The great myths

Television series
German title	The great myths
Original title	Les grandes mythes
Country of production	France
original language	French
year	2016
Production ; company	Rosebud, Les Monstres
length	26 minutes
Episodes	30 in 2 seasons ( list )
genre	documentation
idea	François Busnel
script	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
music	Alain Mouysset
First broadcast	October 1, 2016 (France) on Arte
German-language ; first broadcast	October 1, 2016 on Arte

The great myths (Original: Les grandes mythes ) is an animated documentary series from France about Greek mythology , which premiered on October 1, 2016 on Arte . The series by François Busnel, who also acts as the narrator, was produced by Arte France as well as Rosebud Productions and the animation studio Les Monstres and currently contains two seasons.

Seasons

The first season of 20 episodes, which tell Greek gods and heroes myths based on various sources by Greek and Roman authors, was created with the participation of the Île-de-France region and was first broadcast on Arte from October 1 to December 3, 2016 .

The second season of 10 episodes, which was created in collaboration with the Louvre , is entitled The Iliad and mainly tells of the Trojan War based on this Homeric epic . It aired from September 22 to October 20, 2019.

Episode list

season 1

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in France	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script
1	1	Zeus and the power	Zeus ou la conquête du pouvoir	October 1, 2016	October 1, 2016	Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
2	2	Zeus and love	Les amours de Zeus	October 1, 2016	October 1, 2016	Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
3	3	God versus gods: Prometheus	Prométhée, le révolté de l'Olympe	October 8, 2016	October 8, 2016	Camille Dalbéra, Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
4th	4th	Obolus for the realm of the dead: Hades	Hadès, le roi malgré lui	October 8, 2016	October 8, 2016	Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
5	5	Man-woman with esprit: Athene	Athéna, la sagesse armée	15th October 2016	15th October 2016	Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
6th	6th	Shadow and light: Apollon	Apollon, L'ombre et la lumière	15th October 2016	15th October 2016	Sébastien Rancourt, Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
7th	7th	Of beauty and desire: Aphrodite	Aphrodite, sous la loi du désir	October 22, 2016	October 22, 2016	Camille Delbéra, Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
8th	8th	God and Dandy: Dionysus	Dionysus, l'étranger dans la ville	October 22, 2016	October 22, 2016	Fred Pagéze, Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
9	9	On guarding, stealing and traveling: Hermes	Hermès, le messager indéchiffrable	October 29, 2016	October 29, 2016	Fred Pagéze, Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
10	10	The damned of this earth: Tartaros	Tartare, les damnés de la terre	October 29, 2016	October 29, 2016	Alexandra Willot-Beaufils, Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
11	11	Beauty and the Beast: Psyche	Psyché, la belle et la bête	5th November 2016	5th November 2016	Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
Plot of the story Amor und Psyche from the novel Metamorphoses by Apuleius
12	12	Who comes from gods: Perseus	Persée, la mort dans les yeux	5th November 2016	5th November 2016	Gaëtan Chabanol, Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
13	13	Weeping rocks: Orpheus	Orphée, l'amour impossible	November 12, 2016	November 12, 2016	Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
14th	14th	Revenge and Child Murder: Medea	Médée, l'amour assassin	November 12, 2016	November 12, 2016	Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
15th	15th	The horse understanding: Bellerophontes	Bellérophon, l'homme qui voulait être dieu	19th November 2016	19th November 2016	Alexandra Willot-Beaufils, Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
16	16	The unfortunate sailor: Theseus	Thésée ou les ravages de l'oubli	19th November 2016	19th November 2016	Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
17th	17th	Above the clouds: Daedalus and Icarus	Dédale et Icare, le rêve éclaté	November 26, 2016	November 26, 2016	Nathalie Amsellem, Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
18th	18th	Strength and Torment: Heracles	Héraclès, l'homme qui devint dieu	November 26, 2016	November 26, 2016	Sébastien Rancourt, Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
19th	19th	Riddles and Prophecies: Oedipus	Œdipe, le déchiffreur d'énigmes	3rd December 2016	3rd December 2016	Camille Dalbéra, Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
Prehistory and plot of the tragedy King Oedipus of Sophocles
20th	20th	Between life and death: Antigone	Antigone, cell qui a dit non	3rd December 2016	3rd December 2016	Nathalie Amsellem, Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
Plot of the tragedies Oedipus on Colonus and Antigone of Sophocles

Season 2: The Iliad

The second season tells of the Trojan War, mainly based on the epic epic Homer , but also adds background from other sources. While the Iliad concludes with Hector's burial, after which the war continues, the last episode of the season also contains the story of the Trojan horse and the end of the war.

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in France	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script
21st	1	The apple of discord	La pomme de la discorde	22nd September 2019	22nd September 2019	Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
Prehistory of the war: Paris decides between the three goddesses Hera, Athene and Aphrodite who is the most beautiful. In Sparta he falls in love with Helena and takes her to Troy.
22nd	2	The hour of sacrifice	L'heure des sacrifices	22nd September 2019	22nd September 2019	Sylvain Bergère	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
The Greek kings gather against Troy. Even Odysseus and Achilles are made to participate, even though they themselves do not want only. Agamemnon has to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia .
23	3	The wrath of Achilles	La colère d'Achille	29th September 2019	29th September 2019	Gaetan Chabanol	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
Iliad, 1st book ; Ten years after the start of the war: After an epidemic in the Greek camp, Agamemnon has to return a prisoner of war to appease Apollo, but in return demands the prisoner of Achilles, who then withdraws from the fight out of anger. Book 2 : Zeus sends Agamemnon a dream that he could lead the army to victory.
24	4th	The blood of the goddess	Le sang de la déesse	29th September 2019	29th September 2019	Gaetan Chabanol	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
3rd book: There is a duel between Paris and Menelaus , which Menelaus wins, but Aphrodite saves Paris. 4th book: Athena instigates Pandaros to shoot Menelaus. 5th book: Athena helps Diomedes , who kills many Trojans and in the fight against Aeneas his mother Aphrodite and afterwards also Ares.
25th	5	The sword and the scales	La glaive et la balance	October 6, 2019	October 6, 2019	Nathalie Amsellem	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
7th book: The Greeks build a wall around their ships at night. Antenor asks the Trojans to return Helena. Because the Greeks did not sacrifice Poseidon when building the wall, he sends thunder and flood. Book 8: Zeus' balance of fate fails in favor of the Trojans. These are pushing back the Greeks. 9th book: Odysseus and Ajax try to get Achilles to join the fight with an offer from Agamemnon.
26th	6th	The goddess' ruse	La ruse d'Héra	October 6, 2019	October 6, 2019	Camille Dalbéra	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
Achilles continues to refuse to fight. 11th book: Agamemnon, Diomedes and Odysseus are wounded one after the other in the battle. 12th book: Part of the wall is torn down. 14th book: So that Poseidon can intervene in battle, Hera, equipped with Aphrodite's belt, distracts Zeus in the act of love, which Hypnos then lulls . Ajax wounds Hector. 15th book: Zeus awakens and drives the other gods from the battlefield.
27	7th	Patroclus and the Myrmidons	Patrocle et les Myrmidons	October 13, 2019	October 13, 2019	Gaetan Chabanol	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
Reinforced by Apollo, Hector leads the Trojans against the ships of the Greeks. 16. Book: After Achilles allows it, Patroclus wears his armor and leads the Myrmidons into battle. He kills Sarpedon and storms against Troy, where Hector kills him. 17th book: Hector seizes Achilles 'armor, a fight ensues over Patroclus' corpse. Book 18: Achilles receives news of Patroclus' death and accuses his mother Thetis, announcing that he will kill Hector.
28	8th	The revenge of Achilles	La vengeance d'Achille	October 13, 2019	October 13, 2019	Sébastien Rancourt	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
Hephaestus forges a shield for Achilles. 19th book: Thetis hands over the weapons to her son. He wants to fight immediately, but Agamemnon makes up first. - The homily of Andromache , The Farewell to Hector, from Book 6 is placed here. - 20th book: The gods fight each other on the battlefield and Achilles slaughters his way through the ranks of the Trojans. He kills the Prince Polydoros . 21st book: In the river Skamandros he kills many Trojans until the river itself attacks Achilles.
29	9	victory or death	Vaincre ou mourir	20th October 2019	20th October 2019	Nathalie Almsellem	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
Tormented by Hephaestus' fire, the river releases Achilles. The gods fight each other and Achilles continues to kill Trojans. Priam lets survivors into the city. 22. Book: Hector and Achilles face each other in front of the walls, but Hector flees around the walls. Athena in the form of Deiphobus persuades him to surrender. In a duel, Achilles kills Hector, whose body he then drags around the city. 23rd book: Patroclus' body is burned at the stake, that of Hector is protected by Aphrodite and Apollon. 24th book: Zeus orders that Achilles should return Hector's body. Priam goes to him and receives his son. Achilles grants him a twelve-day truce. (End of the Iliad )
30th	10	The Trojan horse	Le cheval du Troie	20th October 2019	20th October 2019	Camille Dalbéra	François Busnel, Gilbert Sinoué
The beach has been deserted by the Greeks, but there is a wooden horse. The skeptical Trojans are convinced by the captured Sinon that the Greeks have sailed away. They pull the horse into town and celebrate the victory. At night Sinon opens the horse, from which Greeks pour out. They slaughter the Trojans and take women prisoner. Menelaus takes Helena with him, Achilles saves Polyxena , but is killed by Paris. Zeus watches the cruelty of the people and the downfall of the city. Aeneas flees from this ; Odysseus also sets out to sail.

Narrator and German version

In the French original, François Busnel takes over the narrator from the off. The German adaptation of the first season was done by Parabol Pictures, the translation by Sabine Kohlway and Anja Pettelkau is spoken by Bernd Reheuser . For the second season the German version was done by Studio 7 Synchron und Untertitel GmbH, the translation by Claudia Preuschoft is spoken by Thomas Balou Martin .