Astronomy and the myths of the night sky; only the Greek myths are indexed
20 episodes indexed · 8 hours · Jordan Tierney & Kit Irving
Periods · The Bronze Age, Archaic Greece, The Persian Wars, Classical Greece, Philip and Alexander, The Hellenistic world, Greece under Rome
Themes · Religion
Two sisters bring their love of astronomy and mythology to retelling the stories of the night sky; only the Greek myths are here, 20 of 93, 1 era, 8 hours.
Where to start. The earliest indexed episode is 'Cancer: The Crab' (2022); 20 episodes of this show are in the section.
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Cancer, the Crab of the night sky, brings binary supermassive black holes, crab fun facts, and Hera and Zeus being themselves, plus ret-constellations aplenty in this astronomy and mythology episode.
Hercules, also known as Heracles, and his Twelve Labors are retold and ret-conned here in Greek mythology, moving through myth retelling, myth analysis and new retconstellations.
The charioteer myths of Auriga are retold and ret-conned here, from Erichthonius of Athens and the Capella star to the Myrtilus myth and the Hippolytus tragedy in Greek mythology.
Theseus, Ariadne and the Minotaur give the constellation Corona Borealis its mythology, retold and ret-conned by Jordan and Kit in this episode of Starry Time.
The Greco-Roman myth retelling of the constellation Cygnus, the swan, with Phaethon, Helios, Zeus and Leda, poplar trees and amber, followed by myth analysis and retconstellations.
Cepheus doesn't have much main character energy, so this takes a detour to the myth of his ancestor Io, and to Zeus, Hera and the Cassiopeia and Andromeda constellations in Greek mythology.
Dionysus, Semele, Hera and Zeus appear in the Greek and Roman mythology of Corona Australis, the Southern Crown, alongside Sagittarius and a look at power dynamics and hubris.
Chiron and the centaurs of the Greco-Roman mythology of Centaurus are retold and ret-conned, touching mentorship, heroes, healing, tragedy and sacrifice among the stars.
Artemis and Orion appear among the Greek hero myths retold and ret-conned here, tracing Orion's birth, his connection to Merope and the Pleiades, and his death myths.
Andromeda and Cetus appear in the Greek mythology of the constellation, retold and ret-conned here alongside Perseus, hero archetypes and a feminist analysis of the ancient myth.
The Greek mythology of the constellation Ursa Major and Ursa Minor is retold and ret-conned, moving through myth retelling and myth analysis to a new retconstellation and Oracle AI segment.
The myths of the Maenads are retold and ret-constellated here, moving from myth retelling through myth analysis to the retconstellations that follow.
The myths of the Galilean moons Callisto, Io, Europa and Ganymede are summarized alongside favorite astronomical facts about these ice satellites of Jupiter.
The astronomy and mythology of the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters, are explored here, moving from the astronomy of the Pleiades to their mythology before the retconstellations and Oracle AI segment.
The Muses appear in astronomy and mythology alike, with Calliope, Clio, Polyhymnia, Euterpe, Terpsichore and Erato traced through Greek mythology and the asteroid belt.
The Greek mythology of the constellation Sagitta retold and ret-conned, with Apollo, Hercules, the cyclops and the Stymphalian birds, arrow symbolism, myth analysis and an AI oracle.
Capella, the Goat Star, carries the myth of Zeus, Cronus and the Titanomachy through Amalthea in Greek mythology, paired here with fun facts about real goats.
The Greek mythology of the constellation Cassiopeia is retold and ret-conned, the vain Queen of Aethiopia linked to the Nereids, Poseidon, Cepheus and Andromeda through vanity and hubris.
The Nereids are traced through mythology and astronomy alongside fun facts about Neptune, with Nereus, Doris, Gaia, the Oceanids, Poseidon and Cassiopeia part of their Greek mythology.