RELATED: Weekend Webcomics: The Tapas Pride Collection Is Fantastic However, despite changing some of the dynamics, characterizations and settings, Smythe keeps the essence of the characters, as well as some of their more problematic traits, in tact, but she handles this in a way that does not excuse or glamorize their offenses, making the gods more human, flawed and, for the more despicable characters, disgusting. While Lore Olympus takes a lot of liberties, this isn't out of the ordinary, since the original myths were passed down through oral traditions therefore, there is no definitive original story to base the comic off of.
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Meanwhile, adaptations of these myths for older audiences often treat the victims of the gods as trophies, see Helen in Troy, or monsters, see Medusa in Clash of the Titans, and the problematic behaviors of the gods and heroes in these retellings are mainly toned down, so audiences can still see them as complicated protagonists. Greek myths have been reinvented on multiple occasions for younger audiences, as seen in the Percy Jackson series and Disney's Hercules however, these adaptations often erase the most egregious behaviors of the gods.
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