Bob talks with scholar Dr. Kate Cook about Hades from Supergiant Games. Topics include Greek mythology, the Greek underworld, Zagreus, Hades, Achilles, the gods of Olympus, the Greek gods in popular culture, and that jerk Theseus.
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I have been obsessed with Hades lately and I was wondering if you guys were going to do a episode about it… Great work guys!
Hell yeah I've been waiting/hoping for this episode. I didn't think you'd do it because of how mythological it is.
I really love how universally hated theseus is from the game. Brings a tear to my eye how beautiful it is.
Well demeter only shoes up if you got to the Hades Fight once. ONly then here Boons start to appear
The game actually plays with Zagreus and Dionysus being the same god.
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You can have a conversation with Dionysus where he suggests you two play a prank on Orpheus by telling him that Dionysus was born out of Zagreus's heart after Zagreus was torn apart by the Titans. Eventually Orpheus will perform a song about Zagreus based on all the stories Zagreus has told him, including the lie about him and Dionysus being the same god.
<3 Dionysis <3
When getting to Theseus and Asterion they say Heracles which is his Greek equivalent.
Further on talking to Orpheus there is a part where they joke with him, Zagreus and Dionysius, that they are the same person.
Also they give Demeter another father so that the incest doesn't exist.
Still as a Greek god nerd its one of my fave games.