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The illustrated Greek collection · 27 films · 54 images

Greek myths,
in pictures.

Gods with awkward habits. Monsters with another side. Mortals finding their own way.

Explore the worlds of our Greek-myth-inspired films. Choose an image to watch the film and read the story behind our interpretation.

Original AI-assisted film and production artwork, shaped through creative direction, selection and editing. Contemporary interpretations, not archaeological depictions.

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Ariadne Atalanta Athena Cerberus Dionysus Hephaestus Heracles Hermes Medusa Minotaur Orpheus & Eurydice Sphinx Aphrodite Apollo Arachne Artemis Echo Echo & Narcissus Hades & Persephone Icarus & Daedalus Ketos Midas Pandora Sinope Sisyphus Circe: Ongoing Negotiation Morpheus

Brief Olympian Shapes

Season 1

12 films · 24 moments

Ariadne

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Ariadne holds a red ball of thread in black-and-terracotta artwork beside shelves of pottery. — A thread to hold on to.

Ariadne stands beside the dark entrance to the Labyrinth beneath a red sky. — At the entrance.

Atalanta

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Atalanta races ahead of a man in a crowded stone stadium beneath storm clouds. — Still ahead.

Atalanta stands on the stadium track and gestures down towards the ground. — A pause on the track.

Athena

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Athena and Poseidon stand apart on a sunlit stone hillside above the sea and city. — Two gods, two offerings.

A woman works with a jar, a basket of olives and a wooden press beneath an olive tree. — What a tree can become.

Cerberus

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Cerberus stands alert before ornate Underworld doors, his three heads looking in different directions. — On duty.

A woman in a pale blue dress reaches towards the three heads of Cerberus as he lies beside the Underworld doors. — A gentler kind of welcome.

Dionysus

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Two sailors stand beside the mast of a wooden ship under a fiery evening sky. — Before they understand their passenger.

Two dolphins leap through red-gold waves beside a sailing ship at sunset. — A different way home.

Hephaestus

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Hephaestus studies a large drawing held by a visitor beside his workbench and glowing forge. — Another ambitious commission.

Hephaestus leans towards a tiny golden bird standing on his workbench. — Something made for its own sake.

Heracles

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A long-necked Hydra head rises above red-and-black marshland beneath a dark sun. — The problem keeps growing.

A young man in a blue-green cloak raises a flaming torch among dark ruins in red-and-gold artwork. — Help arrives with a torch.

Hermes

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A curly-haired infant Hermes in a blue-and-white wrap walks out of a rocky shelter at sunrise. — A busy first morning.

A golden-haired man in a white robe and gold cloak sits beside a stone shelter with cattle behind him. — Someone has questions.

Medusa

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Medusa sits with a cup beneath translucent curtains in a moonlit garden. — A little room beneath the moon.

Medusa sits with lowered eyes and a cup at a wooden table in her candlelit kitchen. — A little quiet at last.

Minotaur

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The Minotaur walks through a torchlit stone corridor carrying an empty plate. — Another turn, still hungry.

Moonlight falls through a high barred opening onto the red stone walls of the Labyrinth. — A glimpse of outside.

Orpheus & Eurydice

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A hand reaches towards the worn back of an empty wooden chair. — The space someone leaves.

Orpheus holds a lyre while facing Eurydice among stone ruins, with warm light beyond the steps. — Two people in the song.

Sphinx

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The Sphinx speaks in close-up, her dark curls and gold feathers outlined against the sky. — One more question.

A traveller faces the enormous winged Sphinx on a rocky ledge above a distant city. — A conversation on a different scale.

Brief Olympian Shapes

Season 2

13 films · 26 moments

Aphrodite

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Aphrodite gestures across a rose-covered desk towards a woman in blue in a sunlit palace. — Advice across the desk.

A dark-haired woman in a blue dress listens from a green chair, with the sea glowing beyond the palace columns. — The other side of the conversation.

Apollo

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Apollo gestures beside a lyre and a giant bust of himself while his marble companion stands with folded arms. — Apollo takes up rather a lot of room.

Two marble figures sing with open arms among moonlit columns, with Apollo’s oversized bust behind them. — A little room for another voice.

Arachne

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Arachne works a wooden shuttle through blue threads beneath a gold-bordered tapestry. — At the loom.

A close view of figures, a white bird and a red thread woven into Arachne’s blue-and-gold tapestry. — The story woven into the cloth.

Artemis

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Artemis rests against an oak beside a moonlit river, with a fox curled at her feet. — A quiet place to stop.

A pale butterfly rests on Artemis’s hand beside the moonlit river. — A very small interruption.

Echo

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Echo’s attentive face seems to emerge from blue-grey rock lit by amber fire. — A face in the stone.

The traveller sits beside a fire and looks towards Echo in the rock above him. — Company beside the fire.

Echo & Narcissus

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Stone Narcissus admires himself in front of Echo among moonlit ruins and a reflective pool. — Two figures beside the moonlit pool.

Close portrait of Narcissus rendered as a weathered classical stone figure. — Narcissus, close up.

Hades & Persephone

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A hand places a small marked stone beside a taller tally stone on a dark desk. — An orderly Underworld.

Persephone points towards the floor while seated shades watch from the shadows of a stone hall. — Making room for a change.

Icarus & Daedalus

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In charcoal artwork, Daedalus watches Icarus raise a small winged model beside an open workshop window. — Learning how things might fly.

Daedalus stretches one hand upward while flying on mechanical wings through pale charcoal clouds. — A hand reaching higher.

Ketos

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The blue-green sea monster Ketos holds a piece of wood between his teeth beside a sunlit coastal city. — Not quite the expected monster.

A young hero in a winged helmet raises a sword beside the sea, his blue cloak blowing behind him. — A very confident entrance.

Midas

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Midas and a vine-crowned god touch fingertips, with a small golden spark between their hands. — The wish is granted.

Midas stands beside golden food and tableware, looking towards a moonlit river beyond the palace. — Looking beyond the gold.

Pandora

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Pandora stands with lowered eyes between Athena and a pink-robed goddess in a luminous flower-filled hall. — Made in the company of gods.

Pandora sits beside a large closed terracotta jar in a moonlit garden painted in blue and gold. — The jar stays closed.

Sinope

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Sinope enjoys her own afternoon beneath an olive tree, with a peach and a view over the sea. — An afternoon of her own.

Halys presents an extravagant staircase of water. — Halys makes an elaborate offer.

Sisyphus

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Sisyphus stands beside his enormous boulder, one hand against his head, beneath a stormy sky. — Considering the next attempt.

A small pink flower grows beside Sisyphus’s worn boot and the edge of his enormous boulder. — Something smaller than the task.

Brief Olympian Shapes

Season 3

2 films · 4 moments

Circe: Ongoing Negotiation

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Circe sits beside Gryllus as a golden circle reveals the image of a man above her outstretched hand. — A possible transformation.

Circe holds out a glowing hand towards Gryllus, a pig in a studded collar, on a sunlit stone terrace. — An offer, not an order.

Morpheus

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

The woman raises her hand to knock at an ordinary closed wooden door. — A hand raised to knock.

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