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Announcing a new ebook

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My new ebook: Legends of King Arthur and His Knights is now available on all Amazon stores. The ASIN code is B01I8IB7J8.

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Jul 19, 2016

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A journey through the myths and history of Ancient Greece and Rome for all the family.

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Chapter Six: Men, Mortality and Meddling: It's time for us to meet some of the early mortal men and women and see how the gods interfered in their lives. We will find out about the births of two of great heroes of Greek mythology. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Fourteen: The Myths of Thebes: A chapter all about the goings on in the city of Thebes. We hear about the city's foundation and how it came to be ruled by one of the most unfortunate men in Greek mythology. We also solve the Riddle of the Sphynx! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Seven: Bring me the Head of the Gorgon Medusa: This week we hear the story of the first of the great mythical heroes of Greece. Perseus is sent by an evil king to kill Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon. He does not find it easy! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Introduction: This first podcast is an introduction to the wonders of Ancient Greek mythology and history. It contains a brief summary of what I will cover in the coming fifty chapters! I hope you enjoy it. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Welcome: Welcome to the Myths and History of Greece podcast; a journey through the myths and history of Ancient Greece for children aged ten and over. Hopefully adults will enjoy it too. I hope you enjoy the podcast. I would be very grateful for any feedback... by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Ten: Jason and the Golden Fleece: This week we complete the story of Jason and the Argonauts. We meet the most scheming woman in Greek mythology and watch as she first helps Jason and then turns against him. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Nine: Voyage of the Argo: The first part of the story of Jason and the Argonauts. We hear how the Golden Fleece came to be where it was and why Jason was sent to find it. We follow the Argonauts on their long sea journey to the land of Kolchis. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Thirty Three: The Enemy Abroad: At last, the Greeks band together to defeat an external enemy. The Persians are coming! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One: In the Beginning: The frst chapter of our story introduces Gaia, the Earth and Ouranos, the Sky. We hear the Greek creation myth and meet the Titans and some hideous monsters! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Two: Clash of the Titans: The fun really starts here! Zeus and his brothers and sisters fight against Kronos and the Titans over who will rule the heavens and the Earth. Only one side can come out on top. Which one will it be? by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Four: Tales of the Immortals: In this chapter we meet the rest of the great Olympians. In doing so we find out about some of more unpleasant gods and their equally nasty children! Ares and his kids are particular favourites of mine. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Eight: More Men, Mortality and Meddling: In this chapter we hear the bloodthirsty story of the family of Pelops, including an unusual chariot race and a bitter feud. Zeus is up to his usual tricks and a few more of his children are hatched (and yes... I do mean hatched!) by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Three: Olympians: This week we meet the rest of the children of Kronos and a couple of the other Olympians. Look out for the story of Poseidon's persuasive dolphin and the tale of poor Persephone. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Thirteen: Bull Man and Bird Man: In this chapter we complete the tale of Theseus. We see him reach the height of his heroism and then fall from grace. We will also hear about one of the most famous incidents in Greek myth, commemorated by artists as different as Breughel and Iron Maiden... by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Five: The Domain of the Dead: A journey into the murky depths of the Underworld where Hades, King of the Dead, rules. Here we meet the inhabitants of Tartaros forever destined to do pointless tasks as punishments for their actions while they were alive. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Seventeen: A Hero's Work is Never Done: The story of Heracles draws to a close. We hear how he completes his final labour and then goes off on a spree of revenge before meeting a sticky end! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Twelve: The Labyrinth: It's time to begin the story of King Minos and the terrifying Minotaur. We will hear about the building of the labyrinth in which the beast was imprisoned. We will also meet the hero Theseus and have a good laugh at his interesting journey to Athens. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Eighteen: The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships: The story of the Trojan War is one of the most famous and exciting of the Greek myths. It is a tale full of friendship, treachery, love, revenge, tragedy and death. This is the first of nine chapters which will tell the whole story of the build up to the... by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Twenty Six: No More Heroes: The adventures of Odysseus and Aeneas come to an end. We see what happens when Odysseus finally arrives home and find out whether Aeneas's city ever gets built! The age of heroes is over. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Fifteen: The Six Labours of Heracles: At last, it's time to begin the story of the greatest hero of them all. First we hear about the early life of Heracles, known to the Romans as Hercules. Everyone knows about the twelve labours he performed, though he was originally only set ten! We find ... by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Thirty Four: League Champions: With the Persians defeated it is time for the Greeks to band together to increase their power. Unfortunately they don't. Both Athens and Sparta form alliances with other local cities but exclude each other. Athens particularly goes a bit too far! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Forty Eight: Perseus and Pydna: Greek independence comes to an end. The last king of Macedon does his best but when there are Romans around there is only going to be one outcome. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
18 min listen
Chapter Twenty Five: Journeys: Poor old Odysseus. The creator of the Wooden Horse knew he wasn't destined to get home for ten years but he never imagined quite how horrible the journey would be. On the way he loses ships and men, meets a scary one-eyed giant and has to choose between ... by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Eleven: Heroes and Villains: It's time for the story of the king who turned everything to gold simply by touching it. No trip through the myths of Greece would be complete without it. We will also hear about Meleagros of Kalydon and the great hunter Atalanta and we will finish with ... by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Nineteen: The Judgement of Paris: All the prophecies start coming true as the Apple of Discord does its work. An inevitable chain of events leads to the launching of a magnificent fleet carrying the greatest army of the mythological world. The heroes of Greece are on their way to Troy! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Thirty Two: Athens: We've done Sparta. Now Athens takes centre stage. The largest and most cultured of the Greek poleis became the centre of the Greek world and, a few detours excepted, remains so today. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Thirty One: Sparta: Sparta was a very important city in Archaic Greece. Not only that it was a very strange one. In this chapter we find out why! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Thirty Eight: Greece Implodes: The title of the chapter says it all. More infighting results in all of the poleis becoming weaker and the city state culture beginning to collapse. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Twenty Seven: In the Beginning (Again): Ancient Greek history began a very long time ago! In this first history chapter we look at the pre-history of Greece and at the bronze age peoples that populated the area. Step forward the Minoans and the Mycenaeans! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter Twenty Nine: Dark Ages: The Mycenaean civilisation fell and nothing much rose to replace it. In this chapter we look at why it fell and why the following few hundred years are known as the Greek Dark Ages. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
18 min listen

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Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Nine: One Empire, Two Empires, Three Empires, Four Empires.: Welcome to nearly sixty years of total and utter chaos. Four empires and at least twenty emperors fight, make alliances, break alliances and generally fail to get on. Something has to give! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Eight: Capital, Crusades and Calamity: The Angeli prove themselves to be so incompetent that the capital of the Empire cannot withstand the crusading armies. Calamity results. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Seven: Angels of Destruction: Andronicus Comnenus could not, quite obviously, be allowed to continue as Basileus. If only his demise, like that of Domitian for example, had been planned. Then, perhaps, the chaos and incompetence that followed could have been avoided. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Six: The Great and the Terrible: Manuel Comnenus thinks big but is a bit to pro-western. His cousin, though, is an entirely different kettle of fish! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Very Important Announcement: Introducing the new mythandhistory website. www.mythandhistory.co.uk by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Five: Oh No, Not Again!: John the Beautiful fails to achieve all his aims as he goes and dies at exactly the wrong moment. He is succeeded by his son: how will he do? by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Four: John the Beautiful: Alexius’s son proves himself to be the equal of his father! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Three: Urban's Unhelpful Help: The Pope launches the first crusade with mixed results for Alexius and hie empire! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Two: Back in the West, Part Two: A quick look at France, Germany and England in the 300 years up to the start of the First Crusade. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Thirty One: Norman Conquests: Everyone knows about 1066 and all that. The Normans' other conquests are less famous but equally important. Just ask Alexius Comnenus! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Thirty: Manzikert: Disloyalty and bad planning lead to disaster. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Nine: Descent into Chaos: The great Macedonian Dynasty comes to an end. The Empire begins its final spiral into nothingness. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Eight: Zoe takes a Husband, or Two, or Three!: Basil's death begins a steep decline. If you want to be emperor then marry Zoe! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Seven: The Bulgar Slayer: Basil II finally has time to give his full attention to the Bulgars. It's not pretty! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Six: Planning for Greatness: Basil II takes control of his empire, finally dispatching the pesky Bardases! And then he plans... a lot. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter 125: Brilliance, Battles and Bardases: The Empire is still on the rise despite the meddling of two men called Bardas! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Four: White Death of the Saracens: Romanus II succeeds his father but is partied out before too long. Romanus's loss is the Empire's gain. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Three: The Unusual Usurper: Having taken the place of his own son-in-law as senior emperor Romanus Lecapenus begins ro rule. He does a surprisingly good job. Shame about his sons! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Two: Born to the Purple: Leo the Wise finally solves his marriage problem and has the legitimate heir he's always wanted. Then he dies too early! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Twenty One: Too Many Wives for Leo the Wise: Trying to produce a son can be a challenging activity. Just ask Leo! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Twenty: The Rise of the Macedonians: Michael III is known to history as Michael the Drunkard. While this may have some truth, it is mostly slander - perpetrated by a certain Basil the Macedonian. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Nineteen: Empire of Gold: Christmas Day dawns and Leo V is a troubled man. By the end of it he would be a dead one. The Empire, though, is soon rolling in cash. by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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Chapter One Hundred and Eighteen: Crumbs, It's Krum: The Khagan of the Bulgars proves to be more than a match for Nicephorus. Meanwhile the hermit's prophecy begins to come true! by Myths and History of Greece and Rome
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