Muses of Mythology

“How do you properly cast out a baby?!”

It's an episode about wolves! So, of course, DJ (he/him) tackles the research for this one. Meanwhile, Darien (she/they) has a breakdown and rewrites all of Heroes of Olympus.

Other topics include the craziest day of an ancient shepherd’s life, Rick Riordan (kinda) inventing a goddess, Darien spinning out about the internal logical of New Rome and Camp Jupiter, DJ almost confessing to being a furry, an extended conversation about bipedal final evolutions of Pokemon starters, and outlining specific werewolf criteria. 

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about child abandonment, child neglect, cannibalism, murder, death, and animal attacks. 
Spoilers for The Heroes of Olympus, The Trials of Apollo, Twilight, Van Helsing, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, American Werewolf in London, Once Upon a Time, Teen Wolf, Adventure Time, Arcane/League of Legends, and Wolfwalkers 
Bonus episode about Spider-Man: Brand New Day on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology

About Us
Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.
Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka 
Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology
Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch
Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com
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Since everyone's talking about Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, we're unlocking a bonus episode where we discuss an adaptation where Odysseus is actually clever and tricksy...
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Wow, things got DARK there, huh?
Animatics highlighted in this episode: 
“Full Movie” https://youtu.be/6K-eMKjo1bs?si=81bQOEZa8etFY8-d
Polyphemus: https://youtu.be/kKgwQy30R-c?si=SrY9MhwvgtlrQaBh
Remember Them: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VOPGM9QR_QQ
My Goodbye: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e8EVxeDTx2E
Content Warning: This episode contains mention of and conversation about needles, physical violence, death, murder, mutilation, and animal death.
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“So, f*** you, Midas, for being a snarky bastard.”
Darien (she/they) and DJ (he/him) immediately abandon the episode topic order and skip to the original king of bling, Midas. 
Other topics include Jason having a genuinely cool hero moment, an origin story for a mineral-rich ancient river, the dangers of having bad taste in music, big thoughts about Charlie Daniels’s ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia,’ reflections of high school assigned reading, DJ’s realizing the perfect method to get Darien to finally finish her draft, and the Scarlet Letter guy removing “heathen wickedness” and adding a daughter to the King Midas story. 

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about death by petrification, murder, and beheading.

Spoilers for The Heroes of Olympus, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Hercules: The Animated Series, Once Upon a Time, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Bonus episode about The Amazing Digital Circus on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology

About Us
Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.
Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka 
Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology
Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch
Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com
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“Rome was destined to exist."

How did Rome get away with copying Greece's homework like this? They would have totally gotten detention if they were in our sixth grade social studies class!

Other topics include our friend Emily's personal enemy, the mysterious destiny of Trojan princes, Janus being the weirdest choice to sneak into PJO, Darien plotting to sneak Vesta into the season, DJ's middle school history project, and questioning if Rick Riordan's portrayal of the Greco-Roman split accurately reflects the reality of the mythology. 

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about empire, conquering, and colonialism. 

Spoilers for The Heroes of Olympus

Enjoy from Queer Myths for Pride on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology

About Us
Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.
Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka 
Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology
Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch
Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com

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“Plato’s in the room.”
Why hasn’t Percy Jackson ever gone to Atlantis? Is it even a real myth? What makes something a real myth, anyway? Author Sian Ingham (they/them) joins the pod to set ALL the stories straight! 

Pre-order Atlantis Through Time: The Writing and Rewriting of an Occult Legend from your favorite book place! https://bookshop.org/p/books/atlantis-through-time-the-writing-and-rewriting-of-an-occult-legend-sian-ingham/04ca7bd16c3663c8

Other topics include Sian’s shelf of the damned, hating on Graham Hancock, love for Milo Rossi, ancient BookTube, the perfect casting for a Plato biopic, using the wrong format to get the right answer, the true meaning of Pride, dunking on Heinrich Schliemann, rampant plagiarism, family drama, and the best fantasy slice-of-life version of Atlantis. 

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about racism, colonialism, destruction of indigenous history, mental illness, Nazi ideology (gross), domestic abuse, and cults.

Get more Sian Ingram https://www.patreon.com/Room207Press?utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan

Check out Darien's full European Trip Report on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology

About Us
Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.
Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka 
Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology
Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch
Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com

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No portion of this episode may be used for AI training purposes or to create derivative works without express written permission from the creators and co-hosts Darien Smartt or Davis Smartt.