*The Amazon Queen Penthesilea Fights at Troy* The Trojan War is nearing its end, as new champions arrive at Troy to help fight the besieging Greeks: the Amazon queen Penthesilea and her twelve elite guardians. Driven by her quest for glory and a deep sorrow from her past, Penthesilea enters battle to save Troy, and takes on the deadliest of the Greek champions, the godlike warrior Achilles.
A story from Greek mythology, based on Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica, Book 1 (3rd century AD), featuring: Penthesilea, Priam, Achilles, Ajax, Diomedes, Thersites
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Wine-Dark Sea features immersive, original and adapted stories from ancient history and mythology, based on authentic sources from Greece, Rome, and beyond. Sit back, let the past come to life, and imagine yourself there–heroic deeds, world-shaking tragedies and triumphs, and timeless lessons await in this expanding treasury of tales. I’m a professor of Classical Studies who loves these stories and is excited to share them with you. Thanks so much for joining the adventure and sailing the Wine-Dark Sea!
Stories now available in podcast form on Spotify, Apple, and Google Podcasts!
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Q4McGgfTQE4cJunQ2WwAo
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wine-dark-sea/id1594714832
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PLAYLISTS
Tales from Ancient Greece:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3F3GiYxyHbfI4BLm5gSeiXigdgdc7VY
Tales from Ancient Rome:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3F3GiYxyHa1qMyezq5ZED6icKvHNgU5
Tales from the Mediterranean World:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3F3GiYxyHbenV-H41HdkSUvAdQW445U
Tales from Greek and Roman Mythology:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3F3GiYxyHa00-YZNNE36vw9dhQ5OUOi
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CREDITS
Video footage from Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft, 2018)
Music by Giuseppe Rizzo, Suite Tracks Music, and William Van De Crommert (www. storyblocks.com)
Thumbnail Image:
Scene of Amazons fighting Greeks, with Achilles and Penthesilea in the center, from a marble sarcophagus (Roman Empire, 3rd century AD: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Achilles_Penthesilea_Pio-Clementino_Inv933.jpg)
Logo Materials:
Image: Kylix with Apollo playing the lyre and pouring a libation: c. 470 BC, Delphi Archeological Museum (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index…)
Video: Coast of Santorini, Greece (https://www.videvo.net/video/greece-s…)
Font: Monograms Toolbox (Manfred Klein; https://www.dafont.com/monograms-tool…)
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As always, wonderfully read and amazingly told. Thank you for keeping such great stories alive and going for many folks.
Please put more Roman Christian stuff brother
A riveting tale from the Trojan War, wonderfully composed and delivered in the style of Homer! These stories just keep getting better and better. Thanks!!
Why do you call that the last ride of the Amazons? The Amazon Queen met with Alexander the Great as well.