Apollo & Artemis 1: “I slayed the dragon at the center of the world!”
Live from Mount Olympus
Onassis Foundation
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🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
When Zeus’s twins are ready to be born, no land on earth will allow their mother Leto to rest. Pursued by the ancient dragon Python, Leto searches for a place, sacred and safe, where she can give birth. Four days after being born, Apollo hunts down Python to avenge his mother – which makes the Furies, well, furious!
Live from Mount Olympus is produced by the Onassis Foundation. Karen Brooks Hopkins is executive producer.
Our series creator and showrunner is Julie Burstein.
Live from Mount Olympus is co-produced by the Brooklyn-based theatre collective The TEAM. Our directors are Rachel Chavkin, Josiah Davis, Joan Sergay, and Keenan Tyler Oliphant.
Our actors are: Eric Berryman (Dionysus, Pan, Zephrys); Ato Blankson-Wood (Apollo); Josiah Davis (Ganymede); Jill Frutkin (Aphrodite); Joanne Hernandez (Daphne); Adrienne Hopkins (Nymph); Caroline Hopkins (Zoe); Natalie Hopkins (Nymph); Modesto ‘Flako’ Jimenez (Ephialtes); Libby King (Athena); Ian Lassiter (Zeus); Zhailon Levingston (Announcer); Christina Liberus (Artemis); Nehemiah Luckett (Midas); Kimberly Marable (Leto, Fury); Jake Margolin (Orion); Marcel Isaiah Martinez (Hyacinthus); James Harrison Monaco (Marsyas); Xavier Pacheco (Paris, Otus); Kristen Sieh (Python, Fury); Nedra Marie Taylor (Hera); Ching Valdes-Aran (Delos); Daniel Watts (Eros, Silenus)
And André De Shields is Hermes (and this season, Eris, goddess of discord!)
The TEAM’s Producing Director is Emma Orme, and Associate Producer is Diana Khong. We thank the artists and leaders of Epic Theater Ensemble for their continued collaboration!
Live from Mount Olympus is written by Nathan Yungerberg with Julie Burstein and Jason Adam Katzenstein.
Audio production and mix by John Melillo. Audio editing and sound design by Julie Burstein and David Schulman (E1 and E4).
Music and songs composed, arranged and produced by Magdalini Giannikou. Lyrics and vocal production by Malena Marcase. Music performed by Banda Magda.
Instrumental music mixed and mastered by Luca Bordonaro. Songs mixed and mastered by Tom Beuchel. Music direction by Magdalini Giannikou and Nehemiah Luckett.
Jason Adam Katzenstein created our illustrations and is series humor consultant.
Series creative advisors: Dr. Michael Cohen and Richard Nodell.
Mandy Boikou is Administrative Director and Sofia Pipa is Program Manager at Onassis USA. Amal Biskin is our production assistant.
Live from Mount Olympus was recorded with engineers Roy Hendrickson, Mor Mezrich, Matthew Sullivan, Matthew Soares, Omisha Chaitanya and Elizabeth Scott at The Power Station at Berklee NYC.
Press by Grand Communications. Graphic design by Onassis Creative Studio.
Live from Mount Olympus is distributed by PRX.
Since 1975, the Onassis Foundation has been dedicated to culture, community, and education, with projects that can effectively inspire social change and justice across borders. Learn more at www.onassis.org.
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| 0:00.0 | Live from Mount Olipus is produced by the Onassis Foundation and distributed by PRX. The Greek gods live high on Mount Olympus. |
| 0:26.6 | But from time to time, we walk among you mortals, and wherever the gods move. Stories are born. |
| 0:40.4 | This story is a bit different. |
| 0:43.0 | There will be music. |
| 0:51.1 | Dragon Slayer, Dragon Slayer, Dragon Slayer, Dragon Slayer, Dragon Slayer. |
| 1:03.0 | My guest in the God Spot studio today is Shining Apollo, God of Prophecy, music, and mice. Apollo's single Dragon Slayer is the biggest new drop since Icarus. |
| 1:09.0 | I am Apollo, Sh god of the sun. |
| 1:18.6 | Number one. |
| 1:20.6 | Apollo, welcome to live from Mount Olympus. |
| 1:24.6 | Mice, Hermes, really? |
| 1:26.6 | Not Ombrand at all. Isice, Hermes? Really? Not Onbrand at all. |
| 1:28.3 | Is that so, Apollo Smith-Eas, a.k.a. |
| 1:32.3 | Apollo of the mice. |
| 1:35.3 | Well, mice are prophetic creatures, but the sun is more my thing these days. |
| 1:41.3 | Far shooting Apollo, shining God of music, prophecy, and the sun is way more |
| 1:48.7 | rock and roll. Quite a careful curation of your reputation, brother. Now I know our listeners are eager to hear |
| 1:56.8 | what inspired you to write Dragon's Slash. The story comes straight from my life, |
| 2:02.9 | filled with danger, |
| 2:04.6 | bravery, and... |
| 2:06.1 | Humility, radical |
| 2:08.3 | honesty. Of course, |
| 2:10.5 | Hermes, though you, |
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