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If we go by The Odyssey's chronicle, the first two songs will be Odysseus' crew encountering the sirens (magical bird ladies who sing to lure sailors into jumping off their boats). Jay is definitely cooking up something BIG with this :))))))))))

ALSO!!! Scylla's voice actress reveal!!!! Luke is back with his Zeus role!!!!!

PLEASE I'M SOBBING SHAKING SCREAMING THROWING UP AFTER UNDERWORLD SAGA do we know when the next saga is coming out? I only came across epic like two weeks ago and I need to devour this entire musical

We don’t yet know when the next saga comes out! The past few sagas have all been released a few months after each other, so I feel we might have the next one sometimes over the summer, but we have no actual date.

We do know though that it will be called the Thunder Saga, and will be the first saga in Act Two! It will have five songs, two of which we don’t even know the names of! (The only songs in epic that we have zero stuff on). The other songs though will be called Scylla, Mutiny, and Thunder Bringer!

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may i have more of your Poseidon please? he's majestic

Majestic like a horse! >:D

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Polyboea: *mumbling to herself* And I dedicate this boar kill to you, Lady Artemis.

Artemis: *pops out* Greetings Spartan princess!

Polyboea: AAAAAAAAAA--

Saying you dedicate your hunts to the Goddess Artemis started as a weird private joke to yourself. You never thought it would result in the actual goddess visiting you and asking to teach her how to hunt with a rifle.

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Athena holding up her new species of spider she’s just invented that can swim super fast and run on water: Isn’t it adorable?

Zeus clutching his thrones arm so hard the metal is bending: Yeah sweetheart, real cute, from here, I don’t need a closeup, no thanks.

I can't believe there will be a day I'm agreeing with good ol' Zeus.

Yes, Athena, your spiders are cute and talented. Now please keep them one solar system away from me :'D

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Hera: *reading animals book* Male peacocks usually flash and shake their tail to attract the attention of their mate.

Hera: *looking up* Uh... Zeus? What are you doing?

Zeus: *shaking his fake peacock tail* ARE YOU ATTRACTED TO ME NOW???

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Soo I saw your posts about the bros and their sisters and stuff and you mentioned the Aloadea and stuff and I was wondering if you had any HCs of each how the second gen reacted when they found out what the aloedaes plan was with their sister

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Of course I have headcanons, my dear anon. But I will talk about Apollo and Ares only because they have the most interesting reactions.

As said in a previous ask, Apollo was scared that someone would take advantage and violate Artemis like their mother Leto had gone through. He had made a vow to keep his sister safe from other men.

When the god of rationality found out about the plan, he wasn't responding rationally. Apollo lost his shit when he was told Otus wanted to kidnap Artemis.

Apollo literally screamed for blood and shot rains of arrows toward the giants. He was like a one-man army and ready to send them to Orion himself.

Ares is more focused on beating Ephialtes for lusting after his mother, but when Otus reaches his grimy hands toward Artemis, Ares speared him immediately.

Apollo and Ares don't usually get along, but when someone is attacking their sister, they will set their personal feud aside to fight back their common enemy.

Ares is also paranoid that the giants will come after Eileithyia, Enyo, and Hebe as well. The fear and determination to protect his loved ones fueled him to fight to the death with them.

When Ares was captured, he did not resent Artemis or regret fighting the Aloadae for her. He only found closure that he had "repented" for his past persecution of Artemis and her family by sacrificing himself for her.

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WE'RE INCHING TO 42 DEGREE AND NOT EVEN THE TREES CAN SAVE US

dad please have mercy on the Philippines we're reaching 30-40 degrees in temperature...

-cam @one-of-apollos

Womp womp

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Apollo causing a plague, Athena telling everyone where to go and what to do, Hephaestus providing the necessary equipment, I call that the ✨quarantaine trio✨

Apollo is both the healer and plague-bringer, he will provide the medicine and vaccination as well.

And yeah the other two fit their role. Athena seems to associte with political, so she will make the new laws to keep the people safe and provided (carrying out quarantine laws and dividing troops to bring necessaries for the ctizens)

Hephaestus and Apollo collaborate to invent new medical supplies and techology for doctors is canon (disagreeing means you're wrong). Oxygen ventilator, inject needles, X-Ray, etc. are their works and we should thank them for that.

They are indeed the Quarantine Trio ❤️

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I don't think Hera and Hephaestus relationship is cold. They seem to have reconciled in the Iliad and she’s super defensive of him in Lucian’s Dialogues of the Gods. In the Iliad Hephaestus calms down Hera after her fight with Zeus and she even listen to him and smile at him. They seem to have loving relationship in the Iliad.

I think this person explain it better than I am bec I don't want this to be long lol

(https://www.tumblr.com/greek-myth-bullshit/187980021619/i-always-wonder-if-hephaestus-decided-to-forgive?source=share)

I shared this bec I have a feeling that not a lot of people know that Hera and Hephaestus has mended their relationship ☹️ I like to think that Hera approved with his marriage with Aglaia ����

You know that meme with Gordan Ramsay where he said "oh dear gorgeous" and "you fucking donkey"? Thats Hera with Hephaestus and Ares respectively in the iliad. This can also work with Zeus but with Artemis and Ares (poor Ares ☹️).

Today I learned so many new things about Hephaestus and Hera! Thank you Anon for these wonderful resourse :33333

There was a moment I thought "Wait, so Hera can reconcile with Apollo but not her son Hephaestus???" But turns out they did make up in the end! I guess their relationship can be troubling but not unsavable, and being immortal give them enough time to heal and hear each other out.

Good for them!

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Iris needs one too. Girl is Hera's handmaiden, Olympus' other messenger, fetching water from the Styx, replenishing clouds everyday, literally has to sleep next to Hera's throne in case she is called suddenly.

I believe that out of all the Greek gods, Hermes deserves a year-long vacation! He is the most overworked god on Olympus! Zeus' herald, the gods' messenger or even post-man, the one who brings the souls of the dead to the Underworld....

I mean... Give him some rest Zeus! His winged sandals are begging for some sand in the Bahamas!

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In the light of the Underworld Saga's release, let me remind you all of this wonderful fanmade song of Epic :'))))))

IF I CRY YOU ALL WILL HAVE TO CRY WITH ME 😭😭😭😭😭

This is a fan song BTW, but it's beautiful nonetheless...

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The delta area is suffering from drought.

The highland area is suffering from floods.

We are doing totally fine over here :D

Hey guys it's so hot here that a cardboard box caught on fire in the parking lot. How's your day going

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Look I respect the art of past ages, but it's the 21st century and personally I'd like to see less depictions of the Greek Muses as ethereal sexually objectified fairy women, and more art of Thalia doing stand-up

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On my way to send my therapist to therapy with this song 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️

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The music gene is strong in the Herrans family >:))))

Can we talk about how amazing Jorge’s mom can sing? Cause not only was it a heartbreaking moment, but her voice is so pretty too?!

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On board with this one! Jay is always honest about Epic being a LOOSE ADAPTATION of The Odyssey and keep it at that. Unlike some authors acting like their work is equal to if not better than the works of Homer (I'm not joking)

Another thing I love about Jay is when he changed something from The Odyssey in his musical, the changes actually serve a meaningful purpose: displaying the different levels on the "Open Arms - Ruthlessness" scale with the end lesson being embrace ruthlessness to protect yourselves and others, all while still giving the characters the complexity they deserve. Poseidon is ruthless but still a respected god (and made a good point too), Circe turns men into pigs but it's to protect her nymphs.

All while the other retellings... I can't tell what their behind thoughts were when they made the changes but they could have done it better.

also like kudos to mr Jorge Rivera-Herrans and his team because Epic the Musical feels like the only ancient greek-inspired medium I've encountered so far that doesn't fetishise, appropriate and misrepresent ancient Greece, and as a greekTM myself I really appreciate that??? Breath of fresh air after the personal hell that's Madeline Miller's & Rick Riordan's works.

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Actual image of Odysseus on his way back to Penelope (he’s got to get through the suitors first)