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    1     PREVIOUSLY ON                                                 1

                                ANNOUNCER
                Previously on Live From Mount
                Olympus...

                                CHAMBER GUARD
                Who goes there?!

                                ARIADNE
                It's me -- Icarus. I've come to
                see the tributes.

                                ANT
                Yo, don't sneak up on a guy like
                that!

                                ARIADNE
                I didn't mean to startle you.

                                ANT
                I'm not startled, I'm just...

                                THESEUS
                Hypervigilant!

                                ARIADNE
                Theseus, come with me to the dream
                chamber. It's where healing takes
                place.

                                THESEUS
                And I bet you would know --
                Ariadne, snake-goddess-in-waiting!

                                ARIADNE
                How did you -- ?!

                                THESEUS
                Your beautiful eyes, your unique
                way of moving through the world --
                and your entirely unconvincing
                'stache.

                                ARIADNE
                Hey! Don't touch my 'stache!

                                THESEUS
                But why have you risked so much to
                find me?

                                ARIADNE
                I must hear your answers to some
                very important questions. I will
                return to ask them tomorrow night.

                                THESEUS
                Ariad -- I mean, Icarus!

                                ARIADNE
                Do you miss me yet?

                                THESEUS
                I think I'm gonna miss you too
                much...



    2     INTRO                                                         2

                                ANNOUNCER
                Live From Mount Olympus is
                produced by The Onassis Foundation
                and is distributed by PRX.



    3     INTERIOR, PODCAST STUDIO                                      3

                                HERMES
                Welcome back, my little heroes!
                We jump right into our next
                episode as the young Athenian
                tributes return to their chambers
                deep within the labyrinth.  These
                teenagers have the honor of being
                chosen as sacrifices --

                                EROS
                Mmmm, I don't think everyone would
                consider being chosen as a
                sacrifice an "honor," Hermes.

                                HERMES
                Well, in Knossos, they treat their
                sacrifices with tremendous honor --

                                EROS
                Until they feed them to the
                Minotaur...

                                HERMES
                Eros -- These young Athenian
                athletes have spent the evening as
                honored guests at elegant banquets
                hosted by the most prominent
                families in Knossos. You know that
                this city is quite cosmopolitan --
                welcoming people from all over the
                world. It's a city of such
                complexity! Quite different from
                Athens, which seems rather ...
                quaint...in comparison.
                The tributes are trying to make
                sense of it all as they return to
                their chambers...



    4     INT. CHAMBERS, NIGHT.                                         4

          B roll of excited chatter among all the
          tributes except Theseus continues
          underneath.

                                SIMON
                On the banquet table, there was a
                pitcher shaped like the head of a
                bull!  You grabbed it by the horns
                and the wine poured right out of
                its mouth!

                                PROKRITOS
                I saw one like that -- To be
                honest, it seemed a bit morbid...

                                IDAS
                I could swear the bull was looking
                right at me with its big red eyes.
                They certainly do love bulls
                here...

                                KORONIS
                        (quietly)
                Can you believe they let kids our
                age drink wine? I had my first
                taste --

                                ERIBOEA
                        (wowed and shocked)
                Really? You drank some??

                                LYSIDIKE
                        (laughing)
                Eriboea, you didn't?

                                ERIBOEA
                Of course not; my parents would
                kill me!

                                LYSIDIKE
                Well -- we're all going to be
                eaten by the Minotaur in a couple
                of days -- So why not have a
                little fun first!

                                ERIBOEA
                        (fearfully)
                Not funny!

                                LYSIDIKE
                But true.

                                MENESTHO
                So let's live it up now!

                                ERIBOEA
                Can we change the subject, please?

                                PROKRITOS
                The food was delicious -- but so
                strange --

                                SIMON
                Full of spices I'd never tasted
                before...

                                PHAIDIMOS
                The lady at my house told me her
                cook uses
                        (sounding out the
                         names)
                coriander, saffron, and turmeric!
                She said they were from Egypt!

          The tributes respond with wonder at this.

                                LYSIDIKE
                The walls in the dining rooms were
                covered in frescoes of dolphins
                and fish -- I felt like I was
                swimming with Poseidon!

                                ANT
                I saw a fresco of three guys
                dancing with an enormous bull --
                one grabbing hold of its horns,
                another doing a somersault over
                its back, and the third with arms
                outstretched.  They looked like us
                when I'm getting ready to catch
                you, Phaidimos.

                                PROKRITOS
                I got the sense in these families,
                women run the show...

                                ANT
                You gotta problem with that?

                                PROKRITOS
                No, I um...

                                ANT
                You 'um' what?

                                PROKRITOS
                I thought it was kind of...well,
                cool!

                                LYSIDIKE
                The queen does seem to have a lot
                of power, they kept talking about
                her...

                                SIMON
                Yeah, but I heard some juicy
                gossip -- The king plans to put an
                end to that!

                                ANT
                What do you mean?

                                SIMON
                Someone said King Minos ordered
                Daedalus to design a temple for
                the snake goddess to be built so
                far up in the mountains no one
                will ever be able to reach it --

                                PROKRITOS
                I heard it's going to be a prison
                for Queen Pasiphae!

                                ANT
                What a fool -- Does Minos really
                believe he can force out the snake
                goddess and rule without her?

                                PHAIDIMOS
                Well, his navy already controls
                the sea...

                                LYSIDIKE
                Hasn't the snake goddess been
                worshipped in Knossos for
                thousands of years?

                                ERIBOEA
                Pasiphae is pretty scary with
                those snakes -- Her daughter is
                too!

                                MENESTHO
                I heard someone say Minos plans to
                marry Ariadne off to some foreign
                prince and send her far away.

                                THESEUS
                        (sharply)
                What?

                                MENESTHO
                Yeah. The guys at my table said
                everyone knows Minos wants to get
                rid of her...

          The following lines should be rapid and
          jumbled on top of each other.

                                KORONIS
                Theseus -- Weren't you at King
                Minos's palace for dinner?

                                LYSIDIKE
                Is he really trying to push the
                women out?

                                IDAS
                Is he really building a prison
                temple?

                                ERIBOEA
                Does he really hate the Snake
                Goddess?

                                SIMON
                        (suspiciously)
                Was Ariadne really there?

                                KORONIS
                What was Ariadne wearing, Theseus?

                                ANT
                        (sternly)
                Yeah, T, what was she wearing?

                                THESEUS
                Enough with the fashion questions -
                - it's getting late and we need to
                get to sleep -- bull dance in the
                morning!

                                ERIBOEA
                        (quickly)
                Are we gonna be eaten by the
                Minotaur?

          Adlibs from the tributes: "Are we? I'm
          scared. "I wanna go home? I don't like it
          here!" I don't wanna die!" "I'm scared!"

                                THESEUS
                We knew our mission on Crete would
                be risky. Bull dancing is
                dangerous, and the threat of the
                Minotaur is real.

          Worried B roll from tributes.

                                THESEUS
                But we've trained for this moment,
                each of us working smoothly and
                confidently with everyone else to
                create a spectacle that none of us
                could create on our own.

                                ANT
                When we focus, when we work
                together as a team, we stay alive!

                                THESEUS
                All of you focus on the bull dance
                -- and I will deal with the
                Minotaur. I have a plan. Are you
                with me?

          Adlibs of tributes: "Yes!!! We got this!!
          We're Athenians!"

                                LYSIDIKE
                We got this, we got this!

          The noise of tributes talking trails off.



    5     INT. CHAMBERS, NIGHT.                                         5

          Sound of snoring.

                                ANT
                        (whispering)
                Glad they're all finally asleep --
                you gonna hit the hay, big T?

                                THESEUS
                        (whispering)
                Not yet. But you go get some rest,
                Ant.

          Sound of footsteps.

                                ANT
                Hey! Isn't that the dude from last
                night?

                                THESEUS
                        (nonchalantly)
                Yeah -- Hey, Icarus.

                                ARIADNE
                        (in low voice)
                Hello, Theseus.

                                THESEUS
                Don't you have someplace to be,
                Ant?

                                ANT
                It's cool! Happy to stay and talk
                to "Icarus"!

                                THESEUS
                You need to sleep -- Go join the
                others.

                                ANT
                Alright...but I'll be right over
                there if you need me.

          Sound of footsteps as Ant walks away.

          Sound of footsteps of Ariadne and Theseus as
          they walk to the dream chamber.

                                EROS
                        (v.o. from Godspod
                         studio)
                Finally! Here we go!

                                APHRODITE
                        (whispering in
                         Godspod studio)
                Eros, shush -- don't distract
                them!

                                HERMES (V.O.)
                Careful of your drool, little
                Eros...

          Footsteps end as Theseus and Ariadne sit
          down in the dream chamber.

                                THESEUS
                Girl, why do you have to be so
                beautiful! It was all I could do
                not to stare at you at dinner.

                                ARIADNE
                I caught you looking my way more
                than once. You need to get a game
                face, Theseus! People are going to
                notice!

                                THESEUS
                Finally, a minute alone in your
                dream chamber!
                        (picks up her hand)
                Your hands... they're so soft...

          BEAT

                                ARIADNE
                Yours are warm...

          Aphrodite love music here.

          Quick intercut between this scene and the
          podcast studio:

                                EROS
                Come on... kiss....

                                ARIADNE
                Mmm...
                        (catches herself)
                Wait a minute! I came here for a
                serious purpose!

                                EROS
                NoOoOoOoO!

          Eros's cry is so loud that... can Ariadne
          and Theseus almost hear it?

                                THESEUS
                Did you hear something?

                                ARIADNE
                I don't think so... Anyway, no
                more hand holding! I have
                questions for you!

                                THESEUS
                        (laughing)
                Ask away! And then we can get back
                to hand holding?

                                ARIADNE
                        (smiling)
                That all depends on your answers.

                                THESEUS
                In that case -- What do you want
                to know?

                                ARIADNE
                If you're the son of the king of
                Athens -- why are you a tribute?
                Princes don't usually have to
                sacrifice themselves.

                                THESEUS
                Starting with the toughest
                question, huh. You're good at this
                hard-hitting interview stuff.

                                ARIADNE
                Nice trying to distract me. Answer
                the question, Theseus.

                                THESEUS
                Well -- I'll have to go back a
                ways -- I didn't always know I was
                the son of Aegeus of Athens.
                Growing up in Troizen, it was just
                me and my mom.

                                ARIADNE
                You don't have any siblings?

                                THESEUS
                Nope. I used to be so jealous of
                the other kids. The ones who had
                sisters and brothers and a mom and
                dad. You're lucky to have your
                sister!

                                ARIADNE
                I love her, or whatever, but she
                can be a pain! And I have
                brothers, too...a big complicated
                family...

                                THESEUS
                I just had my mom and my
                grandfather -- and I always felt
                like something was missing. I
                spent a lot of time wondering who
                my dad might be -- Did I look like
                him?  What was he like? Why did he
                abandon me? The kids in Troizen
                teased me...

                                ARIADNE
                How dare they tease you!? Your
                grandfather is king! My father
                would have had them thrown to the
                Minotaur!

                                THESEUS
                King Pittheus isn't like your dad -
                - I learned a lot from my Pappous
                about how to rule with compassion
                and justice. And how to deal with
                rumors! He hinted that my father
                is Poseidon. That shut everyone up
                -- no one wants to cross a god!

                                ARIADNE
                Do you think Poseidon is really
                your father?

                                THESEUS
                Maybe? Even when I badgered her,
                Mom would never say. She's really
                good at keeping secrets.

                                ARIADNE
                A priestess has to learn early how
                to keep secrets -- you know that.

                                THESEUS
                Yeah. But keeping my own
                beginnings from me? That hurt.

                                ARIADNE
                Then how did you learn about King
                Aegeus?

                                THESEUS
                Well, as soon as I could walk, my
                mom started taking me on
                adventures in the woods, and every
                spring we always seemed to end up
                at a big rock deep in the
                forest...



    6     EXT. WOODS IN TROIZEN-DAY: FLASHBACK                          6

          Sound of Theseus (age 5 or 6) and his mother
          Aethra (20's) walking through the deep
          woods.

                                YOUNG THESEUS
                Mom! Why do we have to go to that
                stupid rock again?

                                AETHRA
                Is that the way boys talk these
                days? You're the grandson of a
                king, Theseus -- watch your mouth!

                                YOUNG THESEUS
                Sorry, Mom...

                                AETHRA
                And trust me, it's not some stupid
                rock. One day that rock will
                change the direction of your life.
                There's a surprise for you
                underneath...

                                YOUNG THESEUS
                Who puts a surprise for a kid
                underneath a huge heavy rock?
                Isn't that kind of stupi-- I mean,
                strange?

                                AETHRA
                Well, fate works in mysterious
                ways, my darling.

                                YOUNG THESEUS
                What's fate, mom?

                                AETHRA
                Fate is all that will happen --
                all that is meant to be.

                                YOUNG THESEUS
                Like the... sunrise?

                                AETHRA
                        (chuckling)
                Kind of, but not exactly. You'll
                understand more when you are
                older. Ah! Here's the rock! Push
                it, Theseus -- push!

                                YOUNG THESEUS
                        (sound of effort) )
                I think I'm moving it, Mom! Is it
                moving? Is it?

                                AETHRA
                One day, but not today -- my
                little hero.



    7     INTERIOR, DREAM CHAMBER, NIGHT                                7

                                ARIADNE
                "Little hero," huh?

                                THESEUS
                        (a little
                         embarrassed)
                Yeah...moms, right?

                                ARIADNE
                As you got older, did you begin to
                understand your fate?

                                THESEUS
                I started to have glimmers -- I
                could feel that my fate was to
                lead me beyond Troizen. That
                perhaps, if my father really was
                Poseidon, I could follow in the
                footsteps of my cousin Heracles...

                                ARIADNE
                And become a real hero?

                                THESEUS
                That was the dream! Every spring,
                when Mom would drag me to the
                rock, I pushed and pushed and
                pushed, but that boulder would
                never budge. And then, last year,
                I realized that this was not a
                test of strength -- but of
                strategy...



    8     EXT. TROIZEN, DAY: FLASHBACK                                  8

          Sound of Theseus and his mother Aethra's
          footsteps in the deep woods. Theseus is now
          15 years old, his mother is in her early
          30's.

                                THESEUS
                I know the way Mom, I know the
                way.

                                AETHRA
                Alright.

                                THESEUS
                We've been coming here for 15
                years at this point.

                                AETHRA
                That's true.

                                THESEUS
                You know what? This time, I can't
                wait -- I can't wait to get to
                that stupid rock --

                                AETHRA
                Trust me, it's not some stupid
                rock. One day that rock will
                change the direction of your life.

                                THESEUS
                Yeah yeah yeah, you say that every
                year, Mom.

                                AETHRA
                Well, maybe this is the year --
                Last year you almost budged it...

                                THESEUS
                You always say that too. But this
                year I have a plan...

                                AETHRA
                A plan! You are growing up! Does
                it have anything to do with that
                big pack you're carrying?

                                THESEUS
                You'll see! Hey -- there's the
                boulder!

          Theseus begins to run.

                                AETHRA
                Theseus, wait for me.

          Sound of woman running.

                                THESEUS
                OK --
                        (empties out pack on
                         the ground)
                Let me get this set up.

                                AETHRA
                Interesting collection of --
                branches and rocks?

                                THESEUS
                This branch will work as the
                lever, and this stone will be the
                fulcrum, I'll apply the effort
                here...

                                AETHRA
                You do have a strategy!

                                THESEUS
                Of course I do -- I'm no longer a
                little kid, Mom! But you need to
                move -- you're right in the path
                of the boulder! Go stand over
                there, uphill!

                                AETHRA
                Alright, Archimedes...

                                THESEUS
                        (to himself)
                Give me a lever long enough, and a
                fulcrum on which to place it, and
                I shall move the world.
                        (out loud)
                OK, fulcrum is secured, lever is
                well under the boulder -- here we
                go!

          Theseus makes a sound of huge effort and
          then we hear the creaking of the lever and
          the boulder lifts and rolls down the hill...

                                AETHRA
                It's -- it's moving Theseus! You
                did it!

                                THESEUS
                        (a little
                         disappointed)
                But all that's underneath is...a
                pair of moldy old sandals? That's
                it?!

                                AETHRA
                Keep digging, kiddo.

                                THESEUS
                Mom, I'm not a kiddo, I'm a
                teenager...o.
                        (digs and hits
                         something metal,
                         which sings out)
                Whoa! It looks like a sword? It is
                a sword, in a scabbard covered
                with jewels?!
                        (a little in awe)
                It's beautiful! And fits my hand
                perfectly!

          Sound as sword cuts through the air as
          Theseus waves it around, perhaps he cuts a
          branch off and it falls to the forest floor.

                                AETHRA
                        (laughing)
                Watch it there, mighty swordsman --
                you'll cut the whole forest down!

                                THESEUS
                I can't believe how sharp this
                thing is -- How long has it been
                under that rock?

                                AETHRA
                        (serious now)
                Since before you were born. Your
                father buried that sword.

                                THESEUS
                Wow, Poseidon did this for me???

                                AETHRA
                        (Deep breath)
                It's finally time for us to talk
                about your origins, Theseus. Your
                father is -- King Aegeus of
                Athens, or...

                                YOUNG THESEUS
                What? King Aegeus of Athens? Then
                why does Pappou always say...

                                AETHRA
                The same night that I met King
                Aegeus, I also, um, spent time
                with Poseidon, and...

                                THESEUS
                Ick, MOM! TMI!

                                AETHRA
                Though the important thing is that
                Aegeus, well, Aegeus hoped I would
                have a son --

                                THESEUS
                Then why didn't he ever come back
                to find out? It's been 15 years!
                And why did you wait so long to
                tell me???

                                AETHRA
                Aegeus asked me to wait and see if
                you were strong enough -- and
                smart enough -- to move this rock.
                Only then could I tell you who he
                was --

                                THESEUS
                You kept this from me for my whole
                life!!!

                                AETHRA
                Theseus --

                                THESEUS
                All those years of... of not
                knowing, of wondering who he was,
                why he left me...

          BEAT

                                THESEUS
                Wait, my father is the king of
                Athens? Really?

                                AETHRA
                Well, your father could be the
                king of Athens, or maybe the great
                god Poseidon...

                                THESEUS
                Mom! I'm even more confused now --
                What does this make me?

                                AETHRA
                You'll always be my little hero...

                                THESEUS
                Ugh!



    9     INT. CHAMBERS, NIGHT.                                         9

                                ARIADNE
                One dad is bad enough -- but you
                may actually have two!

                                THESEUS
                It does give me options -- On some
                days I can be the son of Poseidon,
                great god of the sea, and on
                others I'm the son of the king of
                Athens! Kind of like a "choose
                your own dad adventure" sort of
                thing...

                                ARIADNE
                Either way, you certainly didn't
                have to become a tribute, you
                could have stayed safe in Athens --

                                THESEUS
                        (chuckling
                         sarcastically)
                Safe? Athens was definitely not
                safe when I arrived. Aegeus was
                not thrilled to see me.

                                ARIADNE
                That makes no sense -- Why
                wouldn't he want to meet his long-
                lost son?

                                THESEUS
                Well... I decided not to tell
                anyone who I was. I wanted it to
                be a big surprise for him.

                                ARIADNE
                Oh boy. Kings do NOT like
                surprises...

                                THESEUS
                Yeah, I found that out quick.  But
                I had just rid the countryside of
                all these bandits and murderers
                and I kind of got caught up in the
                hype. The labors of Theseus, they
                called it --

                                ARIADNE
                        (skeptical)
                Like the labors of Heracles?
                Really?

                                THESEUS
                The Athenians loved me!

                                ARIADNE
                And you let that go to your head.
                Huh. You know it's never wise to
                let popular opinion sway you...it
                can change in an instant.

                                THESEUS
                And it can lead to jealousy. My
                father's wife told Aegeus that the
                people loved me more than they
                loved him, that I would overthrow
                him...

                                ARIADNE
                Sounds like a lovely person...

                                THESEUS
                Dad's wife? She was Medea.

                                ARIADNE
                Oh...

                                THESEUS
                She concocted a plan and convinced
                my dad to throw a huge banquet for
                me, where she would put poison in
                my wine cup and have my Dad hand
                it to me...

                                ARIADNE
                No!!!!

          BEAT

                                ARIADNE
                Theseus! Tell me! What happened
                next???

                                THESEUS
                Sorry -- when you grabbed my hands
                just now, I totally forgot what I
                was saying -- It feels like sparks
                are flowing through me...

                                ARIADNE
                You just told me that Aegeus and
                Medea were planning to poison you!

                                THESEUS
                Oh, right -- Well, as I lifted my
                goblet to give a toast, my chiton
                shifted and revealed my sword --
                Aegeus saw it, realized who I was,
                and knocked the wine from my hand
                just as I raised the cup to my
                lips...

                                ARIADNE
                Amazing...

                                THESEUS
                I do love holding your hands...

                                ARIADNE
                But you still haven't answered my
                question -- Why are you here?

                                THESEUS
                When Aegeus claimed me as his son
                and heir, the people of Athens
                rejoiced! There were banquets and
                parties and celebrations that
                lasted for weeks! But then your
                father's minions arrived,
                demanding new tributes. Happiness
                turned to despair, everywhere I
                went I saw parents weeping, hiding
                their sons and daughters away. My
                father was in despair, too, he
                believed there was nothing he
                could do to save his people except
                give in again to this terrible
                retribution that Minos demanded --

                                ARIADNE
                Because the Marathon bull killed
                my brother Androgeus...

                                THESEUS
                Yes. So I told Aegeus I would go.
                How could I let others pay this
                terrible price if I wasn't willing
                to risk everything too?

                                ARIADNE
                How did your father react?

                                THESEUS
                He argued and pleaded for me to
                stay, but I was determined. I rode
                through the city and countryside,
                looking for young people with the
                grace of dancers  and the
                fortitude of athletes --

                                ARIADNE
                Wait -- you chose the tributes? No
                wonder they've lasted longer than
                any others.

                                THESEUS
                We practiced every day with the
                biggest bulls we could find,
                leaping, dancing, becoming a team.
                It's like I have 13 brothers and
                sisters now.

                                ARIADNE
                A nice big ol' family! But how did
                you ever convince your father to
                let you go?

                                THESEUS
                I promised him I would return,
                with all of the tributes, safe.

                                ARIADNE
                Quite a promise.

                                THESEUS
                As we boarded the ship with black
                sails, he gave me a set of white
                ones to hoist if I... when I
                returned.
                He said he would stand in the
                Temple of Poseidon on the cliffs
                above the sea to watch for the
                ship with white sails, day after
                day after day...

                                ARIADNE
                He loves you.

                                THESEUS
                He does. And I love you, Ariadne.

                                ARIADNE
                Oh Theseus...
                        (composing herself)
                I have more I need to discuss with
                you, but it must wait. You need to
                get some sleep before tomorrow's
                bull dance...

                                THESEUS
                One more thing before you go.

          Sound of a soft smooch.

          And, back in the podcast studio...

                                EROS
                YEeSSsSsS!!

          It echoes through the dream chamber.

                                ARIADNE
                Okay, that I heard.

                                THESEUS
                        (giddily)
                Good night, Ariadne.

                                ARIADNE
                Goodnight, Theseus.

          Sound of Ariadne running off.

                                THESEUS
                YEeSSsSsS!!



   10     INT. GODSPOD STUDIO                                          10

                                EROS
                They kissed! Finally!!!

                                HERMES
                Eros, do you ever pay attention
                past the first kiss?

                                EROS
                Why bother? I have so many more
                sparks to ignite and arrows to
                shoot, and it's clear that with
                that kiss, Theseus and Ariadne's
                love will endure!

                                HERMES
                Ah...We'll just have to see --
                next time, on Live From Mount
                Olympus.

          THE END



          CREDITS

                               ANNOUNCER
                Live From Mount Olympus is produced
                by the Onassis Foundation. Karen
                Brooks Hopkins is executive
                producer.
                Our series creator and showrunner
                is Julie Burstein. Live From Mount
                Olympus is co-produced by Brooklyn-
                based theatre collective The TEAM.
                Our co-directors are Rachel
                Chavkin, Zhailon Levingston, Keenan
                Tyler-Oliphant, and Josiah Davis,
                with additional direction by Joan
                Sergei. And our actors are: Eric
                Berryman, MaYaa Boateng --

                               ARIADNE
                One dad is bad enough, but you may
                actually have two!

                               ANNOUNCER
                Sean Carvajal, EJ Duarte --

                               ANT
                When we focus, when we work
                together as a team, we stay alive.

                               ANNOUNCER
                Jill Frutkin --

                               APHRODITE
                Eros, shush! Don't distract them!

                               ANNOUNCER
                Divine Garland, Adrienne Hopkins--

                               KORONIS
                Can you believe they let kids our
                age drink wine?

                               ANNOUNCER
                Caroline Hopkins, Natalie Hopkins --

                               MENESTHO
                The guys at my table said everyone
                knows Minos wants to get rid of
                her.

                               ANNOUNCER
                Modesto "Flako" Jimenez, Na'Shay
                Kelly --

                               LYSIDIKE
                Ooh, I felt like I was swimming
                with Poseidon!

                               ANNOUNCER
                Julian Hart-King --

                                YOUNG THESEUS
                Who puts a surprise for a kid
                underneath a huge heavy rock?

                                ANNOUNCER
                Libby King, Ian Lassiter, Zhailon
                Levingston, Evalisse Lopez --

                               ERIBOEA
                Of course not! My parents would
                kill me!

                               ANNOUNCER
                Kimberly Marable, Jake Margolin,
                Marcel Isaiah Martinez --

                               SIMON
                On the banquet table, there was a
                pitcher shaped like the head of a
                bull!

                               ANNOUNCER
                James Harrison Monaco, Xavier
                Pacheco --

                               THESEUS
                Girl, why do you have to be so
                beautiful!

                               ANNOUNCER
                Joham Palma --

                               IDAS
                I could swear the bull was looking
                right at me with his big red
                eyes...

                               ANNOUNCER
                Damir Priestley --

                               PHAIDIMOS
                She said they were from Egypt!

                               ANNOUNCER
                Angel Rodriguez --

                               PROKRITOS
                I got the sense in these families,
                women run the show.

                               ANNOUNCER
                Conor Sweeney --

                               EROS
                Mm, I don't think everyone would
                consider being chosen as a
                sacrifice an honor, Hermes.

                               ANNOUNCER
                Jillian Walker--

                                AETHRA
                Watch it there, mighty swordsman!
                You'll cut the whole forest down!

                                ANNOUNCER
                 and André de Shields is Hermes!

                               HERMES
                Careful of your drool, little Eros.

                               ANNOUNCER
                The TEAM's producing director is
                Emma Orme, and associate producer
                is Sabine Decatur. Casting support
                from Melissa Friedman, co-artistic
                director of Epic Theatre Ensemble.
                Live From Mount Olympus is written
                by Nathan Yungerberg, with
                additional writing by Julie
                Burstein and Jason Adam
                Katzenstein. Audio production and
                mix by John Melillo. Audio editing
                and sound design by Yonatan Rekem.
                Magdalini Giannikou composed our
                original music, which was performed
                by Banda Magda, and mixed and
                mastered by Luca Bordonaro. Jason
                Adam Katzenstein created our
                illustrations and is series humor
                consultant. A big thank you to our
                creative advisors Dr. Michael Cohen
                and Richard Nodell. Mandy Boikou is
                administrative director and Sofia
                Pipa is project manager at Onassis
                USA.
                Will McClelland is our production
                assistant and Gizelle Winter is our
                series antiquities consultant. Live
                From Mount Olympus was recorded
                with engineers Roy Hendrickson, Mor
                Mezrich, Matthew Sullivan, and
                Matthew Soares at the Power Station
                at Berklee NYC. Press by Grand
                Communications. Graphic design by
                Onassis Creative Studio. Live From
                Mount Olympus is distributed by
                PRX. Want to learn more about
                Hermes and the Olympians? Check out
                our website at
                www.onassis.link/olympus. Since
                1975, the Onassis Foundation has
                been dedicated to culture,
                community, and education, with
                projects that can effectively
                inspire social change and justice
                across borders. Learn more at
                www.onassis.org.
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