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Guilt-ridden over what he did to Persephone, Eros shows up at her and Artemis' apartment with "apology donuts." When Hermes and cool-guy Apollo stop by, the quartet play a board game and heat up dinner in a Crock-Pot.This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Some of Smythe's updates are about what you'd expect, like when she casts the brothers Zeus, Poseidon and Hades as club-hopping party boys and has Artemis describe Persephone's mom Demeter as a "helicopter." But many of Smythe's choices establish her characters as decidedly of the now.

Lore's characters may be inspired by the original stories, but they act less like their millennia-old versions than like young people of today. after they had been magically preserved by his uncle Hades (Pluto). (Later in the book Persephone is roofied, however, so readers sensitive to depictions of sexual assault should steer clear.) Hermes, the herald of the Olympian gods, is son of Zeus and the nymph Maia. Instead, Aphrodite has Eros - a flighty guy with a shopping addiction - get Persephone drunk and hide the passed-out girl in the backseat of Hades' sports car. "You look like a relic." When the nymph Minthe wants to manipulate Hades, she ghosts his texts Hades, meanwhile, ignores texts from Persephone because they're headed "User Unknown." Most importantly, Smythe's Hades doesn't kidnap Persephone at all. "You can't wear that!" her friend Artemis tells her. The first time we see Persephone, she's planning to wear a toga-style robe to Zeus' big party. These gods play the same interpersonal games that dominate today's sexually frank, cell-phone-mediated social world. These gods play the same interpersonal games that dominate today's sexually frank, cell-phone-mediated social world.īut Smythe's take on classic myth is anything but hidebound. Smythe's take on classic myth is anything but hidebound. But its inner heart is as backwards-looking as floral upholstery and reruns of Friends. In the Homeric hymns, Hermes is a bringer of dreams and a guardian in the night. Phlegon of Tralles said Hermes was invoked to ward off ghosts. Hades agrees to release Persephone, but not before he gives her a piece of pomegranate fruit to eat. Hermes told Hades that the only way the famine would end is if he would return Persephone to her mother Demeter.

Hermes’ image was often shown on gravestones. One of the Olympians that helps Zagreus in his Underworld escape attempts is Hermes. Hermes told Hades that there was a great famine on the earth sent by Demeter that was causing multiple casualties. Sure, aspects of Lore's style may look cutting-edge - it's obviously created entirely on a digital drawing app, for one thing, with no pen and paper in sight. Also, since Hermes knew the way across boundaries, in the myths he became the guide who escorted souls to the realm of the afterlife in Hades kingdom. Racking up hundreds of millions of views since its debut in March 2018, Rachel Smythe's stylish creation has helped propel the Korean comics platform Webtoon to worldwide success practically overnight. If you needed further proof that a sentimental vibe is thrumming through the zeitgeist, you'll find it in the smash hit webcomic Lore Olympus.

We're told that twentysomethings are playing first-gen video games, reminiscing about Beanie Babies and decorating their apartments in grandmillenial style. If you tend to click on those trend pieces telling us what Gen Z is up to (heck, who doesn't?) you've probably heard that the kids today are very into nostalgia. Hades spots Persephone for the first time in Lore Olympus
