![]() ![]() Lore Olympus's One True Couple are climbing their way to a loving relationship through their own recognition of toxic relationships. It is because the original story of Hades and Persephone left out. This relationship has been the focus of countless poems, scholarly deep dives, and, yes, video games (Hades). His girlfriend was demeaning, he was lonely, and he was a societal outcast. 6 Hades Is Gaining Confidence Hades began Lore Olympus in a bit of a rut. He is a loyal person who would do anything to protect the ones he loves. This series for teen readers is a retelling of the relationship between Hades and Persephone. Hades is a man who keeps his promises, and would never betray anyone. ![]() This volume collects episodes 5075 of the 1 WEBTOON comic Lore Olympus. After Hades casually states that Persephone rivals Aphrodite in beauty when he spots her at a party, the goddess's jealousy leads to her placing the sleeping Persephone in Hades' car. This edition of Smythe’s original Eisner-nominated webcomic Lore Olympus brings Greek mythology into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel. She says that finding true love is a journey like climbing the rungs of a ladder from the recognition of pretty people to pretty ideas. Rachel Smythe's Lore Olympus series delivers on the drama and the romance. A drama webcomic by Rachel Smythe retelling the story of The Taking of Persephone with a modern skin. In Plato's dialogue about finding love, called the Symposium or "Drinking Party," Socrates tells a story about how he learned about the meaning of true love from a soothsayer named Diotima. RELATED: The 5 Most Underrated Characters in Lore Olympus (& The 5 Most Overrated) Smythe probably doesn't intend this, but part of the idea of sameness in her story is a big deal in Platonic philosophy called "assimilation to the divine" or homoitheosis ( Republic 10.613ff, Laws 4.716, and Theatetus, "Escape, Socrates says, "is to become like a God," 176b1.) ![]() Smythe's Greek translations with an assist from a Twitter fan are not strictly good Attic Greek, but the sentiment in English succinctly captures the dynamic of Hades and Persephone's relationship. ![]()
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