Blood Of Zeus Review: 9 Ups And 2 Downs

There are such a rich and surprisingly accurate (inasmuch variations of mythology can be accurate) references to Greek Mythology in this show that scholars and enthusiasts alike have a lot to talk about even after its end.

Some examples include: the substance of Adamant, classical mythology's "hardest material in the world"; the kinship between Apollo and Hermes as "bastard" children of Zeus; the fact that Hermes is a psychopomp who ferries souls to the underworld; the fact that the protagonist Heron, like Heracles, seems named in a failed attempt to appease Hera by naming the child after her; the fact that Apollo is seen sleeping with a beautiful man with a headwound that's likely Hyacinthus, whose head was cracked by a discus; Zeus's use of affair-concealing storm-cloud cover; the Gigantomachy; even the divisions between the gods of Olympus, though not fully explained, can be made sense of once you look at their familial ties and loyalties in mythology.

The many mythological references in this show would make their own list, but it's clear how much love and care went into crafting this series just from the references alone.