Tales of the Night Sky

Author: Bibi Jacob, Geoff Chong. A Monkeybird Production

Original audio drama with spectacular soundscapes, based on the Greco-Roman myths behind the constellations. Written and directed by Bibi Jacob, these moving and sometimes humorous tales, brim with tragedy, injustice, and violence.
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S3 E12 Chiron: The Constellation of Centaurus
Episode 13
Wednesday, 4 March, 2026

When Heracles accidentally wounds Chiron with an arrow dipped in the Hydra's blood, the immortal centaur must fight the spreading poison. As fever takes hold, time collapses, pulling him into visions of the past and a future filled with war and death. Written by Morag Cross. Directed by Bibi Jacob. Featuring: Gordon Peaston as Chiron. Doug Rand as Heracles. Morag Cross as Narrator and Okyrrhoe. Tercelin Kirtley as Peleus. Tom Morton as Achilles. Felix and Albert Giddingstone as Young Achilles. Original compositions written and performed by Chloe Dunn. Listen to Chloe's single Aphrodite Leaves. Outro theme, soundcapes and production by Geoff Chong. Sources for this episode include: The Mithras Liturgy, a greek papyrus of magic healing spells; Philostratus the Elder Imagines 2.2 ; Homer's Iliad, Book XI; Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History Book 6; Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, Book 4; Eratosthenes; Hyginus; Ovid Metamorphoses, Book 2. Thanks to Cicely and Frog. Find bonus material on buymeacoffee