The goddess Ceres punishes Erysichthon in a surprisingly gruesome way when he cuts down her sacred tree. Bibi reads from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book 8. The translation is by Henry Thomas Riley. Sound and production by Geoff Chong.
In this first episode, Bibi reads you the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, one of the earliest versions of Persephone’s abduction into the underworld. The translation is by Hugh Evelyn-White and is in the public domain. Sound and production by Geoff Chong. Sources for this episode include ‘Prolegomena to the study of Greek Religion,’ by Jane …