Alex Andreou's Podyssey

To receive the illustrated guide to each episode and an invitation to the live Q&As, become a monthly supporter! *** SUPPORT PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** We needn't "imagine Sisyphus happy". He IS happy, just not for the reasons we thought. ... The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! ADDITIONAL LINKS Watch that incredible opening sequence from Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times" here You can see a short of Wile E. Coyote as Sisyphus here *** SUPPORT PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** Written and presented by Alex Andreou Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Amanda Potter, and Dr Ruth Smith Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou Additional research by Kos Mantzakos A Cooler Heads podcast *** SUPPORT PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

*** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠ *** Most of what you think you know about the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a story of conceit or vanity. It isn’t even the story of one person. It is a story of unrequited love and pain, of the corruption of innocence, of losing oneself. ....... The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! Written and presented by Alex Andreou Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou A Cooler Heads podcast NOTES MUSIC Podyssey Theme: “⁠⁠To Margoudi ki o Alexandris⁠⁠”, Marianna Sangita, 2018 (with permission) Alphonse Hasselmans: Gitane Op.21, Rosa Spier, 1954 Antonio Vivaldi: LE QUATTRO STAGIONI "L'Estate" - Allegro, Henry Swoboda, 1950 Belle Baker: "Mad about the boy", 1939 Walter Feldkamp: "Reflections in the water", 1933 Domenico Bartolucci: "Crux Fidelis", Cappella Sistina, 1960 Charles Gounod: FAUST “Jewel Song”, Joan Sutherland, 1959 Camille Saint-Saëns: “The Swan”, Clara Rockmore, 1953 Giacomo Meyerbeer: DINORAH “Shadow Song”, Maria Callas, 1954 Lena Horne: "You go to my head", 1946 Daniel Pinkham: "Slow, slow fresh fount", John McCollum, 1961 Rudolf Friml: ROSE-MARIE “Indian Love Call”, Ann Blyth & Lorenzo Lamas, 1954 FILM The Talented Mr Ripley (1999) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134119⁠/ Snow White (1937) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029583/⁠ All About Eve (1950) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042192/⁠ The Shape of Water (2017) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580390/⁠ The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037988/⁠ Black Swan (2010) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/⁠ Ingrid Goes West (2017) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5962210/⁠ ART “Narcissus” by Caravaggio ⁠https://www.caravaggio.org/narcissus.jsp⁠ “Metamorphosis of Narcissus” by Salvador Dalí ⁠https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dali-metamorphosis-of-narcissus-t02343⁠ “The Nymph Echo” by Max Ernst ⁠https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79316⁠ Narcissus Fresco in Pompeii by Anon. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_%28mythology%29#/media/File:Narcissus_on_a_Pompeian_fresco.jpg⁠ “Echo and Narcissus” by John William Waterhouse ⁠https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/echo-and-narcissus⁠ “Narcissus” by Follower of Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio ⁠https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/follower-of-giovanni-antonio-boltraffio-narcissus⁠ "Mr. O'Wilde, You are not the first one that has grasped at a Shadow" by Thomas Nast ⁠https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820022⁠ *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠⁠ *** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

*** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠ *** The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! … Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. Everything I thought I knew was wrong. She is a riddle that defies solution, because she comes from a time before the shape of things was settled. She laughs. TW - rape, sexual assault, male violence *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠ *** Written and presented by Alex Andreou Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global NOTES MUSIC Podyssey Theme: “⁠To Margoudi ki o Alexandris⁠”, Marianna Sangita, 2018 (with permission) Sergei Rachmaninov: “The Isle of The Dead, Op.29”, Dimitri Mitropoulos, 1949 Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Harold Byrns, 1949 Dinah Washington: “You go to my head”, live 1954 Betty Hutton: “Why do you wanna make those eyes at me for?”, 1945 Giacomo Puccini: Tosca, Act II Finale, Adriana Guerrini & Paolo Silveri, 1952 Frances Faye: “Dummy Song”, 1953 The Mort Lindsey Trio: “Jeepers Creepers”, 1953 The Toppers: “Don’t be angry”, 1955 WA Mozart: Don Giovanni, Vengeance Duet, Maria Curtis Verna & Cesare Valletti, 1956 Gaetano Donizetti, Anna Bolena “Coppia iniqua”, Maria Callas, 1959 Leslie Hutchinson, “Close your eyes”, 1932 FILM Clash of The Titans (1981) Marnie (1964) I Spit on Your Grave (1978) Revenge (2017) Serial Mom (1984) Carrie (1976) Gilda (1946) Gone Girl (2014) Les Diaboliques (1955) The First Wives Club (1996) Ex Machina (2014) The Omen (1976) Hereditary (2018) Midsommar (2019) Raiders of The Lost Ark (1981) Mars Attacks (1996) Alien (1979) The Thing (1982) ART Prehistoric figures believed to be early “gorgoneia”, Thessaly, c.6000 BCE “Danaë” by Antonio de Correggio, c.1531 “Danaë” by Gustav Klimt, 1907 Gigantomachy pediment, Old Athena Temple, Acropolis, Athens 525-520 BCE Gilgamesh and Enkidu slaying Humbaba at the Cedar Forest, Sumerian, 19-17C BCE Perseus beheading the sleeping Medusa, red figure terracotta pelike, by Polygnotos (attr.) c.450–440 BCE Medusa Victorious, Archaic marble sculpture, Paros, mid-6C BCE Archaic Gorgon, temple of Artemis, Corfu, c.580 BCE Medusa and Centaurs, early black figure vase, by Nessos, c.620 BCE Examples of "Gorgoneion" masks and ornaments, from 6th Century BCE “Medusa”, painted shield by Caravaggio, 1597 “Perseus with the Head of Medusa”, Benvenuto Cellini, c.1550 “Dreadlocks”, Times cartoon, 2015 “Trump & Triumph” after Cellini, meme and merchandise, 2016 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

*** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠⁠ *** What is the moral of "The Tortoise and The Hare"? What is the warning in "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"? What is "The Fox and The Grapes" about? You're probably wrong about all three. In the last instalment of the Aesop Trilogy, Alex delves into the fables themselves and finds the many ways in which they have been twisted and why. Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its tentacles, juice it for its wisdom, refresh, clean and put it back together - all shiny and new! "Our Aesop-muscle has atrophied. We have forgotten how to craft and tell our stories - and in the process forgotten how to listen to the stories of others. Humanity without stories is humanity with no identity." "How the story made us feel is what we store and recall - not the hard logic, nor the facts and figures. And while it is ludicrous to say 'people have had enough of experts', it’s perfectly fair to say that they have had enough of how their teaching style makes them feel." *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** Written and presented by Alex Andreou Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global NOTES MUSIC Podyssey Theme: “To Margoudi ki o Alexandris”, Marianna Sangita, 2018 (with permission) Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra ("The Prophets”), Jascha Heifetz 1956 Dorothy Collins: “To Make A Long Story Short”, 1953 Hans Werner Henze: Moralitäten 1. Teil, conducted by the composer, 1968 Tom Lehrer: “Smut”, public domain, 1965 Sandra Church: Gypsy “Little Lamb”, 1959 Giorgos Gounaris: “To Pazari” (The Market), 1939 Jean-Philippe Rameau: “Platée”, Michel Sénéchal, 1956 Gioachino Rossini: “Duetto Buffo di Due Gatti”, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Victoria de los Angeles, Royal Festival Hall, 1967 Modest Mussorgsky: “The Song of The Flea”, Feodor Chaliapin, 1936 Gerónimo Giménez: La Tempranica “La Tarantula”, Victoria de los Angeles, BBC 1968 Bizet: “La Coccinelle”, Cecilia Bartoli, (fair usage for review) 1996 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte “Pa-pa-pa-gena”, Walter Berry & Emmy Loose, 1955 Emma Papikyan: “Dzidzernak” (Swallow), Armenia Radio Archives, 1993 Saint-Saens: Parysatis "Le Rossignol Et La Rose" , Mado Robin, RTF archive 1954 Manos Hadjidakis: “Magiki Poli” (Magical City), Zoe Maggou, 1954 Leoš Janáček: Cunning Little Vixen - Finale, Prague National Theatre, 1958 Jerome Kern: Show Boat “Make Believe”, Marion Marlowe & Frank Parker, 1953 ART Frans Snyders: "The Cock and the Jewel", oil on canvas 1620 - Auckland Art Gallery Agnes Miller Parker: “The Cock and the Jewel”, wood engraving c1931 - private collection “The Cock and the Jewel”, Chelsea Porcelain, c1770 - Fitzwilliam Museum “The Cock and the Jewel”, pendant in gold and pearl with rubies, Dutch 16C - private collection “The Miller, His Son, And Their Ass”, John Tenniel illustrations, 1882 FILM “Fantastic Mr. Fox” 2009 “Bambi” 1942 “Spirited Away” 2001 “Howl’s Moving Castle” 2004 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

*** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠ *** Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! … Stories have had a moral, for as long as we have told stories. This week, Aesop; A crowd-sourced literary celebrity. What is the fact and what is the fiction? And why it matters. Written and presented by Alex Andreou Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global NOTES MUSIC Podyssey Theme: “To Margoudi ki o Alexandris”, Marianna Sangita, 2018 (with permission) ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-LAVj5l9Uc⁠ César Cui: "Orientale"; Capitol Symphony Orch, Carmen Dragon 1958 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDx-kRbXoCU Xiomara Alfaro: "Angelitos Negros" 1957 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_9XyHOHiLw Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Winifred Atwell 1957 https://archive.org/details/lp_winifred-atwell-plays-gershwin_winifred-atwell-ted-heath-and-his-music/disc1/01.01.+Rhapsody+In+Blue.mp3 Charlie Gore: "Absolutely Free", 1953 https://archive.org/details/78_absolutely-free_charlie-gore-charlie-gore-gore-young_gbia0484950b Manos Hadjidakis: "The Myth", Christiana, 1960 https://archive.org/details/lp_ilios-thalassa.mp3 Richard Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils from "Salome", Paul Paray, 1959 https://archive.org/details/lp_the-heart-of-the-opera_antal-dorati-paul-paray-detroit-symphony-o/disc1/02.01.+Dance+Of+The+Seven+Veils+From+%22Salome%22.mp3 Manouche: "Miri Louloudi", 1989 (with permission) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMtzBs5bSIE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

*** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! … There is an elegant symmetry to Cassandra being misunderstood - still, millennia later - as a symbol for pessimism. A prophet of doom. But that wasn’t her curse at all. Her curse was to have true insight and yet be unable to get those around her to listen. And is the reason we prioritise some voices over others not the central, existential question at a time when real knowledge struggles to make itself heard over a chorus of populism? What wooden horses have we let through our cities’ gates? Written and presented by Alex Andreou Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global NOTES MUSIC Oluf Dimitri Røe: “Fajum” ON YOUTUBE Aldo Ciccolini: Erik Satie “Gnossiennes No.1 FROM ARCHIVE Lulu Belle: “Never take ‘no’ for an answer” FROM ARCHIVE ON ft Marianna Sangita: “Et Glimt” ON YOUTUBE Risë Stevens: Bizet; Carmen “Card Scene” FROM ARCHIVE Betty Lou Allen: J.S.C. Bach; Cassandra Cantata FROM ARCHIVE Fedora Barbieri: Verdi; Un Ballo in Maschera “Re dell’abisso” FROM ARCHIVE Marisa Ferrer & Charles Cambon: Berlioz; Les Troyens "Reviens a toi, vierge adorée” FROM ARCHIVE Anna Maria Alberghetti: “They didn’t believe me” FROM ARCHIVE FILM Helen of Troy 1956 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049301/ Scream 2 1997 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120082/ The Matrix 1999 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/ The Eyes of Laura Mars 1978 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077530/ Doctor Sleep 2019 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5606664/ Nightmare Alley 2021 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7740496/ Agamemnon 1983 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UyouI7BUsI Promising Young Woman 2020 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620292/ Kaos 2024 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8550732/ Don't Look Up 2021 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314/ ART Attic Red cup with the taking of Cassandra Terracotta amphora with the taking of Cassandra Evelyn de Morgan's Cassandra Pompeii mosaic of Ajax dragging Cassandra from Palladium. Solomon J. Solomon's Ajax & Cassandra Ronsard's "Avant le temps tes tempes fleuriront" Louise Bogan's "Cassandra" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! … Persephone has been assigned the story of a victim, but bears none of the hallmarks. Why has this magnificent Queen been reduced to a Page 3 girl? Written and presented by Alex Andreou Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global NOTES Will be added in a few hours Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! … Persephone has been assigned the story of a victim, but bears none of the hallmarks. Why has this magnificent Queen been reduced to a Page 3 girl? Written and presented by Alex Andreou Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global NOTES MUSIC Podyssey Theme - “To Margoudi ki o Alexandris” Marianna Sangita - YOUTUBE. “Kori” (Acoustic) Marianna Sangita - YOUTUBE “Kori” (Album Version) ON - YOUTUBE Camille Saint-Saëns “Danse Macabre”, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra - ARCHIVE Claudio Monteverdi “Addio Roma” from L’Incoronazione di Poppea - ARCHIVE Antonio Vivaldi “Autumn” from The four Seasons - ARCHIVE Heitor Villa Lobos “Bachianas Brasileiras No.5”, Bidu Sayao - ARCHIVE Giacomo Puccini “Flower Duet” from Madama Butterfly, Renata Tebaldi/Nell Ranking - ARCHIVE Francesco Sacrati “E dove t’aggirli” from Proserpina, Victoria de los Angeles - YOUTUBE “Sobbin’ Women” from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Howard Keel - ARCHIVE Francesco Cilea “Esser madre e un inferno” from L’Arlesiana, Ebe Stignani - ARCHIVE “Am I blue” Ethel Waters - YOUTUBE Amilcare Ponchielli “Oh Madre Mia” Act I finale from La Gioconda, Maria Callas/Maria Amadini - ARCHIVE WA Mozart “Lacrimosa” from Requiem, Eugen Jochum - ARCHIVE Kurt Weill “September Song”, Sarah Vaughan - ARCHIVE FILM “The Goddess of Spring” (1934) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zvnAypUSJs Children of Men (2006) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206634/ Lady Bird (2017) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4925292/ Terms of Endearment (1983) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086425/ Steel Magnolias (1989) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098384/ ARTWORK Two examples of a Melian amphoras, with Kore figure, c. 6thC BCE here and here. “Hades Abducting Persephone” fresco Vergina 4C BCE “Statue of Isis-Persephone holding a sistrum” marble statue Gortyn 180-190 CE “Head of Persephone” earthenware Centuripae, c.420 BCE “Bronze statuette of a female votary with pomegranate” 4th–3rd century BCE “Persephone and Hades” red-figure kylix Vulci, c. 440-430 BCE “The abduction of Persephone by Hades” terracotta hydria c. 340–330 BCE “Persephone on the Throne” terracotta tablet Locri, 470 BCE “Enthroned Deity” (probably Persephone) Taranto, c. 480-470 BCE Bernini Gian Lorenzo “Rape of Proserpine” Peter Paul Rubens “The Rape of Proserpine” Luca Giordano “The Abduction of Proserpina” Maxfield Parrish “Proserpina and the Sea Nymphs” Hiram Powers “Proserpine” Dante Gabriel Rossetti eighth and final version of “Proserpine” READING Taffy Brodesser-Akner “Let’s Go to Jerusalem for Soup Again” Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz, Marian Villancico Edna St Vincent Millay “Prayer to Persephone” Rita Dove “Canary” Rita Dove “The Bistro Styx” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices