Stuff To Blow Your Mind

Divine Weapon: The Trident

Aug 7, 2018 · 1 hr 7 min · 64.4 MB
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What are we to make of the trident? The three-toothed spear has seen service as the divine weapon of mythic deities, the fishing implement of common mortals and a symbolic weapon in gladiatorial combat. What does it mean, and was it ever a practical weapon? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick look for answers in myth, archaeology and military history. 

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