Episode 21 – Aerope: a Queen, a Slave, a Martyr?

Of Witches and Women

So little is written about Aerope, the Crete Princess, exiled, then exalted, then murdered.  Mother of the two most powerful kings in Ancient Greece, what is her story? Find out in this episode of the Of Witches and Women Podcast; a herstory podcast.

 

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SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe

https://www.knkx.org/post/how-marilyn-monroe-changed-ella-fitzgeralds-life#:~:text=Jazz%20icon%20Ella%20Fitzgerald's%20voice,%E2%80%9Cowe%20a%20real%20debt.%E2%80%9D&text=%E2%80%9CThey%20took%20us%20down%2C%E2%80%9D,to%20ask%20for%20an%20autograph.%E2%80%9D

https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/aerope.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerope