Episode 98: The Monster Episode of Monsters

Two cocktails in coupe glasses, clear yellow with red at the bottom of the glass, with dried rose petals floating on the surface.

“The Beautiful Ugly” cocktail, from Nectar of the Gods

It’s Halloween, and the monsters are out! In this episode we tackle Monster Theory (as formulated by J.J. Cohen) , examine the linguistic and cultural origins of a range of Classical and classic movie monsters, look at how they connect to the history of currency and money, and explore the intersections of monsters and the New Woman. We also sample a beautiful cocktail from the upcoming cocktail book Nectar of the Gods by Liv Albert from “Let’s Talk about Myths, Baby”. Thank you, Liv!

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Monster Theory by J.J. Cohen

Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture by Liz Gloyn

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Horace Odes 1.37

Hesiod passage about Medusa is Theogony 270ff; more info about Medusa here

Ovid passage about Medusa is Metamorphoses 4.753ff

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Episode 75: Tracking Monsters, with Liz Gloyn

We speak with Dr. Liz Gloyn about her new book, Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture. We talk about Hercules: the Legendary Journeys, the Odyssey, the problems with Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey pattern, and more!

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