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This video is used to help students understand Greek mythology and give them a greater understanding of how the myths were formed and how it was used. It explains how myths were created to explain things like the weather. It also tells about when Greece was at its most powerful and gives important dates in a fun an animated way.

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Greek Mythology for Kids | What is mythology? Learn all about Greek mythology

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This will help students to become accustomed to Greece and build background knowledge. When they know what and where they are learning about it will help them significantly in the long run. This will allow students to make connections when learning about the different myths and how they all coincide. It will also help them understand he different places that are references within the myths.

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Greece | Islands, Cities, Language, & History

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Greece, the southernmost of the countries of the Balkan Peninsula. It lies at the juncture of Europe, Asia, and Africa and is heir to the heritages of Classical Greece, the Byzantine Empire, and nearly four centuries of Ottoman Turkish rule. One-fifth of Greece’s area is made up of the Greek islands…

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This playlist of YouTube videos will help get the students accustomed to the Greek Gods and all of the mythology involved. It will allow them to learn new definitions and gain vital background knowledge before diving deeper into the different Gods and myths.

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What Is A Myth? | Exploring Greek Mythology

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This goes into depth about the different Greek Gods and Goddesses. It focuses mainly on the major 12 that is referenced throughout the different myths. Students will learn the Gods names, symbols, powers, and much more. They will also learn about some on the minor Gods and Goddesses and the roles they play in Greek mythology.

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Cruel and fickle, passionate and vindictive, jealous and insecure, petty and insane: the inhabitants of Mount Olympus represent an attempt by the ancient Greeks to explain the chaos of the universe through human nature. Thus, like every deity invented before and since, these gods and goddesses are embodiments of human solipsism. (Of course lightning is caused by a giant, angry man in the sky...obvi. I mean, what else could it be?) The stories of their battles, bickering, and sexual conquests have indelibly influenced the course of Western language and narrative. Here is a selection of some of the A-list names of the Greek pantheon.

Aphrodite

Aphrodite was the goddess of love, sex, and beauty. Unsurprisingly for a love goddess, she was said to have emerged from the foam generated when the severed testicles of her father, Uranus, were thrown into the sea by his son, the Titan Cronus. (Or is that surprising?) Kind of makes Botticelli's surreally lovely Birth of Venus-which depicts Aphrodite's Roman counterpart emerging from the waves-a little more visceral, doesn't it?

Athena

Athena was the goddess of reason, wisdom, and war. She famously sprung fully formed from the forehead of Zeus. A major figure in the Odyssey, in which she instructed Odysseus, she also guided Perseus and Heracles through their trials. The Parthenon was her chief temple in Athens, which is named in her honor. Her Roman equivalent was Minerva.

Dionysus

Dionysus was a son of Zeus born to a mortal mother. When Zeus accidentally killed her, he sewed the young Dionysus into his thigh and, when the young god emerged, passed him to the care of the maenads. The cult of Dionysus revolved around intoxication, sex, and savage ritual sacrifice. He was often symbolized by a bull due to his association with the sacrificial animal. Elements of his character are seen in the Roman god of wine, Bacchus.

Hades

Gian Lorenzo Bernini: Pluto and Proserpina Anderson-Alinari/Art Resource, New York

Hades ruled the world of the dead, with which he was sometimes synonymous. The chilly lord of the underworld was among the few Greek gods to come across as dispassionate. He was not the ultimate judge of the souls that wandered his domain nor did he mete out their punishments for sins committed during their mortal lives. He was, however, cunning; he tricked Persephone into eating enchanted pomegranate seeds so that she would have to remain with him for a portion of the year.

Zeus

Ganymede and Zeus in the form of an eagle, antique marble statue; in the Vatican Museum Anderson-Alinari/Art Resource, New York

With the assistance of Hades and Poseidon, Zeus overthrew his father, Cronus, king of the Titans, and became the chief deity in a new pantheon comprising mostly his siblings and children. In addition to controlling the weather, Zeus was noted for his chronic infidelity to his sister-wife, Hera. Among the results of his weakness for comely mortal women was Helen of Troy. His Roman equivalent was Jupiter.

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This Encyclopedia Britannica list highlights 12 gods and goddesses of the Ancient Greek pantheon.

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This cute website describes the different Gods and Goddesses. It also gives more information about their symbols and their temples. It provides many options for students to go further in their research, such as being able to click on different links to look more in-depth into the temples. I chose this website specifically as I liked how direct it was without feeling like you are just reading facts on a screen. It breaks up the information with pictures and little tidbits of information that you wouldn't get from reading a textbook or a historical website.

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Greek Mythology for kids: Greek Gods, Symbols & Temples

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Which are your favorite gods from Greek Mythology? Learn about the 12 Olympian Gods, their powers, and the archaeological sites in Greece!

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This goes into even more depth about the Gods and Goddesses. This site takes the user through not only the major 12, but it also discusses all of the minor Gods as well as the titans and heroes referenced in Greek Mythology. This will be used for students who want to go outside of the box in their learning or who are especially fascinated with a certain power or God.

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Greek Gods & Goddesses | Theoi Greek Mythology

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This goes into detail about five well-known Greek Myths. It discusses the monsters involved and the heroes. It also has a short synopsis about the battle and the story behind the myth. This will help students connect different names with faces and understand the many monsters and heroes references in the Greek Myths.

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Check out these ghastly Greek myths from the time of the Ancient Greeks! Read on, if you dare...
Greek 'myths' (short for mythology) are a series of stories about the Gods and magical beings of Greece. We'll bet you've heard of some of the famous - and infamous! - characters already, such as Heracles, (the strongest man on Earth) Zeus, (the God of the sky and king of the gods) Pegasus (a flying horse) and Hades (the god of the underworld).

Find out more about the grand Greek myths, below!

Greek mythology

Created thousands of years ago, Greek myths were epic stories about , passed down over generations. They often feature heroic battles and terrible creatures, and taught the importance of bravery, intelligence, and right and wrong. They showed that even the gods, like mortal men, could be punished or rewarded for their actions. Details of the ancient tales have been found on everything from pottery to temples to stone statues!

Greek myths were a huge part of the religion in Ancient Greece, and offer a glimpse into the lives of the ancient people who told them. Check out five of these fascinating Greek myths below, and meet the people-eating, fire-breathing beasts and the heroes who battled them!

The Monster: Scylla and Charybdis
The Hero: Odysseus
The Battle: On both sides of a narrow stretch of sea, monsters lie in wait. On one side, Scylla thrashes around her six snakelike heads, ready to crunch on passing sailors. On the other, Charybdis creates a deadly whirlpool. No person has ever faced these beasts and escaped unharmed. Now the king, Odysseus, and his crew must pass them to get home. They edge around Charybdis' spiralling sea, saving the ship from being swallowed whole. But Scylla swoops down and gobbles up six men. "Row!" Odysseus shouts, leading the rest of the crew past Scylla and out of the deadly channel. Having survived the dreaded beasts, Odysseus and his men continue their journey.

Did you know we have a FREE downloadable Greek Mythology primary resource? Great for teachers, homeschoolers and parents alike!

Theseus and the Minotaur

The Monster: The Minotaur
The Hero: Theseus
The Battle: Half-man, half-bull, the Minotaur lurks in an underground maze waiting for his next meal - children sent to him as a sacrifice. Lost in the labyrinth, the kids surely will be devoured. But brave king Theseus has had enough of his land living in fear of the Minotaur. He accompanies the group and is prepared to fight. Hearing the Minotaur breathing nearby, he springs toward it. Dodging the monster's deadly horns, he thrusts his sword into the beast. The Minotaur is dead, but will the group find its way out? Luckily, Theseus unspooled a piece of string as he walked through the maze, and leads the children out to safety.

The Labours of Heracles

The Monster: The Hydra
The Hero: Heracles
The Battle: In a swamp creeps a deadly nine-headed serpent called the Hydra. Killing it is one of 12 tasks Heracles - the son of Greek god, Zeus - must complete to become immortal. After throwing flaming spears at the beast, the Hydra attacks so Heracles hits its heads with a club, but more grow in their place! Heracles' friend, Iolus, then leaps to his aid with a flaming torch. After an epic battle, the men finally destroy the Hydra!

Perseus and Medusa

The Monster: Medusa
The Hero: Perseus
The Battle: The hideous Medusa has snakes for hair, terrifying tusks and a face that turns anyone that looks at it into stone! To please his king, warrior Perseus agrees to slay the beast. Wearing a helmet of invisibility, he sneaks up on Medusa. She's asleep, but one gaze at her face and Perseus would be a statue! So he looks at her harmless reflection in his shiny shield and beheads her. Victorious, Perseus flies off on winged sandals.

Bellerophon and Pegasus

The Monster: The Chimera
The Hero: Bellerophon
The Battle: The fire-breathing Chimera is a terrifying beast with a serpent for a tail, a goat's body and a lion's head! A king has commanded warrior, Bellerophon, to destroy her. Soaring above the monster on a winged horse, Pegasus, he shoots arrows at her. Bellerophon then attaches lead to his spear and thrusts it into the vicious beast. The hero's actions kills the fiery Chimera.

Read more about amazing ancient adventures in National Geographic Treasury of Greek Mythology.

Did you know we have a FREE downloadable primary resource about the Lost City of Atlantis? Perfect for teachers, homeschoolers and parents alike, the resource investigates the legendary Ancient Greek island swallowed by the sea!

Illustrations: Ben Shannon

What do you make of our Greek myths? Let us know by leaving a comment, below!

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Meet the monsters of Ancient Greek mythology here at Nat Geo Kids. We explore the tales of Medusa, the Minotaur, the Chimera and other Greek myths...

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I chose this as I thought it was a cute graphic that goes more into the family tree and how everyone is connected in the Greek Myths. This shows all of the different Gods and Goddesses as well as the Titian and the Primordial Gods. I especially liked how it highlighted that different Goddesses were born from sea foam or Zeus's brain. This is a fun activity where students can visually see all of the connections between all of the Myths and how it is all one big family unit broken into different parts.

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UPDATE 11/23/2015: I made an updated poster version, with like a dozen extra gods! Buy it here!

"I'll just list all the Greek Gods," I said. "It'll be easy."

I had no idea.

There are just so many. I had to cut it down, and cut it again, and even then I didn't finish in time - sorry again, by the way.

So this is not even close to a full list of Gods and Goddesses, to say nothing of all the demigods, mythical creatures, anthropomorphized-concepts, and other things that show up in Greek mythology. Just some of the biggest, most important ones.

In order of appearance:

Primodial Deities

Before there were Gods, there were these God-like anthropomorphized concepts. Most of them don't come up in pop-culture, I think because they were like five-plus generations removed from the Olympians. My favorite by far is Momus, God of Blame and Insults, who was kicked out of the clubhouse for insulting (among other things) Zeus's sex life and Aphrodite's squeaky sandals.

Gaia (aka Gaea)

Primeval Goddess of the Earth
Gaia was mother of more or less everyone and everything, which is only one of the reasons her descendants' family tree is so screwed up. As far as I can tell, the first thing she did after having a kid was marry him, and then made more kids so they could fight. Picture a heavy-set Lucille Bluth with earth-powers.

Ouranos (aka Uranus)

Primeval God of the Sky
Ouranos was his own stepfather, and had some serious sibling rivalry with his children. Eventually a bunch of them got together and cut off his penis, after which he either died or disappeared, depending on who you ask.

Aphrodite

Olympian Goddess of Love
Oh but that penis? It landed in some water, and produced "foam" from which emerged Aphrodite. There are a lot of stories about her, but I think my favorite is the one where she got so angry that she made a girl named Myrrha fall in love with her own father. And THEN, when the incest-baby was born from the tree-that-had-formerly-been-Myrrha (long story), Aphrodite fell in love with it and got into a big fight over who got to be the baby's lover. She also turned a statue named Galatea into a real girl, which inspired Pygmalion (by George Bernard Shaw), which inspired My Fair Lady (the musical), which inspired My Fair Lady (the movie starring Audrey Hepburn).

So, count with me now: incest, murder, castration, "foam," incest again, pedophilia, and we're only three gods in!

Themis

Titan Goddess of Divine Law and Order
What Themis is god of doesn't really translate directly, and I'm not sure I'd understand it even if it did, because the ancient Greek concept of "divine justice" is totally tied up in ancient Greek culture in general, which is about as foreign to use as it's possible to be. Like, just imagine a modern American and a 14th century English lord trying to agree on what should be basic human rights. Ancient Greece is four times as far away, chronologically speaking.

Mnemosyne

Titan Goddess of Memory
Mnemosyne invented language and words. Before people invented writing, if you wanted to hear a story, you'd have to memorize it. Mnemosyne was the goddess of that. She was also the mother of the Muses, the father being Zeus.

Hyperion

Titan God of Light
Married to Theia. His son was the sun, but I don't think that's as punny in ancient Greek. He was one of the Titans who fought Zeus got banished to Tartarus (the underworld's underworld, a sort of metaphysical maximum security prison) forever, until Zeus let him out.

Theia

Titan Goddess of Heavenly Light
Heavenly light apparently means the light of a clear blue sky. Sister/wife of Hyperion.

Crius (aka Krios)

Titan God of the Constellations
Banished to Tartarus forever, until Zeus let him out. I know some of these descriptions are short, but most of these guys barely appear anywhere aside from lists of titans.

Oceanus (aka Okeanos)

Titan God of Ocean, Streams, Water
In Greek Mythology, the entire habitable world was surrounded by a big ocean/stream. Later, as people learned more about Geography, he wound up in charge of the Atlantic Ocean, with Poseidon getting the Mediterranean. He also went to Tartarus, also until Zeus let him out. He also had crab claws on his head for some reason.

Tethys

Titan Goddess of Fresh Water
Tethys was married to Oceanus and gave birth to literally thousands of water-related mythological beings but otherwise didn't do much.

Iapetus (aka Iapetos)

Titan God of Mortality
Iapetus is apparently a distant ancestor of all humans via Prometheus (not pictured), so that's something. He also went to Tartarus.

Pleione

Water Nymph
Remember the thousands of water babies Tethys had with Oceanus? Pleione is one of them. The only reason she's listed here is because her grandson is Hermes.

Atlas

Bearer of the Heavens
You might recognize Atlas as that guy with the world on his back. Greek myth says he actually held the sky, but, I don't know, artistic license or whatever. One time, Herakles (aka Hercules) held the sky for him for a while, in exchange for some golden apples. Another time Perseus turned him to stone.

Coeus (aka Koios)

Titan God of Intellect
Mainly important because his grandkids were Artemis and Apollo. Like the other male Titans, he did some time in Tartarus.

Phoebe

Titan Goddess of Intellect
Wife/sister of Coeus, grandmother of Artemis and Apollo. Shares a name (and probably nothing else) with the best character on Friends.

Kronos (aka Cronus)

Titan God of Time
Update 4/4/2016: Turns out maybe he's not actually the god of time, because Kronos is the god and "khronos" is time. But it also looks like folks have been making that mistake for literally thousands of years so for now I'll just leave this note.
Original post: Kronos wasn't a God of, like, wibbily-wobbly-timey-wimey. More like unstoppable, inexorable entropy that grinds everything you've ever loved into dust.
You might also remember him as the one who de-penised Uranus, but it gets worse. A while post-de-penising, he learned that one of his kids would eventually overthrow him, so whenever one was born he'd eat it. Or that was the plan - unfortunately for him, when Zeus was born, his wife Rhea switched it with a rock dressed like a baby. Rock-Zeus got eaten, but real-Zeus grew up, retrieved his previously-eaten siblings, and overthrew the Titans in a big ol' war.

So where are we now? Incest, pedophilia, castration, "foam," murder, cannibalism, infanticide - did I miss any? I'm losing count.

Rhea

Titan Goddess of Motherhood and Fertility
Fed Kronos a rock dressed like a baby.

Semele

Mother of Dionysus
Semele was just some priestess until Zeus took a liking to her. Then Zeus's wife Hera found out and tricked Semele into looking at Zeus's true form, which caused her to die in a fire. This is why you don't talk to gods.

Maia

Mother of Hermes
Maia didn't talk to gods, but Zeus "begot" her a baby anyway.

Leto

Mother of Artemis and Apollo
Zeus also "begot" Leto some babies, and Hera got so jealous that she followed her around just to prevent her from giving birth anywhere. I don't know what happens in Greek mythology if you're physically unable to end a pregnancy, but it probably isn't good. Lucky for Leto that she eventually found a place to hide.

Zeus

King of Gods
You might have noticed that like, half of the people on this list either slept with or descended from Zeus. If it was sexable, Zeus sexed it. And not always (or even mostly) consensually, but I get the sense that the ancient Greeks had different ideas about consent than we do today. What else? He threw lightning bolts, defeated the titans, resolved disputes (kind of, sort of), and was powerful enough that he could get away with more or less anything.

Hera

Queen of Gods, Goddess of Marriage
What does it say about the Ancient Greeks that their Goddess of Marriage was hitched to a serial-adulterer? Seriously, more or less every story about her starts with Zeus messing around (with or without consent) and ends with Hera taking revenge on she-with-whom-Zeus-messed-around. It's like a weird, violent, incestuous sitcom.

Dionysus

God of Wine and Parties
Most depictions of Dionysus make him either a cool old drunk guy or a the greek equivalent of a glam rocker. He mostly wandered around with satyrs, drank, made wine, made friends, and occasionally got chased out of places.

Hermes

Messenger of the Gods
You'll probably recognize Hermes's boots and hat more than the god himself - they served as inspiration for he Flash's original outfit. Hermes is involved in a lot of inter-diety drama as a message-carrier, but there's also a fair number of stories of cow-stealing. Seriously, Hermes stole his first cows before he was one day old. He's a sneaky one.

Apollo (aka Apollon)

God of Healing, Sickness, Music, and Prophecy
Apollo is a little more complex than some of his fellow gods. Sometimes he'd heal people, sometimes he'd kill them, sometimes he'd even cause plagues.
Oh, and one time someone challenged him to a music contest, and Apollo won and gave the guy donkey ears.

Artemis

Goddess of the Hunt
Most of what I've read about Artemis has her shooting things with arrows. Oh, but there's also a great story where Artemis defends Mount Olympus from two giants. She turns into a deer and runs between them, and they both miss her and spear each other.

Athena

Goddess of War and Heroes
Athena is just awesome. First off, she wasn't born - she burst, fully armed, from Zeus's head. And she only got cooler. Basically every story about a Greek hero features Athena somewhere. She advised and/or helped Perseus, Herakles, Odysseus, the Argonauts, and I'm sure a bunch more that I'm forgetting. Plus, she was the patron diety of Athens, which she won in a contest against Poseidon.

Ares

God of War
Ares is kind of like Athena, but dumber. Literally every story I know about him involves him getting mad at something and trying to kill it. He usually succeeds.

Hephaistos

God of Fire and Metalworking
Poor Hephaistos. He was born crippled, and thrown off Olympus by his own mother. But won in the end. He made her a beautiful throne that stuck to her when she sat in it, and refused to unstick her. It was only after Dionysus got him drunk that he relented and let her out. After that, he did ok. He even got to marry Aphrodite. Yes, she cheated on him constantly, but it's the thought that counts.

Poseidon

God of the Sea
Poseidon was almost as bad as Zeus when it came to Women. Seriously, he even non-consensually "seduced" Medusa, although that was before she she got snakes for hair. It was also the reason she got snakes for hair - Athena wasn't pleased that the "seduction" had happened in her temple. Poseidon and Athena were in conflict pretty frequently, actually, including practically all of the Odyssey.

Hestia

Goddess of the Hearth
If you had to hang out with a Greek deity, I'd go with Hestia. She never married, just cooked food, lit fireplaces, took care of travelers, and basically just chilled out at home. All-around cool lady.

Hades

God of the Dead
Disney's Hercules did Hades a real disservice, because now everyone thinks he was some fast-talking cartoon supervision. He wasn't. He didn't skip work, he didn't ruin lives (well, living ones), he didn't play pranks, he hardly even left the underworld at all. I mean, sure, there was the time he kidnapped Persephone, but that at least started as a misunderstanding. Compared to his brothers Zeus and Poseidon? He was practically cuddly.

Demeter

Goddess of Agriculture
The most famous story of Demeter is the one where Zeus offers her daughter Persephone to Hades as a wife. Hades accepts, but has to kidnap her for some reason, and then Demeter throws a fit and threatens to ruin farming forever unless Hades give Persephone back. But then Persephone eats a pomegranate seed and ends up in a split-custody arrangement between Hades and her mom.

If you're interested enough to want more than my rambling descriptions, there's a whole lot at theoi.com. I also found this story about a man who met a Greek God. With any luck, on Friday you'll get to see Potato III: Attack of the Clones. The following week, Australia vs. Animals, Episode 1.

Oh! And if you're in the market for a Greek God Family Tree poster, feel free to check out the store!

~Korwin

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The Greek God Family Tree - Veritable Hokum

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Family tree of the most important Gods of the ancient Greek pantheon, and also some Titans.

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I added this as it would tie into different classes and background knowledge. Depending on the grade and the way he school is run students would have either read this book in English class, are going to read the book, or what I would hope for is that they are currently reading the book. This would help to give context to what they are reading. I provide a link to the book so that they can look over the different chapters and sections of the book and see how it connects to Greek Mythology and how all of the myths are intertwined into this one novel.

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The Internet Classics Archive | The Odyssey by Homer

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The Odyssey by Homer, part of the Internet Classics Archive

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This activity will help students work on the spelling of the different names while also giving their brains a break from the information overload. I chose a word search as it can be used for all ages. Students can choose to work on this as a reward for finishing all of the reading and videos, or they can take a break mid research and do something a little more relaxing while still staying on topic.

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I added this musical as it is a retelling of the Odyssey. It was written in modern times and changes the story slightly, but for the most part, it follows the story of Odysseus and his journey back home. I think this is a fun addition as it gives students something to listen to if they are more auditorial in their learning. I also just love the songs and the message behind all of them. Every piece of the song down to a specific guitar melody has a role and a purpose, nothing is by mistake. I think the students would not only learn from a first-person point of view how the Odyssey went down but also gain some important knowledge about how it's the little things that build to create something huge.

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EPIC: The Musical

Label

BRP Records LLC (Formerly)

Winion Entertainment LLC

Producer

Jorge Rivera-Herrans
JP Warner (Sound Design)
Blair Russell (Formerly)

EPIC: The Musical is a loose adaptation of Homer's Odyssey[1] that was created by Jorge Rivera-Herrans, who wrote the music and lyrics, orchestrated, and produced the tracks. His song clips and process videos have gone viral on social media with over 60 million views across TikTok, of over 70,000 people who share memes, fan theories, cover songs, positive affirmations, and tattoos of the lyrics.

Jorge Rivera-Herrans first started working on the musical around June of 2019 in his college dorms. Originally his senior thesis for college, he wanted to create a musical that was inspired by video games and anime/manga to "emulate their addictive sense of progression". He was heavily inspired by these forms of media and its effects are seen throughout the musical.

On January 17th, 2021 he uploaded his first video on TikTok where he introduces the musical and sings one of the older drafts of the opening song Full Speed Ahead. Over time he released other clips of songs from the musical that slowly began to garner an audience.

Following his TikTok, there is an entire timeline of his journey through the making of each song up to the release of each saga. He has created videos documenting his process as he goes through the songs, edits and rewrites in the span of about 2 years. He also held auditions over TikTok to find voices for the characters. The first notable audition was for Calypso in April of 2021 following which there have been auditions for Ares, Penelope, Zeus, Tiresias and more. Many of the songs in the musical went through rewrites with some songs being cut and other having been changed to better fit the story and characters. The final draft was completed on the 29th of August, 2022.

Over the course of several years, he has cultivated a large group of supportive cast and community members across several platforms including TikTok, Discord, YouTube, Instagram etc. Some of the notable members of the Epic team include sound mixer JP Warner, as well as the talented cast members from around the world, many of whom auditioned through TikTok, including Teagan Earley ( Athena), Steven Nookie ( Polites), Luke Holt ( Zeus), Armando Julian ( Eurylochus), and more.

Other important members of the team are highlighted by Jorge on his TikTok in various clips and in a segment called "APPRECIATION NATION" where he talks about all the people who work hard in the background to make EPIC happen.

In 2023, Jorge created his own company, Winion Entertainment LLC, due to Blair Russell (the original producer of EPIC) and his company, Blair Russell Productions, not paying him the royalties for the first two sagas. Under Winion Entertainment, the entire main cast of EPIC came together to re-record the entire musical from scratch; allowing the entire musical, including the previously released Troy and Cyclops Sagas, to be released under the brand.

The creation of Winion Entertainment is also leading to new potential business opportunities for EPIC, such as vinyl sets of the Sagas, merchandise, and even future iterations of the musical (like a stage production or a film adaptation).

Epic is a fully sung through musical consisting of 2 acts with 20 songs per act for a total of 40 songs. Furthermore, each act is divided into "Sagas" or chapters. The entire musical has a runtime of 2 hours and 16 minutes. Act 1 is about 1 hour and 9 minutes long (1:08:32) and consists of 5 sagas ( The Troy Saga, The Cyclops Saga, The Ocean Saga, The Circe Saga and The Underworld Saga). Act 2 is about 1 hour and 7 minutes long and consists of 4 sagas ( The Thunder Saga, The Wisdom Saga, The Vengeance Saga and The Ithaca Saga).

There was a lot of attention to detail put into the creation of the songs of EPIC. Many of the songs draw inspiration from video game characters, epic moments in the media, and movies. Some of the most notable ones are:

1. When Jorge was younger he watched "Peter and the Wolf" and was inspired by the use of specific instruments to represent each character. As a result, many of the characters in EPIC are represented by specific instruments, including Odysseus (Various guitars, based on context), Athena (Piano, because of the dexterity and skill needed to play piano), Poseidon (Trumpet + Brass Section, that gets more electronic and distorted depending on how angry and wrathful he is), Circe (Strings), Zeus (Electric Bass + Drums), Aeolus (Airy Vocals + Flute), Aphrodite (Saxophone), Hermes (Lyre + Harp), etc.

2. Furthermore, the more divine the music gets the more electronic elements are heard in the score. The mortals generally get more traditional orchestral music, while the gods get more electronic music.

3. Vocal backing for the mortal characters usually come from characters present in a given scene like the "CREW" or "SOLDIERS" while backing vocals for the gods come from an ENSEMBLE the god created to emphasize their point or emotions in a given scene, probably based on the chorus common in V century B.C. Greek plays.

1. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvayv7u6HrpENlleXekJ2fg

2. https://www.tiktok.com/@jorgeherrans?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

3. https://www.epicthemusical.com/

4. https://curtaincallbway.com/2023/01/03/get-to-know-epic-the-troy-saga-the-new-viral-musical-hit/

5. https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/digital-culture/tiktok-sensation-epic-the-musical-blows-audiences-away/

6. https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Viral-Musical-Hit-EPIC-Will-Release-Concept-Album-on-Christmas-Day-20221212

Truth be told, the first two songs take inspirations from sources external both to the Iliad and the Odyssey, such as the Little Iliad or Seneca's Troades.

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EPIC: The Musical is a loose adaptation of Homer's Odyssey[1] that was created by Jorge Rivera-Herrans, who wrote the music and lyrics, orchestrated, and produced the tracks. His song clips and process videos have gone viral on social media with over 60 million views across TikTok, of over 70,000 people who share memes, fan theories, cover songs, positive affirmations, and tattoos of the lyrics.

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These flashcards will help students to remember the different Greek Gods and Goddesses. Students can use these flashcards to study and review what each God did and the diverse aspects of all of their powers. It also reviews their symbols and how they relate to one another.

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I added this activity as it is a fun and simple way to see how the Greeks lived. The students can plan as a leaders of a Greek Island. The battle other islands, choose the God or Goddesses they want their people to worship, and design a city that works for them. It is a cute addition that gives them a more hands on approach to how Greece was run.

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Grepolis - the browser game set in Antiquity. Build magnificent cities, forge mighty alliances, utilize the power of the gods, conquer the world!