Clash of the Gods (TV series)
| Clash of the Gods | |
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History | |
| Release | August 3 – October 12, 2009 |
Clash of the Gods is a one-hour weekly
Greek and Norse Gods, monsters and heroes including Hades, Hercules, Medusa, Minotaur, Odysseus and Zeus
.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Zeus" | August 3, 2009 | |
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The story of Titans and gained control of the universe. | |||
| 2 | "Hercules" | August 10, 2009 | |
| Hercules, the strongest man in the world, murdered his family in a fit of rage. To atone for this crime, he is given twelve difficult and dangerous labours to complete. | |||
| 3 | "Hades" | August 17, 2009 | |
| Hades is the lord of the underworld and the keeper of dead souls. This episode tells how Hades came to this position, why he was so feared, and what the Greeks thought awaited them after death. It also contains the myths of Persephone, Sisyphus, and Orpheus. | |||
| 4 | "The Minotaur" | August 24, 2009 | |
| The braved the labyrinth and killed the beast. | |||
| 5 | "Medusa" | August 31, 2009 | |
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Gorgon, a monster so hideous that any person who saw her turned to stone. But she eventually meets her end at the hands of Perseus . | |||
| 6 | "Odysseus: Curse of the Sea" | September 14, 2009 | |
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Cyclops on Sicily , the beast asks his father, Poseidon, to curse Odysseus. The story is continued in the following episode. | |||
| 7 | "Odysseus: Warrior's Revenge" | September 21, 2009 | |
| Odysseus continues his journey across the chaotic sea, confronting sorceresses, sea monsters, and even a journey into death itself to reach his wife before she is forced to marry another. | |||
| 8 | "Beowulf" | September 28, 2009 | |
| The Norse saga of Beowulf, who battles with Grendel and other monsters. | |||
| 9 | "Tolkien's Monsters" | October 5, 2009 | |
| About J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy and how both legends and real life influenced it. | |||
| 10 | "Thor" | October 12, 2009 | |
| About the Norse thunder god Thor and his nemesis, the Midgard Serpent. | |||
Cast
- Stan Bernard - Narrator
- Tate Steinsiek - Minotaur
- Greg Ford - Hades
- Blair Jones - Theseus
- Joseph Beddelam - Zeus
- Stanislav Adamickij - Thor
Mythologists
- Scott A. Mellor, University of Wisconsin
- Tracey-Anne Cooper, St. John's University
- John Rennie, Scientific American
- David George, Saint Anselm College
- Dimitira Fimi, Cardiff University
- Michael Drout, Wheaton College
Home media
Clash of the Gods: The Complete Season 1 DVD Set was released on February 16, 2010.[1] The Blu-ray version was released on March 16, 2010.[2]
References
- ^ "Clash of the Gods: The Complete Season 1 DVD SET". Archived from the original on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
- ^ "Clash of the Gods: The Complete Season 1 Blu-Ray SET". Archived from the original on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2010-01-10.