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Mythic & Legendary

28 Episodes 10 Series 104 Figures 12 Events 105 Books 1 Authors

The Mythic & Legendary era treats stories from the mythic past through classical antiquity and medieval legend, examining origins, transmission, and cultural afterlives. Content includes a multi-episode Atlantis series situating the myth in Plato’s dialogues and later geopolitics; a October–November 2025 bonus interview series with Mary Beard on figures like Julius Caesar, Alexander and Spartacus; multi-episode Greek myths and Helen of Troy series exploring Zeus, the Theogony, Homeric traditions, Schliemann’s archaeology and Helen’s portrayals; and a playful World Cup of Gods tournament of defunct deities. Episodes cover Troy, Robin Hood, ancient monsters, Roman conspiracies and Q&A material. Discussed figures and events include Gawain, Rama, Clytemnestra, King David, the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Founding of Carthage (814 BC), Cleisthenes’ reforms, the Resurrection of Jesus, Philistine capture of the Ark, the Massacre of the Innocents, and the Battle of Badon. Recommended texts referenced include Plato’s Critias, T. H. White’s The Sword in the Stone, Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus, Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda and Andersen’s The Nightingale.

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2021

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The World Cup of Gods - Part 2

Nov 27, 2021

World Cup of Gods · Part 2

This episode (part two of the "World Cup of Gods" coverage) features Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook taking listeners…

Stephen Fry and Troy

Nov 27, 2021

Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook welcome their first-ever guest, Stephen Fry, to discuss Greek mythology with a …

The World Cup of Gods - Preview

Nov 27, 2021

World Cup of Gods

Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook launch a playful "World Cup of Gods" tournament, explaining the rules (no curre…

The World Cup of Gods - Part 1

Nov 27, 2021

World Cup of Gods · Part 1

Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook present a light-hearted themed episode built around a Twitter-run "World Cup of…

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Mythic & Legendary

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2021

The World Cup of Gods - Part 2

Stephen Fry and Troy

The World Cup of Gods - Preview

The World Cup of Gods - Part 1

Series in this era

Greek Myths

World Cup of Gods

Helen of Troy

The Odyssey

12 (or 13) Days of Christmas

Atlantis

Bonus Interviews with Mary Beard

Dawn of the Samurai

Great World Cup Saga

Indiana Jones double bill

Historical figures

Athena

Zeus

Homer

Achilles

Odysseus

Agamemnon (King of Mycenae)

Helen of Troy

Apollo

Hera

Poseidon

Menelaus of Sparta

Paris of Troy

Aphrodite

Demeter

Hector

Penelope

Persephone

Priam (king of Troy)

Cadmus

Clytemnestra

Cronus (Kronos)

Dionysus

Heracles

Hermes

Hesiod

Loki

Moloch

Nestor

Odin

Oedipus

Pentheus

Telemachus

Abraham (biblical patriarch)

Aeneas (Trojan legendary prince)

Anubis

Ares

Artemis

Cassandra (daughter of Priam)

Circe

Diomedes

Hades

Jason

Jesus of Nazareth (Jesus Christ)

Mary (mother of Jesus)

Mithras

Patroclus

Perseus

Polyphemus

Theseus

Uranus

Venus (Roman goddess)

Acurbas (Acurbus)

Adam

Aeson

Aetes (king of Colchis)

Agamemnon

Agave

Agisthus

Aithra

Ajax

Andromache