Mythic Warriors

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Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend
Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend
Format	Animated television series
Country of origin	Canada
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	first-run syndication

Mythic Warriors (full title: Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend) was a Canadian-produced animated television series that was a fixture of CBS' Saturday-morning cartoon lineup. The show featured retellings of popular Greek myths that were altered slightly so as to be appropriate for younger audiences.

Two seasons of episodes were produced in 1998 and 1999; then aired in reruns until 2000, when CBS' abolishment of its children's programming resulted in its cancellation.

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[edit] Depictions of gods

The sun god Helios and his demigod son, Phaeton

This show is well known for is unique depictions of the Greek gods. Most were shown as gigantic (approximately 10-12ft tall) humanoids possessing immortality, the abilities to fly and teleport, supernatural powers of a magical nature (as opposed to cosmic), and the ability to alter their appearances at will-- including reducing themselves to the size of a typical human, as well as completely altering their looks, voices, and even gender. When in their natural form, an echo would accompany their voice whenever they spoke.

Instead of classic attire resembling that which human nobility often employed during Hellenic times, the Olympians were instead depicted as wearing brightly-colored clothing more typical of a warrior's formal attire... the sole exceptions being Hera and Hephaestus.

Between the first and second seasons, the depictions of several gods changed. Hades' attire was slightly altered. Persephone aged from a teenage-looking young girl to a grown goddess. The most significant change, however, was to Athena... who was altered from a blonde in monotonous silver armor; to a brunette cloaked in blood-red dual-split dress with matching cape, plus golden shin-guards and arm-bands in addition. It should be noted that despite the complete change in depiction, her voice did remain the same.