Episode 18: Greece - Fortune Tellers, Famished Kings, and Phlegm-Eating Doctors

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This time on TLT, Ali interns with Hippocrates and nibbles on earwax, Zaki gets a placement in Hades’ sanctum, and Zaeem skulks around in Zeus’s cave insulting old people. Join us in brushing up on your Greek mythology as we explore Greece.

Random Rubbish

Let's Play Operation via Zoom

https://news.sky.com/story/plastic-surgeon-turns-up-for-zoom-court-hearing-while-in-the-middle-of-operating-on-a-patient-12231344

EDIT: That judge was not happy. -- Ali

Lawyer Cat

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/09/us/cat-filter-lawyer-zoom-court-trnd/index.html

Spartan Hunchback

https://300.fandom.com/wiki/Ephialtes_of_Trachis

Fun Facts (we use the term loosely)

Don’t Wave, You Mug

https://www.fodors.com/news/customs-and-eti-5-4139

Illegal to Wear High Heels

https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/landmarks-monuments/high-heels-banned-at-ancient-greek-monuments

EDIT: Two quality facts (with rubbish titles) here. I wonder what Ali has for us. -- Zaki

Hippocrates Will Nibble on Your Ear Wax

https://listverse.com/2017/01/03/10-disgusting-facts-about-ancient-greek-life

EDIT: What the hell is this fact? -- Zaki

EDIT 2: Yes, what the hell kind of fact is this? Also, my titles were great. -- Zaeem

Actual Locations

National Archaeological Museum

https://www.namuseum.gr

Thessaly Monasteries

https://meteora.com/meteora-monasteries/

Mount Olympus

https://www.explore-share.com/blog/mt-olympus-climb/

Dikteon Cave (Zeus Chilling in a Cave)

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dikteon-cave

Temple of Oracle of Delphi

https://pythiaofdelphi.weebly.com/pythia-prophecies.html

Temple of Oracle of The Dead

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/necromanteion-of-ephyra

https://www.greecehighdefinition.com/blog/2017/5/6/necromanteion-of-ephyra-the-oracle-of-the-dead

Zakynthos (This Looks Amazing!)

https://www.greeka.com/ionian/zakynthos

Oldest Open-Air Cinema in Athens

https://cine-thisio.gr

Athens Museum of Illusions

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g189400-d15137010-Reviews-Museum_of_Illusions_Athens-Athens_Attica.html

Bee Museum of Rhodes

https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g674222-d2268205-Reviews-Bee_Museum-Pastida_Rhodes_Dodecanese_South_Aegean.html

EDIT: I was expecting a pun here, to be honest. Good on you for not doing one. -- Zaki

EDIT 2: Bee puns really sting. -- Zaeem

EDIT 3: Unbelievable. I should have seen that coming. -- Zaki

EDIT 4: I think you mean "unBEElieveable". -- Zaeem

EDIT 5: Buzz off. -- Zaki

EDIT 6: Oh god, now I'm doing it too. -- Zaki

Lake Kournas (Home to an Evil Fairy)

https://www.explorecrete.com/crete-west/EN-Kournas-lake.html

Histories & Mysteries

God of Stupidity (aka "Ali's Boy")

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koalemos

Erysichthon (aka "Dude Who Eats Himself")

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-09-25/the-man-who-ate-himself-an-agricultural-fable/

EDIT: This guy got what he deserved, I reckon. He was an overconfident git. -- Zaki

EDIT 2: I guess you could say he was full of himself. -- Zaeem

EDIT 3: I know what you're full of. -- Ali

Athena's Origin Story (aka "Imagine Sneezin' That Out")

https://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Athena/athena.html

History of Delphi (aka "Dolphin Powers, Activate!")

https://www.greeka.com/sterea/delphi/history/

EDIT: Zaeem, what are you on? -- Zaki

EDIT 2: Yes. What are you on? And more importantly, where can I get some? -- Ali

Bourtzi Castle (aka "Executioners' Party Island")

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bourtzi

The Vrontados Rocket War

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/04/the-vrontados-rocket-war/390348/

Movies & Culture

Movies Filmed in Greece

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls050527111

Homer's Odyssey

http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html

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