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This episode's chapters cover some difficult topics. The section for Chapter 14 has brief discussion of rape and sexual assault that occurs in this chapter. Time Stamp: 51:07 to 1:20:25 Please skip ahead if this is a sensitive topic for you.
Artwork and Literature
The Golden Fleece
by Herbert James Draper
The Golden Fleece
by Herbert James Draper
This painting depicts Medea and Jason while trying to outrun Aeetes. The sccene shows Medea throwing her brother overboard, which we know is to distract her father so they can escape.
Catharsis
Purification or cleansing
Catharsis
Purification or cleansing
Today we would define catharsis as a release or relief of strong emotions. In the ancient world, catharsis was a physical practice to purify oneself.
Xenia
The ancient Greek practice of hospitality
Xenia
The ancient Greek practice of hospitality
While not mentioned by this term in the episode, upon researching the concept of not asking questions of your guests until you had served them the first result was "Xenia".
Xenia is the ancient Greek "rules" for hospitality which included that it was considered rude to ask questions of your guests before they had finished a meal.
Patterns We Are Talking About
Soldotna Crop
Soldotna Crop
Caitlin Hunter
Ravelry Link
C2C Silt Baby Blanket
C2C Silt Baby Blanket
Maria's Blue Crayon
Pattern Link
Modern Knit Polo
Modern Knit Polo
Random References
"We're here, we're queer, we're going to get married in the ocean!"
We start the episode off talking Arrested Development and AJ notes the scene here. Funnily enough we then discuss the marriage of Medea and Jason who were married at sea.
The nymphs show up on the island wreaking havoc on Circe's island. Julia says that it makes her this about the movie Eurovision, specifically the local folklore of forest elves that Rachel McAdams' character believes in.
Pictured here is McAdams' character bringing an offering to the forest elves for assistance in the Eurovision competition.
Poor Odysseus took the long way home after the war in Troy ended. The gods took him on quite the odyssey. Now staying at Aaita for the winter, how might Circe and Odysseus get along?
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