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Aristomenes discovers his friend Socrates at a bathhouse in Thessaly, leading to a dangerous situation, followed by a discussion on historical themes.

Aristomenes is delighted to find his missing friend Socrates alive and well at a bathhouse in Thessaly, but all is not as it seems and both men may be in danger… This story has been re-told from Apuleius, Metamorphoses , Book 1, and is followed by a chat about the history behind it, including ancient beauty standards, Roman bathhouses, and ancient Roman fast food. Content warning : gore Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/JulietteHarrisson Buy my books! https://books2read.com/ap/nzeerp/Juliette-Harrisson Buy merch! https://www.julietteharrisson.co.uk/store Creepy Classics music written and performed by Ed Harrisson (C) Sources Apuleius, The Golden Ass , trans. Robert Graves (Penguin) Apuleius’ Metamorphoses: An Intermediate Latin Reader by Paul Murgatroyd Laurie Maguire, Helen of Troy: From Homer to Hollywood Roman Justice and Apuleius’ Metamorphoses Author(s): Richard G. Summers Source: Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , 1970, Vol. 101 (1970), pp. 511-531 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2936069…

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