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A moving series tracing the cataclysm of the Great War through the destinies of eight individuals.

Meet the heroes and gods of Greek mythology with Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey full of passion, power-play, rivalry and divine wrath.

Devastated by the meaningless of the war on Troy, Odysseus is angry at the Gods for having stood by and let the carnage unfurl

Goddess Athena urges Zeus to help Odysseus, the last Greek fighter who has not yet returned home to Ithaca

The story of Homer’s Iliad, the epic Ancient Greek poem recounting the Trojan War with its mortal heroes and meddling gods. In this episode: After Greek victories, the Trojans, helped by the god Zeus, make a comeback. The Greeks need their great warrior Achilles but will he accept to return to battle.

Penelope is now forced to choose a husband among the suitors...

Queen Penelope is betrayed by one of her servants, who tells her many suitors that she's been stalling them

Odysseus has been living peacefully with Calypso, but he's tormented with thoughts of the family he left behind

Fleeing sea monsters, the crew seek rest and shelter on an island, but it's there that they'll meet their doom

Odysseus delves into the depths of the Underworld... 

Odysseus must set sail and for that, he has to appease Poseidon. He heads to the underworld to find out how

Odysseus is missing presumed dead, and his wife is under pressure to remarry. This as he faces off against the witch Circe  

Odysseus and his companions are trapped in the Cyclops’ cave. But he is a man with a plan...

After ten years of war the Trojans awake to find that the Greeks have vanished, their city is no longer under siege. But what is this strange wooden horse that the Greeks seem to have left behind them on the beach?

The god’s fight it out between themselves while Achilles continues his massacre with an insatiable wrath. Where will all of this violence lead?

Telling the story of Homer’s Iliad, the epic poem of Ancient Greece recounting the Trojan War with its mortal heroes and meddling gods. In this episode Achilles seeks to avenge Patroclus.

The Trojans are ready to set fire to the Greek vessels but Achilles allows his old friend Patroclus to lead his army of Myrmidons in his stead, pushing the Trojans back.

The Trojan war continues: Without Achilles the Greeks are losing ground and the wall protecting their ships is broken. Hera invents a ruse to make Zeus go to sleep allowing Poseidon to enter the fray.

Telling the story of Homer’s Iliad, the epic poem of Ancient Greece recounts the Trojan War with its mortal heroes and meddling gods.

Achilles is furious that his war prize - his enslaved concubine, Briseis - is taken from him