Sex, Scandal, and Shenanigans!Explicit
by Adrienne
History podcast discussing notorious lovers and mistresses!
Podcast episodes
Season 1
Cleopatra VII of Egypt
Today's episode looks into the chaotic life and relationships of Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Sources: https://arthive.com/publications/4336~the_life_and_death_of_cleopatra_in_15_paintings#google_vignette https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Caesar*.html
Servilia of Rome
This episode explores the fast paced life of Servilia of Rome. She was the most favored mistress of Julius Caesar, mother to Brutus, and mother in law to Gaius Cassius Longinus. Sources: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Caesar*.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servilia_(mother_of_Brutus) Flower, Harriet (2021-01-22). "Servilia". Oxford Classical Dictionary. Tempest, Kathryn (2017). Brutus: The Noble Conspirator. London: Yale University Press. Music provided by: Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522 (provided by musopen.org) Show website: https://sexscandalsandshenanigans.my.canva.site/ Show email: sexscandalshenaniganspod@gmail.com
Hephaestion
Welcome to this week's episode - which features Hephaestion, the favorite of Alexander the Great. Sources used: Plutarch, Parallel Lives - https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Alexander*/10.html Arrian of Nicomedia, Anabasis of Alexander Cantarella, Eva Cartledge, Paul - Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past (Macmillan, 2004) Artwork: Sisygambis, Mother of Darius III, Francesco de Mura (18th Century) Email Contact: sexscandalshenaniganspod@gmail.com Website: https://sexscandalsandshenanigans.my.canva.site
Phryne
Today's episode focuses on Phryne of Ancient Greece (from Thespian, Boeotia) and one of the most prominent courtesans/hetaira of Ancient Greece during the 4th Century BCE. Sources: Natalie Haynes, "The It Girl of Ancient Greece" https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20171108-the-it-girl-of-ancient-greece Plutarch, Parallel Lives, https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0248%3Asection%3D15 Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phryne This show is written, recorded, and produced by me, Adrienne. Podcast show artwork is Jan Steen's A Girl Eating Oysters. Episode artwork - Bathsheba at her Bath by Rembrandt (1654) Music provided by: Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522 (provided by musopen.org) Show website: https://sexscandalsandshenanigans.my.canva.site/ Podcast contact: sexscandalshenaniganspod@gmail.com
Aspasia of Miletus
This episode focuses on Aspasia of Miletus. She was the lover and mistress of the Ancient Athenian soldier and politician, Pericles. Sources: Plutarch, Lives - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/674/674-h/674-h.htm#2H_4_0012 Henry, Madeline, Aspasia of Miletus and Her Biographical Tradition (1995) The Periclean Citizenship Law of 451/0 B.C. - June 2007 - https://www.ancienthistory.org.uk/downloads/ma/demes-and-democracy-essay.pdf Self-Portrait as Aspasia" by Marie Gineviève Bouliar (1794)