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Greek to Me

Animated Greek myths, one moment at a time: the version everyone knows, and the thing the Greeks actually said that the retellings dropped.

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Greek to Me in black capitals on terracotta pottery sherds over a sunny Greek island beach, with three paper theatre masks on sticks, a soaked boy with feathered wings, an amphora and two elderly islanders at a cafe table, and a small A 21x20 Media Series chip

One myth. One moment. One thing the Greeks actually said.

Every episode opens in the middle of a Greek myth's most famous moment and sets it straight with something the Greeks themselves wrote that the retellings left out. A dry narrator tells it, the hero answers back, and a chorus of three paper masks pops up with opinions. Paper collage in the colours of a Greek vase: terracotta, black, cream and a little gold.

Meet the chorus

  • The Chorus

    Three paper theatre masks on sticks: Tragedy, Comedy and Astonishment. They rise from the bottom of the frame, speak as one, and have never once been asked.

  • The Narrator

    Dry, precise, and amused by the facts. Has read the original Greek and would like you to know it.

Episodes

  1. Episode 1Icarus1 minute, 9 seconds