Articles by Jenny Williamson

Become a Patron! Some videos we found useful in making this episode: Our ancient sources: Diodorus Siculus: Library of History (C.H. Oldfather translation) Herodotus: The [...Read More...]

It’s our inaugural episode of AHFG Book Club, and we are so thrilled to feature Sunday Times bestselling author Elizabeth May! Join us for a wild conversation where we talk [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Elizabeth May has two recent books out in stores now: the epic romantasy To Cage a God, and the steamy historical romance A Touch Wicked, under the name [...Read More...]

The story of Orpheus and Eurydice is a tragic tale of love and loss. In this gender-bent version, author and prize-winning poet Elyse John crafts the tale of the warrior-poet [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Find out more about Elyse John’s work and buy Orphia and Eurydicius [...Read More...]

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia is not well remembered today. But in its time, it seared itself into the minds and memories of all who saw it. An enormous, glowering, [...Read More...]

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Perhaps the most infamous bad girl of ancient Greek mythology, Medea is also so much more complex than her end game makes her appear. She’s also a betrayed wife, an [...Read More...]

Perhaps the first list of Seven Wonders was written by Herodotus sometime in the 400s BC. But the list didn’t really get popularized until the 200s. Why was that? What did [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our sources for this episode include: World History Encyclopedia: The Seven Wonders Diodorus Siculus’ Library of History (C.H. Oldfather translation) [...Read More...]