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The Greek collection

Immortal stories.
Human moments.

Gods who want too much. Monsters who choose differently. A small moment that changes everything.

Explore the ancient stories behind our musical films, and the new shapes we give them.

Begin with Sinope

Sinope rests beneath an olive tree with a peach, overlooking a sunlit bay. — FROM SINOPE · THE AFTERNOON IS MINE

The illustrated companion

First, a woman
who knew her own mind.

Begin with Sinope: this in-depth entry follows her from ancient poetry to a musical afternoon of divine one-upmanship.

Sinope gives an amused sideways glance while holding a peach.

Sinope · Season Two

Three gods.
One very precise wish.

Zeus, Apollo and a river god discover that a promise can be more powerful than a spectacle. But the ancient sources do not all tell the same story.

The ancient stories & our interpretation ›

Explore the complete published Greek film collection below. Each entry separates ancient accounts from our interpretation.

Our point of view

Even immortals
have brief moments.

Brief Shapes celebrates things that do not last: a gesture, a choice, a laugh, a little courage. Greek mythology gives those fleeting moments an extraordinary stage.

We follow the old stories, question them, and sometimes imagine another ending. Here, the source and the invention stand side by side.

Meet Brief Shapes ›

The illustrated Greek collection

Many ways into the myth.

Gods, mortals, spirits and monsters. Explore 26 films through their ancient stories, creative choices and artwork. “Olympian” is the film collection’s name, not a classification of every character.

Season 1

Three expressive canine heads rise above a golden collar against a blue and fiery underworld background, beside the film title.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 1

Cerberus

At the gates of Hades, three heads have three opinions—and a frightened newcomer needs a little kindness.

The story & the film ›

A curly-haired infant Hermes smirks in a blue-and-white wrap with cattle behind him and the words My First Day.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 1

Hermes

A newborn god discovers that invention can get him into trouble—and music can get him out.

The story & the film ›

Heracles and Iolaus face a towering many-headed Hydra beneath a dark sun in red, black and gold artwork.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 1

Heracles

A heroic solo meets a monster with a growing number of voices.

The story & the film ›

A vast gold-winged Sphinx faces a traveller in a rocky pass above a distant Greek city.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 1

Sphinx

The answer is correct. Somehow there is always another question.

The story & the film ›

Atalanta races ahead of a male runner in a stormy Greek stadium under the words Faster Than Fate?

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 1

Atalanta

She can win back the time she loses. Until a goddess changes the race.

The story & the film ›

A bearded Hephaestus works in a warm-lit forge beside a small golden bird and the film title.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 1

Hephaestus

A master craftsman, a queue of impossible requests, and one tiny sound he decides to keep.

The story & the film ›

A muscular bull-headed figure in a black tunic holds an empty plate in a torchlit stone corridor beside the film title.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 1

Minotaur

Inside a legendary maze, our Minotaur would quite like to find breakfast—and remember the way home.

The story & the film ›

Black-figure-inspired Ariadne holds a red ball of thread against a terracotta labyrinth, with the film title above.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 1

Ariadne

A sword may take you into a labyrinth. Ariadne asks the more useful question: how will you get out?

The story & the film ›

An ivy-crowned Dionysus stands at a ship’s mast as sailors watch him against a wine-red sea and golden sky.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 1

Dionysus

The pirates see a ransom. The stranger has not yet introduced himself.

The story & the film ›

Medusa sits with a cup beneath translucent curtains in a moonlit garden.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 1

Medusa

She would like to hear the kettle. The world keeps sending heroes.

The story & the film ›

Orpheus sits with a lyre on a pale stone ledge above dark water and distant ruins.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 1

Orpheus & Eurydice

He can make the whole world listen. There is one voice he wants back.

The story & the film ›

Athena in a golden helmet tends a small olive tree above a sunlit coastal city.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 1

Athena

Poseidon brings a spectacle. Athena brings something that can be shared.

The story & the film ›

Prefer a complete evening of stories? Watch the Season 1 collection: twelve complete musicals ›

Season 2

Midas sits at a laden table, touching a pear that is turning gold, in dark ink-like artwork.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 2

Midas

A king gets exactly what he wants. Then supper arrives.

The story & the film ›

Persephone holds a small potted green shoot before Hades at his desk in the dark stone Underworld.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 2

Hades & Persephone

The underworld has room for everyone. Could it make room for a flower?

The story & the film ›

Sisyphus smiles as he braces both hands against an enormous boulder on a rocky slope.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 2

Sisyphus

The rock falls again. There is still something worth noticing beside the path.

The story & the film ›

Artemis rests beside a moonlit river with a fox asleep at her feet and her bow against an oak.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 2

Artemis

The mountain wants her attention. The forest already has it.

The story & the film ›

Stone Narcissus admires himself in front of Echo among moonlit ruins and a reflective pool.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 2

Echo & Narcissus

A remarkably agreeable reflection. A voice worth hearing.

The story & the film ›

Red-haired Aphrodite in a pink gown sits at a gilded desk surrounded by roses and love letters.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 2

Aphrodite

The goddess of love has excellent advice. Her own correspondence is another matter.

The story & the film ›

Athena studies a blue-and-gold tapestry while Arachne waits on its other side.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 2

Arachne

A mortal weaver asks a goddess to look at what she would rather not see.

The story & the film ›

A weathered marble Apollo gestures before an enormous bust of himself as his companion waits.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 2

Apollo

A magnificent voice discovers that collaboration requires an actual pause.

The story & the film ›

Daedalus and Icarus spread mechanical wings above the Labyrinth, looking toward the sea.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 2

Icarus & Daedalus

A father makes wings for escape, and discovers that love cannot make them safe.

The story & the film ›

Pandora leans against a closed terracotta jar in a blue-and-amber watercolor garden.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 2

Pandora

A woman sits beside a closed jar and chooses a song that belongs to her.

The story & the film ›

Ketos rises beside a sunlit palace, looking distinctly unimpressed.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 2

Ketos

A very large monster receives a very unreasonable assignment. Then someone asks what he wants.

The story & the film ›

Echo’s attentive face seems to emerge from blue-grey rock lit by amber fire.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 2

Echo

Her words are borrowed. The choice of what to mean is not.

The story & the film ›

Sinope gives an amused glance while holding a peach.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 2

Sinope

The gods arrive with everything to offer. Sinope has something of her own to keep.

The story & the film ›

Season 3

Silver-curled Morpheus in charcoal, with a violet shadow beside a closed door.

Brief Olympian Shapes · Season 3

Morpheus

He can borrow a face. He cannot give away its owner’s forgiveness.

The story & the film ›