Les Grands Mythes (2016)
Overview
Based on original animation and selected iconographies throughout art history, this series of twenty episodes tells the Greek myths. An all-picture creation, which features the fascinating destinies of gods, heroes, and great figures of mythology.
- François BusnelCreator
StatusEnded
TypeDocumentary
Original LanguageFrench
Network
Seasons
Season 1
2016 | 20 Episodes
Season 1 of Great Greek Myths premiered on October 1, 2016
Tales of love, sex, power, betrayal, heinous crimes, unbearable separations, atrocious revenge, and metamorphoses - the poetic force of the myths has crossed the centuries.
The Iliad
2019 | 10 Episodes
The Iliad of Great Greek Myths premiered on September 15, 2019
The first work of Western literature, ‘The Iliad’ is a fresco that traces the long Trojan War. During this conflict, the Achaeans, from Mainland Greece, set off to lay siege to Troy to recover the beautiful Helena, kidnapped by Paris from her husband, the King of Sparta Menelaus. After a ten-year siege under the walls of the city of Troy, the war turned to the advantage of the Achaeans thanks to the famous Achilles.
The Odyssey
2021 | 10 Episodes
The Odyssey of Great Greek Myths premiered on February 7, 2021
Meet the heroes and gods of Greek mythology with Homer’s Odyssey full of passion, power-play, rivalry and divine wrath.
Casts
François Busnel
Self - Narrator (voice)