our souls are deathless, but nothing retains its own form. Thus speaks Pythagoras in this long and winding tale that combines ancient myth and history. Through a Roman lens, we read of Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Hercules, Ulysses and more, coming right down to the advent of the Roman Empire.

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