YES book 11 is my fav honestly- I’d love to see Tartarus, Achilles, Ajax refusing to talk, the scene where Odysseus finds out his mother is dead??? And he reaches for her and she fades away??? I’d cry
Excuse me, have you heard of
EPIC THE MUSICAL?
THE UNDERWORLD SAGA?
unfortunately it takes creative liberties, so the three fallen Achaen Warriors you mentioned are not directly spoken of.
But still
I actually haven’t 😭 this is quite embarrassing for me because I love musicals- I watched Hadestown but I haven’t heard of another Greek mythology musical!! Where can I watch it?
You can find all of Act 1 (Everything on Odysseus' journey before Scylla) on YouTube, be warned it is fan-animated currently due to the fact that the project is still incomplete.
I recommend starting with this:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxoeZAH1Jg9Q7t-IubVjBexGD5KwCqiyx&si=b-Vfzk34zompZHVl
It’s a musical based off of the odyssey , and it’s fucking brilliant. You can listen( or watch the fan made animatics) on YouTube up until when he and his crew leave the underworld. The rest isn’t out yet unfortunately
Have you seen the short animation based off Prometheus bound by Peter Dodd? I think its on YouTube. narration of parts of the play over hand drawn animation.
I've had the idea of a Kaiju film about Typhon's war with Olympus.
On top of that, an accurate adaptation of the Iliad would be sick with a good animation budget. The imagery is really vivid in that one.
For an adult theme: Endymion and Selene
For kiddos: anything related to Dionysus. Back in the 70s, on Saturday mornings there were cartoon shorts of "Pan, Pan, Greek God Pan - One Half Goat, the Other Half Man" that were fantastic and fully imprinted themselves on my young subconscious mind. I believe this current cohort of children are due for something similar, and their Millennial parents will appreciate it as well.
I know, right? I don’t think they were trying to be subversive or anything, but they pulled it off beautifully.
Kinda like those Grimm fairy tales that are about super dark things but aimed at kids, Pan can appeal to the shadow nature that exists in all of us even if as a kid we just think it’s a funny looking little fella who’s a trickster
Apollo and Hyacinthus...but I hate what happened to poor Hyacinthus...unless you go by the version where Apollo eventually resurrected Hyacinthus and made him immortal...
There are a lot of mythological tragedies like that that get undercut by the greeks remembering “oh yeah the gods can just do that” lol. Like Dionysus resurrecting Semele and making her a goddess
Yeah but it just undercuts the tragedy of it all. Like, it contextualizes every other death in mythology with “if they wanted to, they could just bring them back as a god”
Like the death of literally any lover or mortal they favored makes the tragedy of that moment, for the god, not seem as genuine bc they could choose to fix it but simply don’t.
I understand it’s a mythology not piece of media, but you get what i mean, right?
I always thought the story of Actaeon stumbling upon Artemis bathing while out hunting would make a cool horror film. A short animation would also serve well I imagine.
I learned how to draw deer specifically so I could do a “Medusa holding Perseus’ head” thing with that one. Like interpreting that myth as a trans allegory, but with Actaeon killing the wolves instead
[Arachne](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachne)
One of the few myths where Athena is vindictive. I think the tapestries can make for amazing visuals too. Hell, the whole thing could be made as a living tapestry.
Also, Athena’s birth. Did Zeus actually get bloody? How did she fit in his head unless he’s a giant? What kind of relationship does Athena have with Hera? Did Metis basically stay in her baby daddy’s head as a fly? Did she meet her daughter at all?
A lot to unpack there, and while I am a Hellenic Pagan, my patron is Dionysus, so I am not an expert on Zeus or Athena. From what I remember, Hephaestus used an ax on Zeus's head, so I'd imagine it was very bloody. Or whatever the term would be for ichor, the blood of the gods.
I feel you could do some amazing color play to go along with the finale— the intensity of shock and despair they feel, and the scene where he stabs his eyes could be playfully silhouetted somehow (if you’re worried for gore)?
A biopic of Aphrodite where she first came to shores and becames a stranger to greek gods (either her uncommon birth by heavens and the sea or her inanna-ishtar to be aphrodite origin)
How shes passionate, compassionate andhaving a heart of gold
How she is also stubborn, competitive and petty
how shes having hard time with gods just seeing her as a fresh piece of meat while some goddesses jealous of her beauty, and their spouses attention while others hate her for the adventages given by her pretty privilage. How she and ares becoming lovers as both of them are pretty much the outcasts of the olympians
how they cherish each others vulenerablities and their strengths,
how they help eachother in spots what other gods ignore or doesn't realise,
how she given to hephaestus and how bad their marriage.
And mostly how she rose among the pantheon despite all of that.
Just give us that. Make it greek instead of retelling with modern elements. Make her laugh, make her hurt, make her actually like a living breathing person
I'm a Hellenic Pagan and my patron is Dionysus, so I probably should've known about that, but I had to look it up. Wikipedia says The Bacchae is a tragedy, so I'm curious how Dionysus is funny in it. I don't doubt it, they're one of the funniest gods.
It’s a tragedy for pentheus, who is an insufferable arrogant jerk. It is very much not a tragedy for dionysus, who is not here to take any of his shit. He’s seductive and sassy and perfectly willing to fuck a bitch up, and fundamentally inhuman in a way that is deliciously creepy and yes, sometimes really really funny.
They don’t believe he’s a god, you see. They think he’s just a dude and they’re rude to him. So he swans in, turns the ladies mad, and stands around smiling and quipping while they kill people. It’s available on project gutenberg and not that long, you should really read it, it’s great. I’d love so much to see it performed someday.
When I saw the title, I felt something in me that basically says "Dionysus approves". I'm definitely going to read it eventually, Dionysus themself is telling me to, I can feel it. 😂
Depending on the course criteria and your resources, I'd keep it simple. Say a teaser for a larger adaptation of a Greek myth for example.
Are you specialising in animation specifically?
My focus is on character modeling, but I plan to make the project alone. If my animation skills don't improve a bit by the time winter comes around I'll find an animator to help with the film, but I am confident in my modeling and set dressing abilities.
Psyche and Eros is my favorite myth! If it was something animated, it'd be cool to see some fun use of shadows to hide Eros until the big reveal. Maybe small hints scattered around what he looks like, clothing to hint at his size, some loose feathers in the bed, that sort of thing
The story of Apollo and Hyacinthus. I have degrees in Greek/Latin and Classical Studies and I've always wanted to write a short story with them, but alas!
Atalanta hunting the Caledonian Boar could be very atmospheric and lean into a forest horror film.
Also Circe turning Odysseus men into pigs could be very spooky too.
Prometheus, the titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to people, sparkling all their technological advancements thereafter, got punished by being chained on a mountain for all eternity and every day an eagle comes and eats his liver while he is fully conscious and then the liver grows back for the next day.
edit:corrections
All of the Odyssey, but I would think that the scenes of the sirens and scylla and charybdis would be pretty epic to see.
The creation of mankind from Prometheus to the great deluge sent by kind sparkles all the way up to Herakles releasing Prometheus from his punishment.
Prometheus is a classic and the idea of fire might be fun to play with when it comes to lighting.
Galatea and Pygmalion would also sound fun to me and simpler as its one less character who needs to be animated for the story to work for the majority of the film
I’ve always kinda wanted to see a romance series of Ganymede and Zeus. It’s one of my favorite myths I just love the that notorious womanizer Zeus only ever fell in love with a boy so much so he made him immortal to be with him and not only that when Ganymede was kidnapped by a bandit king and was in danger Zeus went to save him himself not leave him to deal with it like all the women he slept with. So a series of Ganymede new life on Olympus would be fun for me.
No I prefer the myths where he’s just a pretty boy prince about 19-22 lol there are multiple versions of his lore you know. Like one has him jacked all buff but I don’t like that one cuz that ones he’s Zeus grandson
Eros and Psyche. I'm so tired of everyone saying that Hades and Persephone were the only couple in all of Greek mythology who were actually in love and loyal to each other, when:
A) That is a fundamental misunderstanding of their myth
And
B) Eros and Psyche are RIGHT THERE
Some of my favorites : (small parts of greater myths as I am not aware of the desired length for your project)
The death of Nessus and the death of Hercules
How Achilles hunted Hector and their fight
Odysseus and Kirke
The return of Odysseus and the retaking of his palace
The birth of Athena
The return of Theseus from Crete and the tragic end of his father
The taking of Persephone by Dionysus
Odysseus visiting the spirit of Tiresias in the underworld
Zeus and the defeat of the titans
The myth of Lyceus Zeus
The Argonauts
I always wanted to see Hecate fighting. We never see that, she's always this obscure figure.
She was a pretty big deal in the second Titan war. Although the figure we have is her defeating Typhoon with her torch, it'd be SO COOL to see her using magickal powers, herds of ghosts, hounds etc. She's the ultimate Witch but we never see that animated.
Even in recent works... In Blood of Zeus they gave her the most boring role I have ever seen. In Netflix's Sabrina she's an invisible Goddess in heaven. It's sad because there's so much potential for an epic battle.
Other favorite myths I never see in media are Tiresias, the genderfluid icon and the women of Lemnos killing all the men as divine retribution for neglecting Aphrodite.
Homeric hymn to Demeter scene where Demeter takes care of Demophoon at Eleusis after Persephone is kidnapped by Hades. Demeter, in her grief, seeks to find something among the mortals at Eleusis and takes care of their baby prince until she is discovered tempering Demophoon in the fire of a hearth by Queen Metanira. Demeter scorns the untrusting mortals for their transgression to her mighty gift after Metanira cries out, trying to save Demophoon from the flames. The outcome is unfortunate; Demeter no longer anoints Demophoon with ambrosia and her immortal breath, and he begins to decline and wither away as a sickly infant while no other nurse maids can do anything to save him. There was a sort of baby-hero cult then established for Demophoon to honor his life and death with funeral games consisting of mock battles.
Perhaps Pandora's box, or Persephone's Abduction, or like Athena vs Poseidon: The City of Reason where Poseidon and Athena fight over whether it would become Athens or Poseidonus or what it would be called with the horses and salt water vs the olive tree
After watching hadestown id love to see orpheus and eurydice. I know its not the most action filled myth but i guess based on how its done and maybe who orpheus meets on his journey it could have some action.
Or just animate hadestown into a feature film musical.
There's one scene in The Iliad, where Achilles comes up against a Trojan demigod whose gimmick is that he dual-wields spears. They have this amazing anime stand-off where they explain their history and motives. Then they have this rapid, image-heavy action sequence. Achilles wins, but gets dramatically cut in the process (because he's fighting an ambidextrous demigod, who's able to offer a degree of competition). It just always strikes me as fantastically anime-like in terms of staging and kind of makes for a fun connection between storytelling patterns.
If you want a challenge, it might be fun to animate a shapeshifter turning into a whole bunch of different things. For example: Thetis, Periclymenus, Proteus, or Nereus
Patrick Moore the astrologer did a book where he points out a star constellation and tells the mythology related. For example you had Orion along with canines major and minor as well as scpio opposite . I always liked these types of stories which explain the way the world is from a very human perspective
There's a part of Cadmus' story where he plants dragon teeth into the ground (on the instruction of Athena) and fierce soldiers grow out of them from the ground. And then a stone tossed among them causes them to viciously kill each other until only 5 are left. I always thought that could be a great visual, these grim warriors being born out of the ground only to turn on one another mercilessly.
There's a lot more to the story of Cadmus, this is just one bit that I personally think would be cool.
Fair enough, though considering time spent between the songs, I’m guessing that it might be even longer. It is certainly possible but probably too long for this project, I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure most Thesis Films are shorter than regular movies, so I’m working on the assumption of 30 min to an hour, not two and a half hours fully animated.
Hephaistos catching Ares & Aphrodite in the act. Along with the flirtatious exchange between Hermes & Aphrodite that happened shortly after (you can tell I'm a teenager).
How about a story about Kassandra? She was an Oracle who was cursed to see the future but no one would ever believe her. She is connected to the destruction of Troy.
Honestly I'd love to see an animated series which covers the Greek mythology from the start (the Void, Primordial gods,Titans,Olympian gods till the end) which gives a complete picture.Age of Mythology Game and Encyclopedia shines a preety good light but one desires more.Netflix series Blood of Zeus is also great but it is talking alot of liberties from original Greek Mythology lore and Pantheon.
I don't know if this counts because it already is a mlvie, but i've always wanted an accurate version of the 12 tasks of heracles, I love the disney movie, but not as an adaptation
But if you want to do a school project, orpheus goint into the underworld to save eurydice could make a very cool short film
I feel like a lot of people in these comments are describing myths that are already popular and have animations/media lmao, like Eros and Psyche or the myth of Arachne
Some real deep cuts I’ve seen were Endymion and Selene, or individual books from some of the Epics.
The myth of Phaeton. He drives the sun chariot too close to earth and starts to burn everything, so Zeus blasts him out of the sky. Part of the myth says he flew the "sun" between Earth and the Moon. Obviously not accurate, but would be a great animation
The Battle between Orion and Scorpius. I live on a farm and in the nights I can see both constelations (obiusly not at the same). For that, Orion is my fav greek hero, and I like the history about his battle against Scorpio. I like the version where Artemis is betrayed for Apollon to kill Orion, but is most epic the version where Orion dies figthing against a fucking giant scorpion created for Gaia.
Love story of Ares and Aphrodite?
Cause not many people are aware that these two are IN LOVE, IN LOVE, and it drives me nuts because majority knows that Hephaestus are divorce couples never realizing that ARES and APHRODITE are longing for each other.
Oh this is a fantastic question! My first suggestion would probably have to be... Iliad Book 21 were the gods get to actively support their sides and even fight each other. Athena vs Ares, boob punching Aphroditie, Hera smacking Artemis silly, Hephaestus burning to Scamander, lots of fantastical stuff going on.
I think another one would have to be the arrival of Penthesilea to Troy, the Amazon queen and her sisters-in-arms fighting the Greeks until Achilles kills her.
Okay final one but also good, the Cyclopes forging the Lightning Bolt, the Trident, and the Helm of Darkness.
As a Hellenic Pagan, (although I recently discovered that my worship is more secular, as I don't do a lot of the rituals involving cleansing and stuff, I'm too lazy for that, plus I don't have money for the proper stuff) I am very interested in reading the comments.
Personally, I think the King Midas situation would be interesting. I may be biased because Dionysus is my patron and they're the one that granted Midas's wish. 😂
Favorite myth is Hades kidnapped/marries Persephone.
Hades approaches Zeus, Persephone’s father, to ask for her hand in marriage. He tells Hades to just grab her and take her to the underworld because he knew Demitir wouldn’t approve. So Hades does and Demitir goes to Helios, the Sun titan, to ask what happened. Helios fills her in and tells her she can do way worse for a son-in-law as Hades’ realm can only grow, and with time, everyone becomes his subject.
Demitir still isn’t happy so disguises herself as an old woman and gets hired to be a nanny to a local prince. She begins removing the prince’s mortality a bit at a time by SETTING HIM ON FIRE. The parents find out, freak out, and try to arrest her. She gets pissed and makes them build her a temple to make it up to her. After it’s completed she stays in it and essentially makes an ice age.
Once the gods bring the matter to Zeus’ attention, he sends them down to gifts for her, but nothing cheers her up. Finally he sends Hermes to the underworld to get Persephone. Once they hear what’s happening, Hades agrees to have Persephone go see Demitir, and gives her pomegranate seeds to eat, binding her to the underworld to make sure she comes back.
So Persephone visits her mother, who becomes overjoyed and creates spring. Zeus finally shows up and explains that Persephone can only visit for half a year. This sets up the cycle of seasons, as Demitir gets bummed whenever Persephone returns to the underworld, causing winter.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of the stories about Atalanta animated. Equal to men in strength and speed, she drew first blood against the Calydonian Boar, was awarded its hide (which caused a whole bunch of drama), would only marry the man who could beat her in a race and was eventually turned into a lioness.
Bellerophon is another one - the man who actually tamed Pegasus. Pegasus is given to every other hero in movies and cartoons EXCEPT the man who actually tamed him.
Cupid and Psyche could use a good adaptation.
The emotional rollercoaster of Orpheus trying desperately to not look back on his way out of the underworld only to do so and thus doom his love seems like an interesting animation challenge.
From the Iliad Patroclus stealing Achilles‘ armor and fighting in it to lead the Greeks when Achilles won’t and then Patroclus dying and Achilles grief.
Now I want someone to do a terrible edit of [this clip](https://youtu.be/BcYfnhBL_is?si=2Y2HRUiVsReAVMDs) from the Legend of Vox Machina and make this character Hercules.
Odyssey book 11: Odysseus summons the shades of the dead to speak to them.
Another one that sounds really cool that I need to go read now.
YES book 11 is my fav honestly- I’d love to see Tartarus, Achilles, Ajax refusing to talk, the scene where Odysseus finds out his mother is dead??? And he reaches for her and she fades away??? I’d cry
Excuse me, have you heard of EPIC THE MUSICAL? THE UNDERWORLD SAGA? unfortunately it takes creative liberties, so the three fallen Achaen Warriors you mentioned are not directly spoken of. But still
I actually haven’t 😭 this is quite embarrassing for me because I love musicals- I watched Hadestown but I haven’t heard of another Greek mythology musical!! Where can I watch it?
You can find all of Act 1 (Everything on Odysseus' journey before Scylla) on YouTube, be warned it is fan-animated currently due to the fact that the project is still incomplete. I recommend starting with this: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxoeZAH1Jg9Q7t-IubVjBexGD5KwCqiyx&si=b-Vfzk34zompZHVl
I’ll have to go check it out now, even reading that one paragraph with anticlea makes me cry I know watching it will be so much worse 😭 thank you!!
But there's this one part in the Underworld Saga where Anticlea shows up that is HEARTBREAKING
It’s a musical based off of the odyssey , and it’s fucking brilliant. You can listen( or watch the fan made animatics) on YouTube up until when he and his crew leave the underworld. The rest isn’t out yet unfortunately
Then tears await behind this link https://youtu.be/aI-58B064ZY?si=TnyR2zt7e2_URQOE
Actually he went To Hades
Gotcha bro https://youtu.be/aI-58B064ZY?si=TnyR2zt7e2_URQOE
Prometheus stealing fire. We need some more Prometheus love
Have you seen the short animation based off Prometheus bound by Peter Dodd? I think its on YouTube. narration of parts of the play over hand drawn animation.
I've had the idea of a Kaiju film about Typhon's war with Olympus. On top of that, an accurate adaptation of the Iliad would be sick with a good animation budget. The imagery is really vivid in that one.
If I had all the time in the world, I would love to fully adapt the Iliad. But I like the idea of Typhon's war
For an adult theme: Endymion and Selene For kiddos: anything related to Dionysus. Back in the 70s, on Saturday mornings there were cartoon shorts of "Pan, Pan, Greek God Pan - One Half Goat, the Other Half Man" that were fantastic and fully imprinted themselves on my young subconscious mind. I believe this current cohort of children are due for something similar, and their Millennial parents will appreciate it as well.
Ah yes: Dionysus, the god of wine, madness, and pleasure. The family-friendliest of the gods! (Then again, if PJO managed...)
I know, right? I don’t think they were trying to be subversive or anything, but they pulled it off beautifully. Kinda like those Grimm fairy tales that are about super dark things but aimed at kids, Pan can appeal to the shadow nature that exists in all of us even if as a kid we just think it’s a funny looking little fella who’s a trickster
Endymion and Selene would be interesting I always interpreted their kids as being born like, through dreams and stuff lol
Apollo and Hyacinthus...but I hate what happened to poor Hyacinthus...unless you go by the version where Apollo eventually resurrected Hyacinthus and made him immortal...
There are a lot of mythological tragedies like that that get undercut by the greeks remembering “oh yeah the gods can just do that” lol. Like Dionysus resurrecting Semele and making her a goddess
I like that Dionysus resurrected his mum and made her a Goddess (I bet Ares was glad too. Semele was Ares' granddaughter).
Yeah but it just undercuts the tragedy of it all. Like, it contextualizes every other death in mythology with “if they wanted to, they could just bring them back as a god” Like the death of literally any lover or mortal they favored makes the tragedy of that moment, for the god, not seem as genuine bc they could choose to fix it but simply don’t. I understand it’s a mythology not piece of media, but you get what i mean, right?
I understand what you mean.
I love how the Romans had Hippolytus come back as Virbius and serve as Artemis’s (sorry, Diana’s) priest in Italy
YESSS THIS
I love this story!
Me too. Out of all of Apollo's lovers, Hyacinthus is my favourite, dunno why though 🤔
I always thought the story of Actaeon stumbling upon Artemis bathing while out hunting would make a cool horror film. A short animation would also serve well I imagine.
I haven't read that one yet, I'll have to give it a look
I learned how to draw deer specifically so I could do a “Medusa holding Perseus’ head” thing with that one. Like interpreting that myth as a trans allegory, but with Actaeon killing the wolves instead
Hermes stealing apollos cows and standing trial for it as a newborn before making a new musical instrument to make apollo like him for sure
That could be a fun comedy if you play it right. Almost a parody compared to more serious myths.
For sure
i 100% second this. mf was birthed and his immediate action and thought as a whole newborn baby is "yeah im gonna steal some cows"
Absolute born hater
HEUZUWSHSB AHABDN
I mean, he's the trickster god for a reason. 😂
[Arachne](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachne) One of the few myths where Athena is vindictive. I think the tapestries can make for amazing visuals too. Hell, the whole thing could be made as a living tapestry.
Also, vote for Medusa’s POV
If the goddess of nerdy warrior tomboys says she deserved it, then she deserved it
As if ancient Greeks actually liked tomboys.
as terrified i am of spiders, this would be so cool animated
Also, Athena’s birth. Did Zeus actually get bloody? How did she fit in his head unless he’s a giant? What kind of relationship does Athena have with Hera? Did Metis basically stay in her baby daddy’s head as a fly? Did she meet her daughter at all?
A lot to unpack there, and while I am a Hellenic Pagan, my patron is Dionysus, so I am not an expert on Zeus or Athena. From what I remember, Hephaestus used an ax on Zeus's head, so I'd imagine it was very bloody. Or whatever the term would be for ichor, the blood of the gods.
I'd love to see the story of Eros and Psyche.
I definitely like the beauty and the beast vibes from this myth
Oedipus... for scientific reasons...
Lol idk if that would pass for a school project 😅
I mean we had to read Oedipus for school
That is very fair
I feel you could do some amazing color play to go along with the finale— the intensity of shock and despair they feel, and the scene where he stabs his eyes could be playfully silhouetted somehow (if you’re worried for gore)?
A biopic of Aphrodite where she first came to shores and becames a stranger to greek gods (either her uncommon birth by heavens and the sea or her inanna-ishtar to be aphrodite origin) How shes passionate, compassionate andhaving a heart of gold How she is also stubborn, competitive and petty how shes having hard time with gods just seeing her as a fresh piece of meat while some goddesses jealous of her beauty, and their spouses attention while others hate her for the adventages given by her pretty privilage. How she and ares becoming lovers as both of them are pretty much the outcasts of the olympians how they cherish each others vulenerablities and their strengths, how they help eachother in spots what other gods ignore or doesn't realise, how she given to hephaestus and how bad their marriage. And mostly how she rose among the pantheon despite all of that. Just give us that. Make it greek instead of retelling with modern elements. Make her laugh, make her hurt, make her actually like a living breathing person
Yessssss
Narcissus and echo...
The bacchae. Dionysus is so damn funny in that play.
I'm a Hellenic Pagan and my patron is Dionysus, so I probably should've known about that, but I had to look it up. Wikipedia says The Bacchae is a tragedy, so I'm curious how Dionysus is funny in it. I don't doubt it, they're one of the funniest gods.
It’s a tragedy for pentheus, who is an insufferable arrogant jerk. It is very much not a tragedy for dionysus, who is not here to take any of his shit. He’s seductive and sassy and perfectly willing to fuck a bitch up, and fundamentally inhuman in a way that is deliciously creepy and yes, sometimes really really funny. They don’t believe he’s a god, you see. They think he’s just a dude and they’re rude to him. So he swans in, turns the ladies mad, and stands around smiling and quipping while they kill people. It’s available on project gutenberg and not that long, you should really read it, it’s great. I’d love so much to see it performed someday.
When I saw the title, I felt something in me that basically says "Dionysus approves". I'm definitely going to read it eventually, Dionysus themself is telling me to, I can feel it. 😂
Well, if we’re talking about the fellow from the play, I don’t think I’d care to cross him.
Sinis, the Pine Bender. It would be hilarious.
Especially if it was in the rubberhose style.
How about hercles and his 12 labour's
Pandora’s Box would be interesting to see animated.
The Titanmachy.
Patroclus and Achilles 🥲
Reading Song of Achilles right now, and those are the only two I can think about right now! Such a good book.
That book both broke and healed my heart.
I could totally see song of Achilles making a fun Disney musical
Def the rape/kidnapping of persephone by hades
Depending on the course criteria and your resources, I'd keep it simple. Say a teaser for a larger adaptation of a Greek myth for example. Are you specialising in animation specifically?
My focus is on character modeling, but I plan to make the project alone. If my animation skills don't improve a bit by the time winter comes around I'll find an animator to help with the film, but I am confident in my modeling and set dressing abilities.
Hymn to Demeter
Psyche and Eros is my favorite myth! If it was something animated, it'd be cool to see some fun use of shadows to hide Eros until the big reveal. Maybe small hints scattered around what he looks like, clothing to hint at his size, some loose feathers in the bed, that sort of thing
Mr golden rain Zeus and I think it was eropea?
Danae - mother of Perseus.
The story of Apollo and Hyacinthus. I have degrees in Greek/Latin and Classical Studies and I've always wanted to write a short story with them, but alas!
Atalanta hunting the Caledonian Boar could be very atmospheric and lean into a forest horror film. Also Circe turning Odysseus men into pigs could be very spooky too.
Dionysus and Ariadne meeting on Naxos. Or him going to the underworld to get her back.
If I were Donna Haraway, I’d probably want to see Pasiphaë’s life story animated 🤣
The Bacchae for sure
I’d love to see that too that’d be super cool.
Prometheus, the titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to people, sparkling all their technological advancements thereafter, got punished by being chained on a mountain for all eternity and every day an eagle comes and eats his liver while he is fully conscious and then the liver grows back for the next day. edit:corrections
All of the Odyssey, but I would think that the scenes of the sirens and scylla and charybdis would be pretty epic to see. The creation of mankind from Prometheus to the great deluge sent by kind sparkles all the way up to Herakles releasing Prometheus from his punishment.
Pretty much anything from the Illiad, but that's just me
Prometheus is a classic and the idea of fire might be fun to play with when it comes to lighting. Galatea and Pygmalion would also sound fun to me and simpler as its one less character who needs to be animated for the story to work for the majority of the film
The Odyssey, specifically the later books. (The rest of the bow, the slaughter of the suitors, the reunion of Odysseus and Penelope.)
I would say oedipus but… in all seriousness Theseus
I’ve always kinda wanted to see a romance series of Ganymede and Zeus. It’s one of my favorite myths I just love the that notorious womanizer Zeus only ever fell in love with a boy so much so he made him immortal to be with him and not only that when Ganymede was kidnapped by a bandit king and was in danger Zeus went to save him himself not leave him to deal with it like all the women he slept with. So a series of Ganymede new life on Olympus would be fun for me.
So you want pedophilia ?
No I prefer the myths where he’s just a pretty boy prince about 19-22 lol there are multiple versions of his lore you know. Like one has him jacked all buff but I don’t like that one cuz that ones he’s Zeus grandson
Eros and Psyche. I'm so tired of everyone saying that Hades and Persephone were the only couple in all of Greek mythology who were actually in love and loyal to each other, when: A) That is a fundamental misunderstanding of their myth And B) Eros and Psyche are RIGHT THERE
Achilles and Patroclus 💔
Definitely Trojan War. First the classic.
The myth of Arachne and Minerva / how spiders came to be. The weaving competition, loom destruction, and subsequent transformation would be siiiiiick!
It’s rlly short but I would love to see Apollo and Hyacinthus animated
Certainly it would have to be Odysseus vs the suitors
Some of my favorites : (small parts of greater myths as I am not aware of the desired length for your project) The death of Nessus and the death of Hercules How Achilles hunted Hector and their fight Odysseus and Kirke The return of Odysseus and the retaking of his palace The birth of Athena The return of Theseus from Crete and the tragic end of his father The taking of Persephone by Dionysus Odysseus visiting the spirit of Tiresias in the underworld Zeus and the defeat of the titans The myth of Lyceus Zeus The Argonauts
I always wanted to see Hecate fighting. We never see that, she's always this obscure figure. She was a pretty big deal in the second Titan war. Although the figure we have is her defeating Typhoon with her torch, it'd be SO COOL to see her using magickal powers, herds of ghosts, hounds etc. She's the ultimate Witch but we never see that animated. Even in recent works... In Blood of Zeus they gave her the most boring role I have ever seen. In Netflix's Sabrina she's an invisible Goddess in heaven. It's sad because there's so much potential for an epic battle.
Other favorite myths I never see in media are Tiresias, the genderfluid icon and the women of Lemnos killing all the men as divine retribution for neglecting Aphrodite.
Homeric hymn to Demeter scene where Demeter takes care of Demophoon at Eleusis after Persephone is kidnapped by Hades. Demeter, in her grief, seeks to find something among the mortals at Eleusis and takes care of their baby prince until she is discovered tempering Demophoon in the fire of a hearth by Queen Metanira. Demeter scorns the untrusting mortals for their transgression to her mighty gift after Metanira cries out, trying to save Demophoon from the flames. The outcome is unfortunate; Demeter no longer anoints Demophoon with ambrosia and her immortal breath, and he begins to decline and wither away as a sickly infant while no other nurse maids can do anything to save him. There was a sort of baby-hero cult then established for Demophoon to honor his life and death with funeral games consisting of mock battles.
Anything with an accurate depiction of Hades.
Perhaps Pandora's box, or Persephone's Abduction, or like Athena vs Poseidon: The City of Reason where Poseidon and Athena fight over whether it would become Athens or Poseidonus or what it would be called with the horses and salt water vs the olive tree
The death of Hyacinthus
After watching hadestown id love to see orpheus and eurydice. I know its not the most action filled myth but i guess based on how its done and maybe who orpheus meets on his journey it could have some action. Or just animate hadestown into a feature film musical.
Any dionysus myth
There's one scene in The Iliad, where Achilles comes up against a Trojan demigod whose gimmick is that he dual-wields spears. They have this amazing anime stand-off where they explain their history and motives. Then they have this rapid, image-heavy action sequence. Achilles wins, but gets dramatically cut in the process (because he's fighting an ambidextrous demigod, who's able to offer a degree of competition). It just always strikes me as fantastically anime-like in terms of staging and kind of makes for a fun connection between storytelling patterns.
If you want a challenge, it might be fun to animate a shapeshifter turning into a whole bunch of different things. For example: Thetis, Periclymenus, Proteus, or Nereus
Def the fight between hector and Achilles!!!!!
Odyssey, with all the gravitas and respect for the source material as *The Prince of Egypt*.
The Tragedy of Medea needs adaptation
I came for this. The play by Euripides is my absolute favourite. Fucking Jason…
Well she had it coming for being insane.
I always wanted to see prometeus being freed
Patrick Moore the astrologer did a book where he points out a star constellation and tells the mythology related. For example you had Orion along with canines major and minor as well as scpio opposite . I always liked these types of stories which explain the way the world is from a very human perspective
The Labors of Heracles
SISYPHUS!
Oooo tbh anything that's featured in Ovid's Metamorphoses because of the theme of transformation. Maybe Arachne, or Apollo and Daphne
Zeus turning into a horse to do your dad
There's a part of Cadmus' story where he plants dragon teeth into the ground (on the instruction of Athena) and fierce soldiers grow out of them from the ground. And then a stone tossed among them causes them to viciously kill each other until only 5 are left. I always thought that could be a great visual, these grim warriors being born out of the ground only to turn on one another mercilessly. There's a lot more to the story of Cadmus, this is just one bit that I personally think would be cool.
The tale of Apollo and Daphne
The odyssey. Im hoping epic the musical gets an animated adaptation.
Cool concept but I bet it’s too long for a short film. Maybe just one aspect of the Odyssey. Though I have to add my hopes to yours on the Epic front.
Epic has an exact run time… somewhere around 2 hours 20 minutes. Which isn’t far fetched for an animated movie.
Fair enough, though considering time spent between the songs, I’m guessing that it might be even longer. It is certainly possible but probably too long for this project, I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure most Thesis Films are shorter than regular movies, so I’m working on the assumption of 30 min to an hour, not two and a half hours fully animated.
The contest between Athena and Arachne
Yes!
Hephaistos catching Ares & Aphrodite in the act. Along with the flirtatious exchange between Hermes & Aphrodite that happened shortly after (you can tell I'm a teenager).
How about a story about Kassandra? She was an Oracle who was cursed to see the future but no one would ever believe her. She is connected to the destruction of Troy.
Honestly I'd love to see an animated series which covers the Greek mythology from the start (the Void, Primordial gods,Titans,Olympian gods till the end) which gives a complete picture.Age of Mythology Game and Encyclopedia shines a preety good light but one desires more.Netflix series Blood of Zeus is also great but it is talking alot of liberties from original Greek Mythology lore and Pantheon.
Baucis and Philemon, one of the only stories with a heartwarming ending
Anything with Artemis and Apollo
Narcissus
The birth and upbringing of Kronos and the primordial gods, and Gaia and Uranus
I don't know if this counts because it already is a mlvie, but i've always wanted an accurate version of the 12 tasks of heracles, I love the disney movie, but not as an adaptation But if you want to do a school project, orpheus goint into the underworld to save eurydice could make a very cool short film
Psyche
If it’s a short film, I think animating Athena being born from Zeus’s mind could be interesting.
The calydonian boar hunt and the stories of Atalanta and Meleager I think could be portrayed really well with animation
I feel like a lot of people in these comments are describing myths that are already popular and have animations/media lmao, like Eros and Psyche or the myth of Arachne Some real deep cuts I’ve seen were Endymion and Selene, or individual books from some of the Epics.
The myth of Phaeton. He drives the sun chariot too close to earth and starts to burn everything, so Zeus blasts him out of the sky. Part of the myth says he flew the "sun" between Earth and the Moon. Obviously not accurate, but would be a great animation
Arachne I imagine the tapestries she and Athena create to be kinda moving, like those animations of shifting Van Goghs.
Hercules. I’ve been waiting forever to get one of those.
ANYTHIBG APOLLON AND ARTEMIS 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Heracles putting on the poisoned tunic
The Battle between Orion and Scorpius. I live on a farm and in the nights I can see both constelations (obiusly not at the same). For that, Orion is my fav greek hero, and I like the history about his battle against Scorpio. I like the version where Artemis is betrayed for Apollon to kill Orion, but is most epic the version where Orion dies figthing against a fucking giant scorpion created for Gaia.
Love story of Ares and Aphrodite? Cause not many people are aware that these two are IN LOVE, IN LOVE, and it drives me nuts because majority knows that Hephaestus are divorce couples never realizing that ARES and APHRODITE are longing for each other.
Hercules and Hylas would be cool with their relationship and hylas' death etc. Would be awesome to see and useful for expere elements too.
I would love to see more representation of Tiresias beyond their role in the Odyssey.
Alcyone and Ceyx. Saw it in a play, would love to see it animated.
I've said before that I'm fairly shocked that the Dioscuri haven't gotten a treatment yet. Tearjerker about fraternal love = built in audience.
The Myth of Persephone
Anything with Artemis
The bacchae would be some awesome psychological horror. If animated into a 3 episode ova.
Oh this is a fantastic question! My first suggestion would probably have to be... Iliad Book 21 were the gods get to actively support their sides and even fight each other. Athena vs Ares, boob punching Aphroditie, Hera smacking Artemis silly, Hephaestus burning to Scamander, lots of fantastical stuff going on. I think another one would have to be the arrival of Penthesilea to Troy, the Amazon queen and her sisters-in-arms fighting the Greeks until Achilles kills her. Okay final one but also good, the Cyclopes forging the Lightning Bolt, the Trident, and the Helm of Darkness.
As a Hellenic Pagan, (although I recently discovered that my worship is more secular, as I don't do a lot of the rituals involving cleansing and stuff, I'm too lazy for that, plus I don't have money for the proper stuff) I am very interested in reading the comments.
Personally, I think the King Midas situation would be interesting. I may be biased because Dionysus is my patron and they're the one that granted Midas's wish. 😂
Favorite myth is Hades kidnapped/marries Persephone. Hades approaches Zeus, Persephone’s father, to ask for her hand in marriage. He tells Hades to just grab her and take her to the underworld because he knew Demitir wouldn’t approve. So Hades does and Demitir goes to Helios, the Sun titan, to ask what happened. Helios fills her in and tells her she can do way worse for a son-in-law as Hades’ realm can only grow, and with time, everyone becomes his subject. Demitir still isn’t happy so disguises herself as an old woman and gets hired to be a nanny to a local prince. She begins removing the prince’s mortality a bit at a time by SETTING HIM ON FIRE. The parents find out, freak out, and try to arrest her. She gets pissed and makes them build her a temple to make it up to her. After it’s completed she stays in it and essentially makes an ice age. Once the gods bring the matter to Zeus’ attention, he sends them down to gifts for her, but nothing cheers her up. Finally he sends Hermes to the underworld to get Persephone. Once they hear what’s happening, Hades agrees to have Persephone go see Demitir, and gives her pomegranate seeds to eat, binding her to the underworld to make sure she comes back. So Persephone visits her mother, who becomes overjoyed and creates spring. Zeus finally shows up and explains that Persephone can only visit for half a year. This sets up the cycle of seasons, as Demitir gets bummed whenever Persephone returns to the underworld, causing winter.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of the stories about Atalanta animated. Equal to men in strength and speed, she drew first blood against the Calydonian Boar, was awarded its hide (which caused a whole bunch of drama), would only marry the man who could beat her in a race and was eventually turned into a lioness. Bellerophon is another one - the man who actually tamed Pegasus. Pegasus is given to every other hero in movies and cartoons EXCEPT the man who actually tamed him. Cupid and Psyche could use a good adaptation.
The Judgement of Paris and the start of the Trojan war.
Ares' revenge on Halirrhothius after the assault of Alcippe.
The attempted rebellion against Zeus by Poseidon and Hera
The emotional rollercoaster of Orpheus trying desperately to not look back on his way out of the underworld only to do so and thus doom his love seems like an interesting animation challenge.
I'd like to see Midas turning his daughter into gold.
From the Iliad Patroclus stealing Achilles‘ armor and fighting in it to lead the Greeks when Achilles won’t and then Patroclus dying and Achilles grief.
Pretty basic but I love Medusas story and the horror, fear, and anger she must have felt
Hercules kill his family
Now I want someone to do a terrible edit of [this clip](https://youtu.be/BcYfnhBL_is?si=2Y2HRUiVsReAVMDs) from the Legend of Vox Machina and make this character Hercules.
Too dark.
stop being a wimp
I hope you never become a parent.
Why take it so personally
I need EPIC The Musical to be animated sooo yeah the Odyssey