The ancient Greeks were already in the throes of passion. And now they're being stalked by a British prankster!
When, thanks to Prometheus, the age of the gods passed over Greece and the mythical heroes came to the fore, the sea there became sultry. The disgraced Olympus made waves and harmed the warriors with treacherous predestination, lingering incest, or at least wolf moths, luxurious suggestions for a comedian who set out to show that the excesses of the time were no match for the excesses of the 21st century. For the same passions produce them. In a brilliantly showmanlike performance by Stephen Fry, watch how Medusa's features harden thanks to the philut Perseus or how the volatile terminator Herakles takes on Hydra as item No. 2 on the forced labour list. Swim with Iason to meet the superwoman Medea and be there when the querulous Oedipus crushes the Sphinx. Not to mention Théseus, who preferred to keep his wits about him when his father could no longer contain his lust. The brave Greeks may sometimes bust their chests almost as much as we do in social media posts, but without their heroism there would be no art of the West. After all, it is the stars that have ascended to the sky!
