Blood Of Zeus: 10 Greek Mythology References You Might Have Missed

10. Adamant, And Talos's Ankle

The substance Adamant shows up in Greek mythology as the hardest of all substances, in the show a material that can only be forged by the gods. In fact, Adamant is so ubiquitous from myth rolling into pop culture that substances like Adamantium of Marvel fame take after its mythology.

In the show, Adamant is the substance mined by Heron and forged by Zeus into a sword, one that is strong enough to cut into Talos, the automaton created by Hephaestus.

The figure of Talos is an automaton known in mythology, a giant bronze man guarding the island of Crete, either for the sake of King Minos or for Zeus's lover Europa.

In the show, Talos guards the souls of the felled giants, and antagonist Seraphim takes him down using the very Adamant sword Zeus himself crafted, the fight going so far as to reference the exact way he dies, with "ichor pouring like molten lead" from his damaged ankle (also a reference to the mythology), which Seraphim cuts through during his battle.