Series synopsis
Mythic Warriors is a French animation sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on CBS on November 7, 1998. It ended on January 22, 2000.
Mythic Warriors is 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 so as to be appropriate for younger audiences.
Two seasons of episodes were produced in 1998 and 1999; then aired alongside reruns until 2000, when CBS' abolition of its children's programming resulted in its cancellation.
The programme was continues to be re-aired on STV. Original in 2009 on wknd@stv ...
Premise
Mythic Warriors is 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 so as to be appropriate for younger audiences.
Two seasons of episodes were produced in 1998 and 1999; then aired alongside reruns until 2000, when CBS' abolition of its children's programming resulted in its cancellation.
The programme was continues to be re-aired on STV. Original in 2009 on wknd@stv, which is a children's television strand on Scottish television channel, then on Saturday mornings on STV during 2010. The series has been translated into Scottish Gaelic and is broadcast on BBC Alba since 2012.
Most of the characters in the show are all portrayed with their original Greek names, though Romanized exceptions were also utilized.
Cast and characters
Guest cast
- Joy Tanner as Cybele (voice)
- Illya Woloshyn as Teen Onetor(voice)
- Emily Hampshire as 2nd Village Girl (voice)
- Alyson Court as Delona (voice)
- Francis Diakowsky as Poseidon (voice)
- James Blendick as Narrator (voice)
- Maryke Hendrikse as 1st Village Girl (voice)
- Gary Krawford as Zeus (voice)
- Stephen Ouimette as Dionysus (voice)
- Ross Petty as Race Announcer (voice)
- Rob Stefaniuk as Phaeton (voice)
- Bob Zidel as Helios (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 26 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | November 7, 1998 | December 26, 1999 |
| Season 2 | 13 | September 25, 1999 | January 22, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Andromeda: The Warrior Princess Andromeda, daughter of King Cepheus, wants to be a warrior in her father's army. However, women are not allowed to be warriors (or fight for that matter). So Andromeda asks help from Athena. Athena gives her a gift and Andromeda becomes ""Silver Warrior"". |
November 7, 1998 |
| 2 |
Hercules and Iolas In her vengeful desire to destroy Hercules, Hera unleashes more terrible beasts upon the kingdom of Mycanae. When the Erymanthean Boar attacks, the young sheepherder, Iolas, tries to be a hero like Hercules. But lacking strength, he fails miserably in his attempt to save his brother and sister from the fearsome boar. It's only Hercules' last minute arrival that prevents disaster. Longing to be a hero, but feeling that he's a failure, Iolas returns to Hercules' side in hopes of learning the secrets that make him a hero. As our twosome confront the deadly ""Horses of Diomedes"" and the giant ""Stymphanian Birds"", Hercules becomes more and more impressed by Iolas' cleverness. But Iolas, convinced that what makes a hero is his strength, cannot see the value in this. In the end, when Hercules is forced to face the ""River God"", and appears to have met his match, Iolas finally understands that every hero has his own unique strength. Using his brains instead of his brawn, Iolas helps Hercules to |
November 14, 1998 |
| 3 |
Ulysses and the Journey Home Ulysses continues his incredible odyssey as he sails treacherous waters, determined at all costs to get his men back home, and to finally return to his Queen, Penelope and his Kingdom. But his persistence and will are tested beyond endurance when he must fight the terrible ""Cyclops"", journey past the ""Sirens"" (beautiful nymphs whose silvery voices lure sailors to their demise), and encounter the monsters ""Scylla"" and Charybdis"" that threaten to crush his ship and then suck it down to the depths of the sea. But as great as these challenges are, keeping his men from giving up their journey home is Ulysses' biggest challenge of all. |
November 21, 1998 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Psyche and Eros Psyche, the most beautiful princess in all of Greece, far outshining her two sisters, is sought by every suitor who lavish her with gifts and offer her marriage, caring not for who she truly is inside. All this attention to a mortal angers Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Out of vengeance, she sends her son Eros to fire one of his golden ""love arrows"" at Psyche to get her to fall in love with a mule. But instead Eros falls in love with Psyche, not for her beauty, but for her kind and caring nature. Determined to prove to his mother that Psyche will love him for who he really is -- and not because he's a god, Eros sees to it that Psyche is delivered to his magnificent palace, and then turning himself invisible, courts the beautiful princess. Soon Psyche falls in love with her invisible host, who will not reveal his identity. But Psych becomes lonely and convinces Eros to let her sisters visit her just once. When the jealous sisters fill Psyche's mind with the idea that her invisible love |
September 25, 1999 |
| 2 |
Ulysses and the Trojan Horse In a story of misplaced faith, Helen, the Queen of Sparta, runs off with Prince Paris of Troy. Helen's husband, King Menelaus, on discovering his wife's unfaithfulness, declares war on Paris and calls on his friend, the young King Ulysses of Ithaca, to lead the Greek army against Paris' Trojans. This is just what Paris hoped for, for his superior army, backed by the goddess Aphrodite, is sure to defeat the Greeks. Obligated to help his fellow king, Ulysses leaves his Queen and baby son behind and sets sail for Sparta with his fleet. Questioning why Helen would be untrue to her husband, Ulysses soon discovers a strange golden apple in the Queen's chambers that does not rot and which has a bite taken out of it. Now convinced that godly magic is behind the Queen's disloyalty, Ulysses sets out to prove Helen's innocence and prevent an unnecessary war. Finally, with the help of Athena, Ulysses magically disguises himself as an old man and sneaks into Troy. There he discovers Aphrodite has g |
October 2, 1999 |
| 3 |
Ulysses and Penelope After a long and perilous journey home from the Trojan wars, Ulysses returns to Ithaca only to discover his Queen, Penelope, and his son, Telemachus, have all but given him up for dead. And worse, ruthless suitors, vying for Ulysses' throne, are pressuring Penelope to choose a new husband and King. Fearing for his family's safety if he is discovered, Ulysses disguises himself as a vagabond and witnesses first hand just how much his people have lost faith in him since he has been gone for so long. But Ulysses soon suffers a blow to his own faith when he witnesses Penelope weaving a wedding veil and thinks she is going to marry Antonius, the most ruthless of the suitors. Despondent over her apparent betrayal, beggar Ulysses tries to raise a small army of men to drive out Antonius, only to find his son among the recruits. Ulysses' faith suffers yet another blow when his band of rebels are surprised by Antonius' soldiers and Ulysses concludes that his son is the traitor. But before the you |
October 9, 1999 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | CBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | November 7, 1998 |
| Last aired | January 22, 2000 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 11:30:00 |