7.6/1069 votes#1 - Zeus and the Conquest of Power
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2016
To earn the title of Master of Olympus, Zeus took many important steps, and overcame many challenges. His story is one of an incredible conquest of power, dating back to time immemorial, when the world began. Born from Chaos, Gaia - Mother Earth - mated with Uranus, the sky.
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7.6/1059 votes#2 - Zeus in Love
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2016
His first wife was Metis. His second, who was known as his wife on Olympus, was the jealous Hera. But there was also Themis, the goddess of Justice, with whom he produced the Hours, the Fates and the Mnemosyne - meaning "memory" - who gave birth to nine Muses. In order to achieve his aims, Zeus metamorphosed. He was an expert at changing shape and form.
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8.0/1054 votes#3 - Prometheus, The Rebel of Olympus
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2016
Taking revenge against Prometheus, Zeus created the first woman - the beautiful Pandora. He gave her a manipulative and deceptive character, and subjected Prometheus to terrible torture. But although Zeus and Prometheus both shared a shrewd and cunning nature, they clashed fiercely. Prometheus wanted to be of help to mankind, and managed to convince Zeus to give them fire.
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7.9/1054 votes#4 - Hades, A Reluctant King
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2016
Having become organizer of the world, Zeus entrusted the world of the sea to his brother Poseidon, and the underworld, or the kingdom of the dead, to Hades. Alone, in a place he had not chosen himself, Hades reigned over the people of the shadows and over the grimacing creatures that surrounded him.
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8.1/1047 votes#5 - Athena, Armed Wisdom
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/2016
The Goddess of War Athena was the wisest, most level headed and rational deity. She was born out of Zeus' skull, wearing a helmet and holding a spear. She was the protector of heroes, the State, and mankind, to whom she passed on many inventions.
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7.8/1044 votes#6 - Apollo, Shadow and Light
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/2016
Although they were the son and daughter of Zeus, Apollo and his twin sister Artemis were born under threats from the goddess Hera. Zeus' wife Hera never forgave the twins' mother - the nymph Leto - for her union with the King of Mount Olympus, and she forced Leto into exile.
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8.0/1047 votes#7 - Aphrodite, Dictated by Desire
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/22/2016
Kronos revolted against his father Uranus. He severed his father's genitals, and threw them into the sea, where they mingled with the foam and gave birth to Aphrodite. Aphrodite was born from this highly unusual union. She inspired romantic love and physical attraction in equal measure.
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8.0/1044 votes#8 - Dionysus, An Outsider in the City
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/22/2016
Zeus had a reputation for being a seducer of women. One day he lay with a mortal - Semele, the daughter of the king of Thebes. Their son Dionysos was brought up by nymphs. One day he discovered the vine, and decided to travel the world teaching mankind the art of making wine out of it.
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8.2/1041 votes#9 - Hermes, The Impenetrable Messenger
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/29/2016
Hermes was the youngest of the Gods of Olympus. Right from birth, he was an insolent, thieving, trickster God. While still a baby, he escaped from the cave in which his mother Maia gave birth to him, and stole Apollo's herd.
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7.9/1041 votes#10 - Tartarus, The Damned of the Earth
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/29/2016
Tartarus, situated in the deepest part of the earth, is the prison of the Underworld. It is there that we find the fallen gods and the heroes banished ...
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8.1/1042 votes#11 - Psyche, Beauty and the Beast
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/5/2016
In this myth, many versions of which have been passed down through the ages, Psyche is the Beauty. Concerned that his daughter did not have a suitor, Psyche's father consulted Pythia, who announced grave news: Psyche's father must leave her on a hilltop, from where a monster would come take her away.
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7.8/1040 votes#12 - Perseus, The Look of Death
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/5/2016
Perseus should never have come into the world. For fear of a prediction that made his grandson his assassin, King Acrisios locked up his daughter Danaë in a tower in the shape of a fortress ..
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7.8/1042 votes#13 - Orpheus, A Hymn of Impossible Love
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/12/2016
On certain evenings, the constellation of Lyra is visible in the skies. Following Orpheus' death, Zeus placed the constellation in the sky, as a tribute to the greatest poet and musician in Greek mythology. Watched over by the muses from birth, Orpheus' talent enchanted nature, both trees and animals alike. A brave young man, Orpheus left on board the Argo, to conquer the Golden Fleece.
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7.9/1040 votes#14 - Medea, Murderous Love
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 11/12/2016
On his quest to find the Golden Fleece, Jason asked the cruel King of Colchis and his daughter Medea, a powerful sorceress, for help. Medea fell in love with Jason, helped him to find the precious Fleece, and fled with him.
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7.9/1037 votes#15 - Bellerophon, The Man Who Wanted to be a God
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 11/19/2016
Bellerophon, the grandson of Sisyphus, one of the Greek world's worst criminals, dreamt of becoming a hero, of being equal to the Gods. But his plans got off to a bad start with the accidental murder of his brother. Forced into exile, he took refuge in Tyrins.
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7.9/1043 votes#16 - Theseus, The Ravages of Oversight
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 11/19/2016
Theseus was the fruit of dual paternity: Aegeus King of Athens slept with Aethra when she had just been raped by Poseidon, God of the Sea. Theseus, who grew into a strong, brave young man, therefore had a double lineage - both divine and royal. But Theseus' great courage did not stop him from neglecting his duties. Carried along by his victory, he committed a few irreversible oversights.
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7.7/1038 votes#17 - Dedalus and Icarus, A Shattered Dream
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/26/2016
Dedalus, a prominent Greek inventor, settled in Crete among King Minos' court. Queen Pasiphaë, who had an all-consuming passion for a white bull, called upon his services. Dedalus found a way to allow Pasiphaë to mate with the bull, and Minos locked Daedalus and his son, Icarus, away for their betrayal. Dedalus found a way to escape - but his method put his own son's life in peril.
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8.1/1037 votes#18 - Heracles, The Man Who Became a God
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/26/2016
We all know about Heracles' unequalled strength, and the twelve labors he had to carry out, but we know a great deal less about the way in which his life was turned upside down by a series of terrible curses.
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8.0/1038 votes#19 - Oedipus, The Riddle Solver
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 12/3/2016
No mortal endured more terrible a tragedy than Oedipus. He was the son of King Laius, King of Thebes. The Gods forbade him to have offspring, and decreed that if Laius gave birth to a son, that son would kill him. Laius removed Oedipus from Thebes, and he grew up far away from the city, without knowing his true identity or the curse that weighed upon on him.
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8.2/1036 votes#20 - Antigone, The Woman Who Said No
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 12/3/2016
Antigone was one of Oedipus' four children. She had two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, as well as a sister, Ismene. One day, her sister informed her that her two brothers, who were heirs to the throne of Thebes, were fighting each other for power. They had agreed to take power alternately, but when the time came for Eteocles to hand his crown over to Polynices, he refused. An war ensued.
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The Best Episodes of The Great Myths Season 1
Every episode of The Great Myths Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Great Myths Season 1!
Based on original animation and selected iconographies throughout art history, this series of twenty episodes tells the Greek myths. An all-picture creation, which features the...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Zeus and the Conquest of Power" is the best rated episode of "The Great Myths" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 69 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/1/2016. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Zeus in Love".