Wine-Dark Sea

By: Wine-Dark Sea
  • Summary

  • Wine-Dark Sea features immersive original and adapted stories from ancient history and mythology, based in authentic sources from Greece, Rome, and beyond. Thanks for joining the adventure and sailing the Wine-Dark Sea! If you enjoy these stories, please follow and leave ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️! It will help the podcast grow!
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Episodes
  • Caesar at the Rubicon | Story + Historical Commentary
    May 2 2025

    A revised version of an earlier episode, now with historical commentary following the story!


    Julius Caesar stands at the Rubicon river, as the Roman Republic teeters on the brink of civil war. Will he cross the Rubicon, march on Rome against his rival Pompey the Great and the Roman senate, and plunge the Republic into civil war?


    A story from Roman history (Late Roman Republic, Civil Wars, 49 BC), featuring: Gaius Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great), Marcus Licinius Crassus


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    CREDITS


    Music by Kevin MacLeod


    Thumbnail Image:Caesar Crosses the Rubicon (Adolphe Yvon, 1875)


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    26 mins
  • The Great Flood, Part 3: Deucalion and Pyrrha | Story + Historical Commentary
    Apr 4 2025

    A revised version of an earlier episode, now with historical commentary following the story!


    The Greek myth of the Great Flood ends with Deucalion and Pyrrha, the last mortals left alive, who struggle to survive as Zeus looks on. How was humanity created again after the deluge?


    A story from Greek mythology, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 1), featuring: Deucalion, Pyrrha, Zeus, Themis


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    CREDITS


    Music by Kevin MacLeod


    Thumbnail Image:

    Deucalion and Pyrrha (Baldassare Peruzzi, 16th century)

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    22 mins
  • The Great Flood, Part 2: The End of the World | Story + Historical Commentary
    Mar 7 2025

    A revised version of an earlier episode, now with historical commentary following the story!


    The tale of the Great Flood from Greek mythology continues, as the gods and goddesses of Olympus decide how to end human injustice...and Zeus and Poseidon unleash the great flood that destroys the world.


    A story from Greek mythology, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 1), featuring: Zeus, Poseidon


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    CREDITS


    Music by Kevin MacLeod

    Sound effects from YouTube Audio Library


    Thumbnail Image:

    Bronze statue of Zeus or Poseidon from Cape Artemision, Greece, 5th century BC (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zeus_or_Poseidon_bronze_460_BC,_NAMA_X_15161_102617.jpg)

    https://pixabay.com/photos/ocean-storm-waves-cloudy-weather-7461792/

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    18 mins
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