Empusa
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Sep 13, 2026
MephistophelesVOICE_ACTOR
True, in this uncertain lustre, See me, fair maid, in a cluster; Fain would I to you be juster.
EmpusaVOICE_ACTOR
Empusa, pressing forwards.
EmpusaVOICE_ACTOR
Not me, too? I'm also fitted In your train to be admitted.
EmpusaVOICE_ACTOR
She's one too many; for, in short, She always ruins all our sport.
EmpusaVOICE_ACTOR
Empusa to Mephistopheles.
EmpusaVOICE_ACTOR
Empusa, with the ass's foot! Thy cousin dear gives thee salute.
EmpusaVOICE_ACTOR
Only a horse's hoof is thine; And yet, Sir Cousin, greeting fine.
MephistophelesVOICE_ACTOR
Strangers I here anticipated, And find, alas! my near related.
speaker_8VOICE_ACTOR
True, in this uncertain lustre See me, fair mage, in a cluster; Fain would I to you be juster.
speaker_50VOICE_ACTOR
Empusa, pressing forwards.
speaker_50VOICE_ACTOR
Not me, too? I'm also fitted In your train to be admitted.
speaker_50VOICE_ACTOR
She's one too many; for, in short, She always ruins all our sport.
speaker_50VOICE_ACTOR
Empusa, to Mephistophilles.
speaker_50VOICE_ACTOR
Empusa, with the ass's foot, Thy cousin dear gives thee salute: Only a horse's hoof is thine, And yet, sir cousin, greeting fine.
speaker_8VOICE_ACTOR
Strange is I here anticipated, And find, alas! my near related.
speaker_8VOICE_ACTOR
The old tale, instances by dozens, From hearts to Hellas, always cousins.
ChrisHOST
She belongs to a whole crowd of related bogies that blur into one another in folk belief.
ChrisHOST
There is the Empusa, a phantom of Hecate, who changes shape and limbs through the night on one leg of bronze and one of a donkey.
ChrisHOST
There is Momo, the child-frightener, whose very name sounds like a growl.
ChrisHOST
And there is Gelo, perhaps the oldest of them all, because we find her name already in the poet Sappho around 600 BC.
speaker_6VOICE_ACTOR
Fain would I to you be juster.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
Empusa, pressing forwards.
speaker_28VOICE_ACTOR
Not me, too? I'm also fitted in your train to be admitted.
speaker_47VOICE_ACTOR
She's one too many, for, in short, she always ruins all our sport.
speaker_28VOICE_ACTOR
Empusa to Mephistopheles: Empusa, with the ass's foot, thy cousin dear gives thee salute.
speaker_28VOICE_ACTOR
Only a horse's hoof is thine, and yet, Sir Cousin, greeting fine.
speaker_6VOICE_ACTOR
Strange is I here anticipated, and find, alas, my near related.
speaker_55VOICE_ACTOR
True, in this uncertain lustre, See me fair maid in a cluster; Fain would I to you be juster.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
Empusa, pressing forwards.
EmpusaVOICE_ACTOR
Not me, too? I'm also fitted In your train to be admitted.
LamiaVOICE_ACTOR
She's one too many; Foreign-bred, She always ruins all our sport.
Larry WilsonNARRATOR
Empusa to Mephistopheles.
EmpusaVOICE_ACTOR
Empusa, with the ass's foot, Thy cousin dear gives thee salute.
EmpusaVOICE_ACTOR
Only a horse's hoof is thine, And yet, Sir Cousin, greeting fine.
MephistophelesVOICE_ACTOR
fine.Strangers I here anticipated, And find, alas! my near related.
Ash EllisHOST
The ancient Greeks had their own terrifying creatures.
Ash EllisHOST
One of them was the Empusa, a shapeshifting demon that was said to feed on humans.
Ash EllisHOST
So even thousands of years ago, humans were already telling stories about creatures that looked like us, but weren't quite human.
Ash EllisHOST
And eventually, these stories developed into something much closer to what we would recognize as a vampire.
MephistophelesVOICE_ACTOR
True, in this uncertain lustre, See me, fair maid, in a cluster; Fain would I to you be juster.
David WalesNARRATOR
Empusa, pressing forwards.
speaker_54VOICE_ACTOR
Not me, too? I'm also fitted In your train to be admitted.
speaker_54VOICE_ACTOR
She's one too many; for, in short, She always ruins all our sport.
David WalesNARRATOR
Empusa to Mephistopheles.
speaker_54VOICE_ACTOR
Empusa, with the ass's foot, Thy cousin dear gives thee salute.
speaker_54VOICE_ACTOR
Only a horse's hoof is thine, And yet, Sir Cousin, greeting fine.
MephistophelesVOICE_ACTOR
Strange is I here anticipated, And find, alas! my near related.