6: Fragment 58

Fragment 58 You can find the episode transcript here. You, children, be zealous for the beautiful gifts of the violetlapped Muses and for the clear songloving lyre. But my skin once soft is now taken by old age, my hair turns white from black. And my heart is weighed down and my knees do not lift, […]

Holiday Special: Aphrodite with Liv Albert

Fragment 58 You can find the episode transcript here. Grab a drink and join us for a holiday bonus episode with our friend Liv Albert from Let’s Talk About Myths Baby. We talk about Aphrodite, Greek Mythology and the patriarchy.

5: Fragment 58 (Pre-2004)

Fragment 58 (Pre-2004) You can find the episode transcript here.                                   ]                                   ]                     […]

4: Fragment 55

Fragment 55 You can find the episode transcript here. When you lie dead, no one will remember you For you have no share in the Muses’ roses. No, flitting aimlessly about, You will wildly roam, a shade amidst the shadowy dead. (Dubnoff)

3: Fragment 130

Fragment 130 You can find the episode transcript here. Once again Love, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet and inescapable, crawling thing, seizes me. (Rayor)

2: Fragment 94

Fragment 94 You can find the episode transcript here. I simply wish to die. Weeping she left me. and told me this, too:We’ve suffered terribly, Sappho.I leave you against my will. I answered: Go happilyand remember me — you know how we cared for you. If not, let me remind you*. . . the lovely times we shared. […]

1: Fragment 16

Fragment 16 You can find the episode transcript here. Some men say and army of horses and some men say an army on footand some men say an army of ships is the most beautiful thingon the black earth. But I say it is              what you love. Easy to […]

0: Ode to Aphrodite

Ode to Aphrodite You can find the episode transcript here. On the throne of many hues, Immortal Aphrodite,child of Zeus, weaving wiles: I beg you,do not break my spirit, O Queen,with pain or sorrow but come–if ever before from far awayyou heard my voice and listened,and leaving your father’sgolden home you came, your chariot yoked with lovely […]