When Dionysus, god of wine and insanity, appears to Ariadne, determined to marry her, she tells him the tale of her ancestor Io.

Written and directed by Bibi Jacob.
With Nigel Pilkington as Dionysus and Bibi Jacob as Ariadne.

Original violin loops were created and performed by Chloe Dunn.
Sound and production by Geoff Chong.

Sources include:
Aeschylus’ 'Prometheus Bound', Moschus’ poem 'Europa', Walter Otto’s ‘Dionysus: Myth and Cult’ and Roberto Calasso’s ‘The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony,’

Ariadne has been abandoned on the island of Naxos by Theseus. As she battles with heartache and homesickness she remembers her grandmother Europa.

Written and narrated by Bibi Jacob.
Sound and production by Geoff Chong.

Sources for this re-telling include Moschus’ poem ‘Europa’; Roberto Calasso’s ‘The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony,’ and Ariadne’s letter to Theseus from Ovid’s ‘Heroides’ which you can hear me read on Late Night Classics: S1 E4: Heroides – Ariadne to Theseus

You may know them as the Dioscuri - sons of Zeus - or as the Gemini Twins. In this episode discover the very unusal afterlife of the inimitable Castor and Polydeuces.

Written and directed by Bibi Jacob.

Starring David Stanley as Polydeuces, Kester Lovelace as Castor and Chris Mack as Hermes.

Sound and production by Geoff Chong.

Recorded at the SACD studios in Paris. 

The quote from the Homeric Hymn to the Dioscuri comes from the  Evelyn-White translation.

In this final Trojan episode, the ghosts of the war rise up and tell tales of loss and consolation. 

Sensitive listeners be aware  - some of the stories are disturbing.

Written and narrated by Bibi Jacob.
Sound and production by Geoff Chong.
Extracts from 17314 Aisakos and 884 Priamus feature Ciaran Cresswell and Les Clack.

A thank you to Chloe Dunn.

Andromache appears in the university observatory to recount her tragic tale.

175 Andromache is a main-belt asteroid – not a Trojan in the L4 or L5 Lagrange points in Jupiter’s orbit. But since her character is central to the Trojan war, we’ve included her in this special series. 

Written and directed by KJ Dwyer.
Edited by Bibi Jacob.
With Mia Leahy as Dardana
and Kate Colebrook as Petra.
Original violin and vocal compositions written and performed by Chloe Dunn.
Sound and production by Geoff Chong.

Recorded at the SACD studios, Paris.

You can listen to more of Chloe Dunn’s beautiful music, on becaflor.com / Bècaflor Teaser

Strange things happen one night, in a university observatory as Éloi struggles to stay awake and observe the 617 Patroclus asteroid.

Written and directed by KJ Dwyer.
With KJ Dwyer as Elio.
Mitchell Moreno as Patroclus.
Ken Starcevic as  Menoetius.
Bibi Jacob as the radio announcer.

Sound and production by Geoff Chong.

The actors recorded at the SACD Podcast Studio, Paris. And in London - with huge thanks to Nigel Pilkington.

Achilles, ‘the best of the Greeks’, slaughters Trojans mercilessly as he battles with his own grief and regrets. 

Starring Tom Morton.
Written and directed by Bibi Jacob.
Production and sound by Geoff Chong.