We're now leaving the Underworld to travel to the loftiest heights... all aboard the Trojan as we head into outer space!
The Star's Heart was written by Pete Ford in response to the theme 'Troy' in our Open Category. It was narrated by Chloe Cobbald and Clare Roberts, the Managing Editor of the Classical Review. Our apologies for the background hum in this episode (we think Hera the AI might have been interfering!).
Find out more about some of the mythical characters in this story at Mythopedia. Although the story of Paris and Helen is vital to the events of the Iliad, it is only mentioned briefly in that epic poem; a fuller description was contained in a lost poem called the Cypria. The Roman poem Ovid also wrote about this story, which you can find in his Heroides 16.71ff, 149–152 and 5.35f.
EPIC: Modern Writers, Ancient Stories is a compilation of short stories written by entrants in the 2022 Classical Association Creative Writing Competition, inspired by Stephen Fry's trilogy Mythos, Heroes and Troy.
For the next six weeks, we will be releasing a brand-new story influenced by the ancient world every day, read by a different narrator - make sure you hit 'follow' or 'subscribe' to ensure you don't miss a single story. The full e-book will be released later this year.
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