{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Historical Homos","title":"Toxic Boyfriends of Greek Mythology: Part II (feat. Liv Albert)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4235,"description":"Why do bottoms always die in Greek mythology?\nIf you're a fan of Greek myth, you know the gods love to act like humans: they love, they fuck, they fight...they throw dinner parties.\nBut they also love to kill us. When gods show up on Earth, it typically means someone's about to get pregnant or dead, real quick. (Or both.)\nAnd the pattern holds for the gay Greek myths. (With admittedly fewer pregnancies carried to term.)\nZeus and Apollo never seem able to keep their mortal boyfriends alive, while demigods like Herakles and Achilles also find it tricky to maintain their lovers' pulses.\nWhy is this? What's going on psychologically, historically, narratively, and yes, erotically, when the ancients were sang of so much LITERAL twink death in their myths?\nJoin Bash and Liv Albert, renowned Greek myth expert and host of the Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! podcast this week as they discuss:\nHerakles and Hylas being afraid of women (and the bottomless depths of ancient Greek misogyny)\nApollo, the god of being a total DICK all the time, and Hyacinth, a beautiful youth slain in a totally avoidable \"frisbee tragedy\"\nAchilles and Patroclus, the famed comrades-at-arms, who die for one another in most toxic fashion\n\nYou can follow Historical Homos for more on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, and you should ⁠⁠⁠⁠sign up to our newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ too, if you care about gay people at all.\nWritten and hosted by Bash. Guest host: Liv Albert. Edited by Alex Toskas. Produced by Dani Henion.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/o92facaUR1b1tdVy-0yJpC7Dki6zYO3m9CVcZY48Hq0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMDZm/OTQ2MzU0Y2Y3OGMz/ZTQxYzViMmQ4Yzll/Y2IwZC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}