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Medusa Then & Now: A Monster’s Feminist Reclamation? #videoessay
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Medusa Then & Now: A Monster’s Feminist Reclamation? #videoessay

You can support my channel, vote on future video essays, and get bonus content on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bookishthoughts My Books: Greek Myths: https://amzn.to/3y4me9P Egyptian Myths: https://amzn.to/3dxcueF The Flames of Albiyon: https://amzn.to/3SfEvtP Texts and media discussed in the video plus further resources (links are affiliate links in some instances): Ancient Literature Hesiod's Theogony: https://tidd.ly/3S73qil Ovid's Metamorphoses: https://tidd.ly/3TqRIAx Apollodorus' Library of Greek Mythology: https://tidd.ly/3CXw2pY Pausanius' Description of Greece: https://tidd.ly/3Vq7vkP Diodorus Siculus' Library of History: https://tidd.ly/3EIVGjI Medusa Retellings Here, The World Entire: https://amzn.to/3MwDvzy Medusa (Jessie Burton): https://tidd.ly/3rRD1e1 Stone Blind: https://tidd.ly/3Mw9K1L Medusa (Rose Hewlett): https://tidd.ly/3er45Od Athena's Child: https://tidd.ly/3RXVgZH Sweet Venom: https://amzn.to/3S1qCi4 The Deep End of the Sea: https://amzn.to/3eAkWOj The Wicked Within: https://amzn.to/3Sh4As1 For more classical myth retellings check out my website database: https://www.jeanmenzies.com/myth-retellings-database Films & TV Clash of the Titans (1981):https://amzn.to/3euGFr2 Clash of the Titans (2010): https://amzn.to/3yzw2d9 Monster High (2022): https://amzn.to/3T1K5jV Supernatural (Season 14): https://amzn.to/3EENfpz Hercules the Legendary Journeys: https://amzn.to/3TgkQdy Once Upon a Time (Season 3): https://amzn.to/3yCQyK2 The Rescuers: https://amzn.to/3esOjCr Toys & Games Medusa Funko Pop: https://amzn.to/3Cw7rY6 Medusa Lego Figure Deuce Gorgon Doll: https://shop.mattel.com/products/monster-high-deuce-gorgon-doll-hhk56 Barbie Medusa: https://barbie.fandom.com/wiki/Medusa_Barbie God of War: https://www.game.co.uk/en/god-of-war-1330191 Assassin's Creed Odyssey: https://amzn.to/3ewahnT ................................................................................................................. Where else can you find me? 📚 Website: https://www.jeanmenzies.com 📚 Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeansthoughts 📚 Instagram: http://instagram.com/jeansthoughts 📚 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6206860-jean 📚 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeansthoughts 📚 Wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/20WQNSU6TOA06?ref_=wl_share
Where to start with Ancient Greek literature according to an Ancient Historian [cc]
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Where to start with Ancient Greek literature according to an Ancient Historian [cc]

My book 'Greek Myths': https://amzn.to/3w2oUT5 You can support my podcast and channel on... Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/jeansthoughts Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bookishthoughts Links to the books & translations discussed! Epic Poetry: Homer's Iliad (verse translation): https://amzn.to/3ffGpZj Homer's Odyssey (verse translation): https://amzn.to/3y807ig Homer's Odyssey (prose translation): https://amzn.to/3uKG1Zv Hesiod's Theogony and Works & Days: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/9780140442830 Jason and the Golden Fleece (aka The Argonuatica) by Apollonius of Rhodes (prose translation): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/9780199538720 Poetry: The Poetry of Sappho: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/9780520272934 The Homeric Hymns: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/9780199554751 Plays: Aeschylus' Oresteia: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/9780140443332 The Theban Plays by Sophocles: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/9780140440034 Euripides' Medea and Other Plays: https://amzn.to/3w1BqlO Aristophanes Comedies (including Lysistrata): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/9780199555673 Other: Plato's Symposium: https://amzn.to/2Rkvo0N Daphnis and Chloe by Longus: https://amzn.to/33UmIBf The Library of Greek Mythology by Apollodorus: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/9780199536320 ................................................................................................................. Check out my podcast 'That's Ancient History': On twitter: https://twitter.com/thatsancient On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-591915376 On iTunes/Apple Podcast App: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/thats-ancient-history/id1387485444?mt=2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0bfJsiS4eV9MN4A3pYMXNt ................................................................................................................. If you shop on Bookshop.org via my link you support myself and independent bookshops with a small commission: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/bookishthoughts You can also use my affiliate links to get a... Kindle Unlimited free trial: https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-dbs/hz/signup?tag=jeanbookis-21 Audible free trial: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Membership/dp/B00OPA2XFG?actionCode=AMN30DFT1Bk06604291990WX&tag=jeanbookis-21 ................................................................................................................. Where else can you find me? 📚 My Blog: http://morejeansthoughts.wordpress.com 📚 Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeansthoughts 📚 Instagram: http://instagram.com/jeansthoughts 📚 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6206860-jean 📚 Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/JeanZM 📚 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeansthoughts
Top 10 Classical Myth Retellings According to an Ancient Historian
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Top 10 Classical Myth Retellings According to an Ancient Historian

My Book: https://amzn.to/2OR94Hz Check out my podcast 'That's Ancient History': On twitter: https://twitter.com/thatsancient On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-591915376 On iTunes/Apple Podcast App: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/thats-ancient-history/id1387485444?mt=2 Interview with Madeline Miller: https://soundcloud.com/user-591915376/retelling-classical-myths Interview with Pat Barker: https://soundcloud.com/user-591915376/women-in-wartime Interview with Anwen Hayward: https://soundcloud.com/user-591915376/medusa Interview with Natalie Haynes: https://soundcloud.com/user-591915376/natalie-haynes Support my podcast and channel on... Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/jeansthoughts Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bookishthoughts The Books Circe: https://amzn.to/39im0zy Silence of the Girls: https://amzn.to/32uUduh A Thousand Ships: https://amzn.to/3eJ5bin The Penelopiad: https://amzn.to/2WB4SQj Here, the World Entire: https://amzn.to/2ZEIIi2 Weight: https://amzn.to/2ZEIIi2 Hold Your Own: https://amzn.to/2DP3va3 Orpheus Girl: https://amzn.to/3hiw4LM Homefire: https://amzn.to/2ZHUgBh The Vegetarian: https://amzn.to/3heQTHF ................................................................................................................. Where else can you find me? Wattpad: http://wattpad.com/user/jeanzm My Blog: http://morejeansthoughts.wordpress.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeansthoughts Instagram: http://instagram.com/jeansthoughts Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6206860-jean Bookish Wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/20WQNSU6TOA06?ref_=wl_share ................................................................................................................. What do I use to film my videos? I am currently using a Canon 700d camera with the kit lens to film my videos linked here: http://amzn.to/23y1xv9 I also use a 183cm Super Strong Tripod linked here: http://amzn.to/1XeBWI0 And when filming at night or in low light PhotoSel soft box lights, which are linked here: http://amzn.to/23y1L5x Links to bookdepository and amazon are usually affiliate links.
What is my PhD actually about? [cc]
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What is my PhD actually about? [cc]

Check out my new website: https://www.jeanmenzies.com You can support my podcast and channel on... Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/jeansthoughts Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bookishthoughts Videos: Where to start with Ancient Greek Literature: https://youtu.be/0eF1_lppHug One Year PhD update: https://youtu.be/HV0Ah9gmQkQ How to Apply for a PhD: https://youtu.be/g6ezONb8QFQ Can myth teach us history: https://youtu.be/hVQWF15Baqk Other links mentioned: Podcast: https://www.jeanmenzies.com/podcast Procne and Philomela for Dangerous Women: https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/09/15/philomela-procne/ Greek Myths (children's book): https://amzn.to/3AgqF1S Rape in Antiquity (volume 1): https://amzn.to/3hnJ5VZ ................................................................................................................. Where else can you find me? 📚 My Website: https://www.jeanmenzies.com 📚 Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeansthoughts 📚 Instagram: http://instagram.com/jeansthoughts 📚 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6206860-jean 📚 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeansthoughts ................................................................................................................. Check out my podcast 'That's Ancient History': On twitter: https://twitter.com/thatsancient On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-591915376 On iTunes/Apple Podcast App: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/thats-ancient-history/id1387485444?mt=2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0bfJsiS4eV9MN4A3pYMXNt
My Classical Literature Collection | Bookshelf Tour
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My Classical Literature Collection | Bookshelf Tour

🏺 Read classical texts online here: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/ 🏺 Pre-order my Childrens introduction to Greek Myths: https://amzn.to/2AOnZPf 🏺 Support my podcast and channel on... Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/jeansthoughts Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bookishthoughts 🏺 Check out my podcast 'That's Ancient History': On twitter: https://twitter.com/thatsancient On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-591915376 On iTunes/Apple Podcast App: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/thats-ancient-history/id1387485444?mt=2 🏺 Playlist of videos on ancient history and classics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6PB4rVWktX-sHOkwS23z60bt6ovtVZGm 🏺 My Bookish Wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/20WQNSU6TOA06?ref_=wl_share 🏺 Please find linked below the books I talk about in more detail and recommend in the video (because I have a limited character count aha) but if there are any not linked you'd like to ask more about do leave a comment: Daphnis and Chloe by Longus: https://amzn.to/2ZhKbKN The Library of Greek Mythology by Apollodorus: https://amzn.to/3ejAhwz Jason and the Golden Fleece: https://amzn.to/303wiiy The Satyricon by Petronius: https://amzn.to/2ZTpBzG The Complete Odes of Pindar: https://amzn.to/3fkr6gH The Idylls of Theocritus: https://amzn.to/3iSmrVo Love Poems by Ovid: https://amzn.to/38MhNUk Selected Speeches by Demosthenes: https://amzn.to/3efD2PH Sappho (translated by Mary Barnard): https://amzn.to/325hbI3 The Oresteia by Aeschylus: https://amzn.to/3iPzN4R The Last Days of Socrates by Plato: https://amzn.to/2ZXjGtj On the Nature of Things by Lucretius: https://amzn.to/328iQfV Histories by Herodotus: https://amzn.to/2OeyE8P The Apocolocyntosis by Seneca: https://amzn.to/3iT0tBP The Symposium by Plato: https://amzn.to/2W6fKWg The Odyssey by Homer (translated by Emily Wilson): https://amzn.to/2ZXDqNz Twelve Caesars by Suetonius: https://amzn.to/3iOunXQ The Iliad by Homer (translated by Richmond Lattimore): https://amzn.to/3fhVtVe Encomium of Helen by Gorgias: https://amzn.to/2ObpwSq Trials from Classical Athens: https://amzn.to/2W9e3qW 🏺 Where else can you find me? Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeansthoughts Instagram: http://instagram.com/jeansthoughts Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6206860-jean
My Entire Classical Myth Retellings Collection | ad
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My Entire Classical Myth Retellings Collection | ad

In Partnership with Stereo. Download Stereo and join me for my next live show here: https://stereo.com/jeansthoughts My Classical Myth Database: https://morejeansthoughts.wordpress.com/classical-myth-retellings/ My Top 10 Classical Myth Retellings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfaU2YNB6ag&t=535s You can support my podcast and channel on... Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/jeansthoughts Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bookishthoughts If you shop on Bookshop.org via my link you support myself and independent bookshops with a small commission: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/bookishthoughts You can also use my affiliate links to get a... Kindle Unlimited free trial: https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-dbs/hz/signup?tag=jeanbookis-21 Audible free trial: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Membership/dp/B00OPA2XFG?actionCode=AMN30DFT1Bk06604291990WX&tag=jeanbookis-21 ................................................................................................................. Where else can you find me? My Blog: http://morejeansthoughts.wordpress.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeansthoughts Instagram: http://instagram.com/jeansthoughts Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6206860-jean Bookish Wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/20WQNSU6TOA06?ref_=wl_share ................................................................................................................. Check out my podcast 'That's Ancient History': On twitter: https://twitter.com/thatsancient On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-591915376 On iTunes/Apple Podcast App: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/thats-ancient-history/id1387485444?mt=2
Harry Potter & Classics | The Order of the Phoenix
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Harry Potter & Classics | The Order of the Phoenix

Episode One: https://youtu.be/5TG1nZ8i5M0 Whole Series Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6PB4rVWktX8kQ8-BvFRI7CZW2Am2BJTQ My Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-591915376 Book Mentioned: Apollodorus' Library of Greek Mythology: https://www.bookdepository.com/Library-Greek-Mythology-Apollodorus/9780199536320?ref=grid-view&qid=1575842792543&sr=1-1?a_aid=bookishthoughts Ovid's Metamorphosis: https://www.bookdepository.com/Metamorphoses/9780140447897?a_aid=bookishthoughts Tacitus' Histories: https://www.bookdepository.com/Histories-Cornelius-Tacitus/9780140449648?ref=grid-view&qid=1575842829515&sr=1-6?a_aid=bookishthoughts Suetonius' Twelve Caesars: https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Twelve-Caesars/9780140455168?a_aid=bookishthoughts Apollonius of Rhodes Argonautica: https://www.bookdepository.com/Jason-and-the-Golden-Fleece--The-Argonautica-/9780199538720?a_aid=bookishthoughts ................................................................................................................. Check out my podcast 'That's Ancient History': On twitter: https://twitter.com/thatsancient On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-591915376 On iTunes/Apple Podcast App: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/thats-ancient-history/id1387485444?mt=2 ................................................................................................................. If you would like to support me and all of the things I do on this channel please consider donating a spare dollar to my patreon page (only a spare one though): http://patreon.com/bookishthoughts ................................................................................................................. Where else can you find me? Bookish Wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/20WQNSU6TOA06?ref_=wl_share My Blog: http://morejeansthoughts.wordpress.com Patreon: http://patreon.com/bookishthoughts Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeansthoughts Instagram: http://instagram.com/jeansthoughts Tumblr: http://jeansthoughts.tumblr.com Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6206860-jean ................................................................................................................. What do I use to film my videos? I am currently using a Canon 700d camera with the kit lens to film my videos linked here: http://amzn.to/23y1xv9 I also use a 183cm Super Strong Tripod linked here: http://amzn.to/1XeBWI0 And when filming at night or in low light PhotoSel soft box lights, which are linked here: http://amzn.to/23y1L5x Links to bookdepository and amazon are usually affiliate links.
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