Legendary Passages #0117, Plutarch's Life of Theseus, Section [XXVI.], Antiope & Pirithous. Previously, Theseus was crowned king of Athens after returning from the labyrinth without Ariadne.... Mythology read aloud in twelve minute serials. Think ancient legends told as bedtime stories.... 

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LP0117 plLoT26 Antiope & Pirithous

Legendary Passages #0116, Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library Epitome [E.1.5], Epitome of Theseus. Previously, Theseus discovered his origins and journeyed to Athens. In this passage, he expelled... Mythology read aloud in twelve minute serials. Think ancient legends told as bedtime stories.... 

LP0116 LoAE-1-5 Epitome of Theseus

Legendary Passages #0115, Plutarch's Life of Theseus, Section [XXII.], The Ship of Theseus. Previously, Theseus returned from the Labyrinth, only to find his father Aegeus had jumped off the... Mythology read aloud in twelve minute serials. Think ancient legends told as bedtime stories.... 

LP0115 plLoT22 The Ship of Theseus

Legendary Passages #0114, Philostratus the Elder, Imagines Book 1, Image 14, Pasiphae & Semele. Previously, Theseus abandoned Ariadne on Naxos, where she was rescued by the god Dionysus. In... Mythology read aloud in twelve minute serials. Think ancient legends told as bedtime stories.... 

LP0114 philE1A14 Pasiphae & Semele

Legendary Passages #0113, The Poems of Catullus, Part II of Poem [64], Ariadne's Curse. Previously, Catullus described a couch covered with images of Theseus and Ariadne. Here the passage continues... Mythology read aloud in twelve minute serials. Think ancient legends told as bedtime stories.... 

LP0113 cat64b Ariadne's Curse

Legendary Passages #0112, The Poems of Catullus, Part I of Poem [64], Of the Argonauts & Ariadne. Previously, Princess Ariadne was abandoned by Theseus on the island of Naxos. In this passage... Mythology read aloud in twelve minute serials. Think ancient legends told as bedtime stories.... 

LP0112 cat64a Of the Argonauts & Ariadne

Legendary Passages #0111, Ovid's Heroides, Epistle [X.], Ariadne's Letter. Previously, with Ariadne's help Prince Theseus defeated the Minotaur and escaped the Labyrinth. In this passage Ariadne... Mythology read aloud in twelve minute serials. Think ancient legends told as bedtime stories.... 

LP0111 ovHero10 Ariadne's Letter

Legendary Passages #0110, Plutarch's Life of Theseus, Section [XVII.], The Black Sail. Previously, the time had come for the third tribute of Athenian youths to be sent to Crete, with no hope of... Mythology read aloud in twelve minute serials. Think ancient legends told as bedtime stories.... 

LP0110 plLoT17 The Black Sail

Legendary Passages #0109, Bacchylides' Odes, [XVII.], The Athenian Youths. Previously, Theseus had many adventures on his way to Athens before volunteering to be sent to the Minotaur's Labyrinth.... Mythology read aloud in twelve minute serials. Think ancient legends told as bedtime stories.... 

LP0109 Bacchy17 The Athenian Youths

Legendary Passages #0108, Pausanias' Description of Greece, Book [1.26.4], Marathonian Bull. Previously, Theseus found his father's sword and sandals, killed the Marathonian Bull, and volunteered... Mythology read aloud in twelve minute serials. Think ancient legends told as bedtime stories.... 

LP0108 pDoG1-26-4 Marathonian Bull

Legendary Passages #0107, Plutarch's Life of Theseus, Section [XIII.], Tribute. Previously, after many labors Theseus arrived at Athens, drove off the witch Medea, and was recognized by his father... Mythology read aloud in twelve minute serials. Think ancient legends told as bedtime stories.... 

LP0107 plLoT13 Tribute

Legendary Passages #0106, Pausanias' Description of Greece, Book [2.2.3], The Children of Corinth. Previously, Medea's children were killed after they brought poisoned gifts for their father's... Mythology read aloud in twelve minute serials. Think ancient legends told as bedtime stories.... 

LP0106 pDoG2-2-3 Children of Corinth

Legendary Passages #0105, Pausanias' Description of Greece, Book [1.44.6], The Corinthian Isthmus. Previously, Theseus traveled the road from Troezen to Athens around the Saronic Gulf. In this... Short stories from mythology read aloud. Think educational bedtime stories.... 

LP0105 pDoG1-44-6 The Corinthian Isthmus

Legendary Passages #0104, Plutarch's Life of Theseus, Section [VI.], Labors of Theseus. Previously, Theseus learned that he was the son of Aegeus, king of Athens. In this passage, Theseus makes his... Short stories from mythology read aloud. Think educational bedtime stories.... 

LP0104 plLoT6 Labors of Theseus

Legendary Passages #0103, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Life of Theseus [I. - VI.] The Parallel Lives. This passage begins Plutarch's comparison between the Life of Theseus and the Life of Romulus,... Short stories from mythology read aloud. Think educational bedtime stories.... 

LP0103 plLoT1 The Parallel Lives

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