Perseus 5: The Cavern of Serpent Doom

Live from Mount Olympus

Onassis Foundation

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Like big brothers and sisters everywhere, Hermes and Athena enjoy scaring their little brother Perseus with tales of warriors and monsters. They also help prepare him for what he must do to save his mom. But to become a hero, he must face Medusa on his own.

Live from Mount Olympus is a production of the Onassis Foundation, and co-produced by The TEAM. The podcast is directed by Tony Award-winner Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown) and Zhailon Levingston (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical) and created by Peabody Award-winning producer Julie Burstein. Karen Brooks Hopkins is the executive producer.

Live from Mount Olympus is presented by TRAX from PRX with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Find out more at Onassis.link/Olympus

Our actors include Vinie Burrows, Jill Frutkin, Divine Garland, Amber Gray, Modesto "Flako" Jimenez, Libby King, Ian Lassiter, Zhailon Levingston, Christina Liberus, Nehemiah Luckett, Jake Margolin, James Harrison Monaco, Kristen Sieh, Jillian Walker, Baby Perseus is played by Calvin Samuel Blanch and Whit Vega Margolin-Vaughan, and André De Shields is Hermes.

Our production team includes: sound designer David Schulman; writer Alexie Basil; story editor Nalini Jones; music composed and performed by Magda Giannikou with Luca Bordonaro; and illustrations by Jason Adam Katzenstein.

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0:00.0	Previously on live from Mount Olympus. I am Perseus, son of Zeus.
0:07.0	Hello? Look at that. He made it. Hold tight now.
0:15.0	I'm doing it. I'm flying.
0:19.0	What do you want, Runt?
0:21.0	I want a rent. I want a very challenging quest.
0:26.0	I need to slay the Gorgon Medusa.
0:29.0	You mean to slay our sister?
0:31.0	Who turns greater men to stone?
0:34.0	We laugh.
0:36.0	Ha ha ha!
0:37.0	Ha ha ha! Live from Mount Olympus is produced by the Onassis Foundation and is a proud member of Tracks from PRX. X. I got this flying thing I got this look
1:14.7	oh sorry seagel it's fine it's fine
1:20.1	I'm cool hey are we there yet?
1:24.0	Look down.
1:26.0	You see the Gorgons Isle?
1:28.0	No.
1:29.0	Then there's your answer.
1:31.0	Okay.
1:32.0	More term for a loop-de-loop.
1:35.0	Perseus, I'm the last guy to spoil the fun.
1:40.0	But try not to spoil the find.
1:43.0	But try not to break your neck before it's turned to stone.
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