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Character(s): Hera

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First Line: Lore Olympus

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First Line: Lore Olympus

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First Line: To Persephone

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First Line: Lore Olympus regularly deals with scenes of physical and mental abuse, sexual trauma, and toxic relationships.

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

First Line: Enough. Go home.

Synopsis: After Minthe attacks Hades, Hecate suspends her.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 103: Meltdown

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Minthe; Hecate; Thetis

First Line: I'm really mad at you.

Synopsis: Thetis initiates a plot to steal Zeus from Hera. She also takes Minthe out clubbing, in hopes of making Hades jealous.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 104: Not Enough

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Minthe; Thetis

First Line: Hades was right.

Synopsis: Minthe has a blowup with Thetis. Hades goes to Minthe's apartment, and definitively ends their personal relationship.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 105: Goodbye

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Minthe; Thanatos; Persephone

First Line: Do I love her?

Synopsis: Hades agrees that Minthe may keep her job, so long as her actions show that her apology is genuine. Thanatos burgles Persephone's room, finding that there is a derogatory secret in Persephone's past. Hades and Persephone encounter each other at the company pool before work.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 106: Business as Usual

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Episode 6: Business as Usual

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone; Hecate; Minthe; Hermes; Thanatos

First Line: Okay! So this is your desk.

Synopsis: Facing hostility from Minthe and Thanatos, Persephone finds the office computer system bewildering. Hades is shocked to discover that it's Persephone's birthday.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 107: Special Treatment

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone; Hermes; Eros; bank manager; Meli [Pomelia] (dog)

First Line: It's her birthday...

Synopsis: Hades introduces Persephone to his new puppy, and takes her to open a bank account.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 108: Breakups and Birthdays

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Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone; Hermes; Apollo; Thanatos; Daphne; bank manager; Meli [Pomelia]

First Line: They broke up...?

Synopsis: Persephone fears that she may be responsible for Hades' breakup with Minthe. Thanatos tries to pump Hermes for dirt on Persephone. Apollo promises to help Thanatos.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 109: Road Trip

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone; Apollo; Thanatos; Daphne; Helios; Meg (gorgon); shades of the dead

First Line: Why are you pulling over?

Synopsis: Apollo takes Thanatos to confer with Helios, who says that he had never seen such an act of wrath as Persephone had unleashed. Persephone sneaks onto the banks of the Styx, handing out coins so that shades may be ferried across the river, but the availability of a few coins, among thousands of shades, causes a riot from which Hades rescues her.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 110: Kaleidoscope

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Yes, yes. I know it's a riot.

Synopsis: Hades and Persephone quarrel, and then kiss, but Persephone then turns into a swarm of butterflies and disappears.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 111: You Tell Me

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone; Minthe; Thanatos

First Line: Here's your morning report and here's your coffee.

Synopsis: Hades pretty much ignores Minthe at work. Persephone coerces Minthe into teaching her the computer system. Thanatos tells Minthe the dirt he's found on Persephone. Hades receives his lost memory from the Fates. Persephone does poorly in a college test.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 112: Creature Comfort

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone; Apollo; Hermes; Artemis

First Line: Hahahaha!

Synopsis: Although Persephone ignores Apollo, she is angry and intimidated by his presence in the home. In despair she calls to Hades, and asks him to hold her through the night.

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First Line: Episode 113: Tell

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone; Apollo; Daphne; Demeter; Artemis

First Line: I could get into a lot of trouble for having him here.

Synopsis: Persephone goes to Hades' house for breakfast. She has a confrontation with Apollo over Daphne and leaves Artemis a note saying that she has gone home for a few days. The arrival of Demeter, expecting to see Persephone, reveals that note to be a lie.

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First Line: Episode 114: VHS

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone; Hecate; Demeter

First Line: Demeter, I need to talk to you.

Synopsis: Viewing his memory, Hades is horrified to learn that he had an extended passage with Persephone before she left home, but that he was too drunken to remember.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 115: The Bringer of Death

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Persephone; Demeter; nymphs; Zeus; Minthe; Thetis; Thanatos; mortal farmers

First Line: How does the Goddess of Spring become the Bringer of Death?

Synopsis: Minthe, Thetis, and Thanatos inform Zeus that Persephone, still angry from an argument with her mother, massacred the people of a mortal village once their activities brought about the deaths of nymphs. Zeus is perplexed and angry when the informers urge him to consult Hades.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 116: In Plain Sight

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Artemis; Eros; Ampelus

First Line: Well?

Synopsis: Demeter is angered when Apollo enters Artemis's apartment, and terrorizes him with orders to stay away from Persephone. Frantic to find Persephone, Artemis dragoons the help of Eros and Ampelus, then barges in on a bewildered Hades to search his house. He himself is becoming worried, since no one has seen Persephone, and no one can reach her phone.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 117: The Search

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Artemis; Eros; Ampelus

First Line: Pat! Pat! Pat!

Synopsis: Artemis wears herself out searching, but finally concedes that Persephone is not in Hades' house. Hades says that he will look for her in the Underworld, while the others search Olympus and the Mortal Realm.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 118: No Respect

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Ampelus; Eros; Artemis; Hebe; Zeus

First Line: Hello, can I help?

Synopsis: Hades reveals to Ampelus that he recognizes that she is actually a mortal. Eros gently shows Artemis that she has underestimated Persephone's needs. Considering the interactions he has recently had with his wife, his brother, his daughter, and his employees, Zeus broods that he gets no respect.

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First Line: Episode 119: Once, I Was a Goddess

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Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Eros; Hera; Artemis

First Line: She'll never agree to this.

Synopsis: Hoping to spare Persephone (and Artemis) from Demeter's fury, Eros and Artemis convince Hera to shapeshift as Persephone and cover up Persephone's absence.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 120: The Lunch Date

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hera; Demeter; Apollo; Eros; Artemis; Calliope

First Line: What do you think?

Synopsis: Hera, shapeshifted to Persephone's form, just manages to get through a lunch without Persephone's mother realizing. After lunch Apollo grabs her roughly and speaks angrily. He is terrified when Hera reveals herself.

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First Line: Episode 121: Seen

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Hecate; Minthe; Thetis; Thanatos; Zeus; pawnbroker

First Line: We need to talk.

Synopsis: Hecate and Hades search Underworld pawn shops in quest of Persephone. Minthe, Thetis, and Thanatos panic that their plan is not working. Thetis tries to advance the plan by seducing Zeus, but he is angry at the clumsy quid pro quo.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 122: Combing the City

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Zeus; Hades; Hecate; nymphs; pawnshop customer

First Line: *Phew*

Synopsis: Zeus enters the mortal realm in order to investigate the charges against Persephone. Hades and Hecate find that Persephone has pawned her beloved jeweled comb.

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First Line: Episode 123: The Owner of This Comb

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Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Hecate; pawnbroker; pawnshop customer; Persephone (in flashback)

First Line: You know what I don't like?

Synopsis: Hades and Hecate trace Persephone's comb to a small pawnshop. The owner reluctantly describes her transaction with Persephone, ending with Persephone's statement that she is in the Underworld because in the Underworld, the sun never shines.

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First Line: Episode 124: Body of Evidence

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Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Apollo; Hera; Echo; Zeus; Artemis

First Line: *Whisper*

Synopsis: Apollo tries to deceive Hera by insisting that he and Persephone are secretly a couple, and submits an application for their marriage. Hera treats him with contempt, denies his request, and tears his application to pieces. Apollo barely manages to restrain his rage at being thwarted.

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First Line: Episode 125: A Tree

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Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Zeus; Hermes; Artemis; Apollo; Hades; Eros; Minthe; Thanatos

First Line: Ummm...

Synopsis: As Zeus investigates charges against Persephone, he is visited in succession by Hermes, Artemis, and Apollo.

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First Line: Episode 126: The Rub

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Zeus; Hades; Eros; Demeter; Minthe; Thanatos; Artemis; Hera; Hestia; Athena; Daphne; Ares; Aphrodite; newscaster

First Line: H-Hermes?

Synopsis: Hermes blasts Minthe and Thanatos for the major roles they have played in the unraveling plot. Zeus casually dismisses Apollo's request to marry Persephone, after which Apollo tries to undermine both Persephone and Hera. Persephone's friends are frustrated in their search. All at once news media blare that Zeus has ordered the arrests of Persephone and Demeter, for charges up to and including treason.

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Behind-the-Scenes Sketches and Commentary for Lore Olympus

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First Line: Some of these episodes were created in the days leading up to the pandemic.

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First Line: My whole life, I wanted to illustrate a book cover.

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