Greek Myth – Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization

Greek Myth LIX: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Epitome, Chapter II – Tantalus, Pelops, Atreus, or What’s a Little Cannibalism Among Family?

You get to eat a kid! And you get to eat a kid! And you get to eat a kid! Discussion Prompts

Greek Myth LVIII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Epitome, Chapter I – Theseus Continued, or On the Road (to Athens)

When we last left Theseus, he was on the road to Athens. When we meet Theseus today, he’s still on the road to Athens. Discussion Prompts

Greek Myth LVII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter XVI – Theseus, or His Adventure Begins

Well, that was a short chapter… Seriously. Two very short paragraphs. Hard to come up with many discussion prompts from this… Discussion Prompts

Greek Myth LVI: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter XV – Cephalus, Oreithyia, Eumolpus, Aegeus, or Crete is Busy

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark… or at least on the island of Crete. Discussion Prompts

Greek Myth LIV: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter XIII – Peleus & Thetis

Peleus gets around!! Discussion Prompts

Greek Myth LIII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter XII – Dardanus, Ilus, Priam, Aeacus, Telamon, or a Brief History of Troy

I swear this chapter really is about more than Cassandra. Discussion Prompts And just because, I’ll also leave this here:

Greek Myth LII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter XI – Dioscuri, or Twin Time

For famous twins, they don’t get much screentime in the Bibliotheca… Discussion Prompts

Greek Myth LI: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter X – Pleiades, Hermes, Coronis, Asclepius, Leda, Suitors of Helen, or How Much Can One Chapter Meander?

Our author takes us from Hermes to Helen in today’s episode. Discussion Prompts

Greek Myth L: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter IX – Auge, Atalanta, or The Wedding Race

Atalanta outsmarts many suitors in today’s episode. As promised, for your viewing pleasure: Discussion Prompts

Greek Myth XLIX: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter VIII – Lycaon, Callisto, or Maybe You Should Have Stopped at 49

There’s a bear in the sky! Discussion Prompts What’s the deal with 50 sons? Why are they always so ill-behaved? Do you think things would be different if there were only 49 of them? What do you think is the “real” story about Callisto? Which version of Callisto’s death do you prefer? Why?