Triumvir Clio's School of Classical Civilization

By Bethany Banner

The literature, philosophy, and history of the Greek and Roman world covered sometimes irreverently but always with love. If you've always wanted to read ancient literature but don't know where to begin, join me at Triumvir Clio's School of Classical Civilization.

Triumvir Clio's School of Classical Civilization

By Bethany Banner

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219. Greek Myth XLV: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter IV – Cadmus, Semele, Actaeon, or Meet Dionysus’s Grandpa

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227. Greek Myth XLVIII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter VII – Epigoni, or The Ring Cycle

226.Roman Epics XXIV: Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book 3, or Those Ancient Gods Are Vindictive

225. Greek Myth XLVII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter VI – Seven Against Thebes, or Including the Parts Aeschylus Left Out!

224. Roman Epics XXIII: Ovid’s Metamorphoses Book 2, or Hold Your Tongue!

223. Roman Tragedy XII: Humanism in Roman Tragedy

222. Greek Myth XLVI: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter V – Dionysus, Antiope, Amphion & Zethus, Oedipus, or Dionysus’s Bite Is Worse Than His Bark

221. Roman Epics XXII: Ovid’s Metamorphoses Book 1, or Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

220. Roman Tragedy XI: Pseudo-Seneca’s Octavia, or Definitely Not a Play by Seneca

219. Greek Myth XLV: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter IV – Cadmus, Semele, Actaeon, or Meet Dionysus’s Grandpa

218. Roman Epics XXI: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 12, or I Wonder If That’s How Virgil Wanted It To End

217. Roman Tragedy X: Seneca’s Hercules on Oeta, or The Long Kiss Goodnight

216. Greek Myth XLIV: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter III – Glaucus, or Who Knew Honey Was So Dangerous?!?

215. Roman Epics XX: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 11, or It’s Funeral Time!

214. Roman Tragedy IX: Seneca’s Phoenissae, or I Think I Missed Something

213. Greek Myth XLIII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter II – Catreus, or Agamemnon’s Dad is Who Again?

212. Roman Epics XIX: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 10, or A Study in Scarlet

211. Roman Tragedy VIII: Seneca’s Thyestes, or Well, That Explains the Curse

Greek Myth XLII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book III, Chapter I – Europa, Minos, Pasiphae, or A Lot of Bulls

Roman Epics XVIII: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 9, or Two Books for the Price of One!

Roman Tragedy VII: Seneca’s Hercules Furens, or the Only Man Who Can Beat Hercules

Greek Myth XLI: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book II, Chapter VIII – The Heraclids, or What We Talk About When We Talk About Heracles

Roman Epics XVII: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 8, or Aeneas Finds Rome

Roman Tragedy VI: Seneca’s Troades, or Not Euripides’s Trojan Women

Greek Myth XXXV: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book II, Chapter VII – Heracleidae, or Heracles Seeks Revenge

Roman Epics XVI: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 7, or Allecto Runs Free

Roman Tragedy V: Seneca’s Medea, or Every Day a Little Death

Greek Myth XL: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book II, Chapter VI – Wars of Heracles, or Why is Heracles Revered?

Roman Epics XV: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 6, or Virgil Throws Some Shade(s)

Roman Tragedy IV: Seneca’s Oedipus, or Another Odd Complex

Greek Myth XXXIX: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book II, Chapter V – Twelve Labors of Heracles, or There Should Have Been Ten

Roman Epics XIV: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 5, or the Trojan Cup

Roman Tragedy III: Seneca’s Phaedra, or Passions

Greek Myth XXXVIII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book II, Chapter IV – Perseus, Sons of Perseus, Amphitryon, Birth of Heracles, or But Wait, There’s More!

Roman Epics XIII: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 4, or It’s Not Pretty When Euripides is Your Model

Roman Tragedy II: Seneca’s Agamemnon, or He’ll Enter Eventually

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Greek Myth XXXVII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book II, Chapter III – Bellerophon, or I Thought This Story Would Be Longer

Roman Epics XII: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 3, or Wait, Haven’t I Heard This Story Before?

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Roman Tragedy I: Meet Seneca the Younger, Not to Be Confused with Seneca the Elder

Greek Myth XXXVI: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book II, Chapter II – Proteus, Proetides, or The Mad Women of Argos

Roman Epics XI: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 2, or We Finally Hear About the Horse

Roman Comedy XXVII: Humanism in Roman Comedy

Greek Myth XXXV: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book II, Chapter I – Io, Danaides, or Poor Unfortunate Souls

Roman Epics X: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 1, or Joanie Loves Chachi, I Mean, Juno Loves Carthage

Roman Comedy XXVI: Terence’s Adelphoe, or Oh Brother!

Greek Myth XXXIV: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book I, Chapter IX – Sons of Aeolus, Melampus, Admetus, Pelias, Argonauts, or Proof That These “Chapters” are Arbitrary

Roman Epics XI: Virgil’s Georgics Book 4, or The Birds and the Bees Minus the Birds

Roman Comedy XXV: Terence’s Phormio, or Athens Legal

Greek Myth XXXIII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book I, Chapter VIII – Oeneus, Meleager, Tydeus, or Wining and Whining

Roman Epics X: Virgil’s Georgics Book 3, or Look! Cows!

Roman Comedy XXIV: Terence’s Eunouchus, or The Eunuch is Not Who He Seems

Greek Myth XXXII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book I, Chapter VII – Prometheus, Deucalion, Daughters of Aeolus, or A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That

Roman Epics IX: Virgil’s Georgics Book 2, or The Lorax

Roman Comedy XXIII: Terence’s Heauton Timorumenos, or Two Dads, Their Sons, and a Pizza Place

Greek Myth XXXI: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book I, Chapter VI – War of the Giants, Typhon, or Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

Roman Epics VIII: Virgil’s Georgics Book 1, or Not Hesiod’s Works and Days

Roman Comedy XXII: Terence’s Andria, or No, the Other Woman from Andros

Greek Myth XXX: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book I, Chapter V – Demeter & Persephone, or It’s No Homeric Hymn

Roman Epics VII: Intro to Virgil, or Rome’s Favorite Propagandist

Roman Comedy XXI: Terence’s Hecyra, or And You Thought the Honeymooners Was Messed Up

Greek Myth XXIX: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book I, Chapter IV – Apollo & Artemis, or When Archers Get Mad

Roman Epics VI: De Rerum Natura Book 6, or Lucretius Drives Home His Point

Roman Comedy XX: Plautus’s Rudens, or Down by the Bay Where the Watermelons Grow

Greek Myth XXVIII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book I, Chapter III – Theogony: Olympian Gods, or Zeus Does a Lot of Begetting

Roman Epics V: De Rerum Natura Book 5, or Darwin Didn’t Get There First

Roman Comedy XIX: Plautus’s Poenulus, or But I Thought Carthage and Rome Were Mortal Enemies

Greek Myth XXVIII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book I, Chapter II – Theogony: War of the Titans, or So… There Was This War…

Roman Epics IV: De Rerum Natura Book 4, or How to Strut Your Hour Upon the Stage Without Fretting

Roman Comedy XVIII: Plautus's Mostellaria, or I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost

Roman Epics III: De Rerum Natura Book 3, or Shuffling Off This Mortal Coil

Greek Tragedy XXXV: Humanism in Greek Tragedy

Greek Myth XXVII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book I, Chapter I – Theogony: Birth of Zeus, or I Just Can’t Wait to Be King

Roman Epics II: De Rerum Natura Book 2, or If You Wanna Be Happy for the Rest of Your Life