Metamorphoses: a Retelling of Ovid's Tales

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In this podcast, I retell the stories told long ago by Ovid, the Roman poet. The Metamorphoses is a long poem full of changes and transformations. Famous examples of myths included are Daphne and Apollo, Echo and Narcissus, and much more. Every two weeks


    • Apr 30, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Reading the Metamorphoses: Book 3 Lines 337-731

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2022 25:52


    This is a reading of the second half of Book 3 of the Metamorphoses. The translation is by Brookes More and is available via the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. CW/TW: suicide.  Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: key-metamorphoses Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Music: Underwater Exploration - Godmode; In 3 - Godmode; Amber - VYEN; Sleepy Hollow - E's Jammy Jams; Ammil - The Tides; Pure Potentiality - Benjamin Martins; Dream Escape - The Tides; Whispering Streams - E's Jammy Jams; Somnolent - The Tides

    Reading the Metamorphoses: Book 3 Lines 1-336

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2021 19:47


    This is a reading of the first half of Book 3 of the Metamorphoses. The translation is by Brookes More and is available via the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. CW/TW: suggested rape. Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: key-metamorphoses Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Music: Underwater Exploration - Godmode; In 3 - Godmode; Amber - VYEN; Sleepy Hollow - E's Jammy Jams; Ammil - The Tides; Pure Potentiality - Benjamin Martins; Dream Escape - The Tides; Whispering Streams - E's Jammy Jams; Somnolent - The Tides

    Book 3 Episode 4: Pentheus's Cousin is Not a God

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2021 11:05


    We're back! After a long time, I finally found the time to write, record and edit an episode. It's about Pentheus, another one of the Thebes crew. His cousin might have just become a god, and Pentheus does not like this. Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: ket-metamorphoses Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Music: Vishnu - Patrick Patrikios; Traversing - Godmode; Away - Patrick Patrikios

    Book 3 Episode 3: Narcissism at Its Finest

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2021 12:25


    This episode Narcissus arrives! Echo falls deeply in love and then he does. Hint: they're both in love with the same person. Audio quality might be poorer than usual. I did not have much time to edit. CW/TW: Suicide. Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: ket-metamorphoses Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Music: Vishnu - Patrick Patrikios; Traversing - Godmode; Away - Patrick Patrikios

    Book 3 Episode 2: Deer Actaeon and Slightly Vaporized Semele

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2021 10:04


    Things are not going well for the house of Cadmus. His grandson meets an unfortunate fate and his daughter meets Jupiter (and Juno). You can imagine how this will go.Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: ket-metamorphoses Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Music: Vishnu - Patrick Patrikios; Traversing - Godmode; Away - Patrick Patrikios

    Book 3 Episode 1: Cadmus, the Dragon, and the Teeth-People

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2021 10:25


    Europa's brother Cadmus takes over the story with a heroic tale about dragons and teeth becoming people. CW/TW: suggested rape. Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: ket-metamorphoses Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Music: Vishnu - Patrick Patrikios; Traversing - Godmode; Away - Patrick Patrikios

    Reading the Metamorphoses: Book 2 Lines 401-875

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2021 29:18


    I read a translation of the Metamorphoses. This time, the second half of Book 2. The translation is by Brookes More and is available via the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: key-metamorphoses Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Music: Underwater Exploration - Godmode; In 3 - Godmode; Amber - VYEN; Sleepy Hollow - E's Jammy Jams; Ammil - The Tides; Pure Potentiality - Benjamin Martins; Dream Escape - The Tides; Whispering Streams - E's Jammy Jams; Somnolent - The Tides; Checkmate - Nathan Moore

    Reading the Metamorphoses: Book 2 Lines 1-400

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2021 22:33


    I read a translation of the Metamorphoses. This time, the first half of Book 2. The translation is by Brookes More and is available via the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: key-metamorphoses Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Music: Underwater Exploration - Godmode; In 3 - Godmode; Amber - VYEN; Sleepy Hollow - E's Jammy Jams; Ammil - The Tides; Pure Potentiality - Benjamin Martins; Dream Escape - The Tides; Whispering Streams - E's Jammy Jams; Somnolent - The Tides; Checkmate - Nathan Moore

    Book 2 Episode 5: Stop Turning People to Stone, You're not Medusa

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2021 8:13


    This week Mercury continues his adventures in turning people to stone and a certain princess gets kidnapped by a bull. CW/TW: suicide mention. Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: ket-metamorphoses Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Music: Vishnu - Patrick Patrikios; Traversing - Godmode; Away - Patrick Patrikios

    Book 2 Episode 4: Snitches Get Stitches

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2021 9:14


    This episode a raven gets a colour change, a princess gets turned into a crow and another girl gets turned into an owl. Many birds here! Oh, and Apollo gets slightly mad at his lover, but they still have a child. And Mercury steals some cows. CW/TW: attempted assault. Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: ket-metamorphoses Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Music: Vishnu - Patrick Patrikios; Traversing - Godmode; Away - Patrick Patrikios

    Reading the Metamorphoses: Book 1 Lines 416-778

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2021 21:31


     I read a translation of the Metamorphoses. This time, the second half of Book 1. The translation is by Brookes More and is available via the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: key-metamorphoses Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Music: Underwater Exploration - Godmode; In 3 - Godmode; Amber - VYEN; Sleepy Hollow - E's Jammy Jams; Ammil - The Tides; Pure Potentiality - Benjamin Martins; Dream Escape - The Tides; Whispering Streams - E's Jammy Jams; Somnolent - The Tides; Checkmate - Nathan Moore

    Reading the Metamorphoses: Book 1 Lines 1-415

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2021 22:13


    This episode I try a new episode format! I read a translation of the Metamorphoses. This time, the first half of Book 1. The translation is by Brookes More and is available via the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: key-metamorphoses Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Music: Underwater Exploration - Godmode; In 3 - Godmode; Amber - VYEN; Sleepy Hollow - E's Jammy Jams; Ammil - The Tides; Pure Potentiality - Benjamin Martins; Dream Escape - The Tides; Whispering Streams - E's Jammy Jams; Somnolent - The Tides; Checkmate - Nathan Moore

    Book 2 Episode 3: At Least You Become a Constellation, Callisto

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 12:30


    This episode, a lot of people grieve for Phaethon and some turn into other things. Also, Jupiter finds a lovely girl, called Callisto, and things predictably goes wrong for her. CW/TW: rape. There is a small mistake at about 11:13, where I said 'Jupiter' but meant 'Juno'. Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: ket-metamorphoses Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Music: Vishnu - Patrick Patrikios; Traversing - Godmode; Away - Patrick Patrikios

    Book 2 Episode 2: Literally Everything Goes Wrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2021 11:15


    This episode Phaethon goes on a trip and things go, predictably, wrong. Things are on fire. Twitter:  @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: key-metamorphoses Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Music: Vishnu - Patrick Patrikios; Traversing - Godmode; Away - Patrick Patrikios

    Book 2 Episode 1: Phaethon, Please Don't

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2021 10:52


    In this first episode of the second book, Phaethon finds his father and asks for an interesting gift. Maybe it would be better he asked for something else. Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: key-metamorphoses Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Music: Vishnu - Patrick Patrikios; Traversing - Godmode; Away - Patrick Patrikios

    Book 1 Episode 6: Io's Mooooving Through Some Fields

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2021 15:30


    This episode I tell the story of Io, who has an unfortunate encounter with Jupiter. Embedded in this is the story of Pan and Syrinx. I end with the beginning of Phaethon's myth. CW/TW: rape, attempted assault, harassment. Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Tumblr: key-metamorphoses Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Email: key.metamorphoses@gmail.com Music: Vishnu - Patrick Patrikios; Away - Patrick Patrikios

    Book 1 Episode 5: Apollo Hugs a Tree (Creepily)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 10:10


    This episode we look at the story of Apollo killing Python, a huge snake. Also, Apollo insults Cupid and is as punishment shot with a love arrow and falls in love with Daphne. CW/TW: attempted sexual assault, harrassment. Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Music: Vishnu - Patrick Patrikios; Away - Patrick Patrikios

    Book 1 Episode 4: Out with the Old, and In with the New... Humans

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2021 10:20


    This episode we see how Jupiter and the other gods destroy all humans, except two. These two, Deucalion  and Pyrrha, wander the empty earth and try to restore the human race. Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Music: Vishnu - Patrick Patrikios; Away - Patrick Patrikios

    Book 1 Episode 3: Humans are Terrible Little Creatures

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2021 10:07


    This episode of Metamorphoses we look into the creation of humans, from the golden age, where humans are created by Prometheus, to the iron age, where humans are terrible beings. also, the giants attack. The story of Lycaon makes the gods make an important decision. Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Email: metamorphoses.key@gmail.com Music: Vishnu - Patrick Patrikios; Away - Patrick Patrikios

    Book 1 Episode 2: The First Metamorphosis?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2021 11:01


    In this second episode we discuss the beginning and creation of everything. The heavens, earth and seas are created through a sort of metamorphosis, the first one of this podcast and of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.com Twitter: @MetamorphosesK Music: Vishnu - Patrick Patrikios; Away - Patrick Patrikios

    Book 1 Episode 1: Prologue and Prologue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2021 7:10


    In this first episode of Metamorphoses I explain the premise of the podcast and take a first dive into the prologue of Ovid's Metamorphoses.Website: metamorphoses.buzzsprout.comMusic: Patrick Patrikios - Vishnu                Patrick Patrikios - Away

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