Perseus 7: Sea Monster!

Live from Mount Olympus

Onassis Foundation

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

On his way home to Seriphos, Perseus spies a terrifying monster in the sea below. It’s headed straight towards a high cliff where Perseus glimpses a solitary figure on a rocky ledge. Could that be — a girl???

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.
0:05.0	One of your children will overthrow you.
0:09.0	I will never let this prophecy come to pass.
0:14.0	What? That head could be fully operational.
0:16.0	You need allies to fight by your side.
0:19.0	What allies do I have? The goat?
0:22.0	I haven't at a moment's rest since Zeus put the weight of the sky on my shoulders.
0:26.5	I've been waiting for you.
0:28.7	Oh gods, you're Atlas!
0:31.2	The Earth quakes, the seas raged, the heavens were torn by lightning.
0:37.0	He condemned me to stand where you see me now, bearing the weight of the skies forever.
0:44.0	I think I should head home by myself.
0:47.0	You're ready to set out on your own, little brother.
0:51.0	You are the hero of your own adventure. Live from Mount Olympus is produced by the Onassis Foundation and is a proud member of Tracks from PRX.
1:14.7	Whoa! What is happening in the sea down here?
1:17.0	The water looks like it's boiling.
1:18.4	See monster!
1:20.4	Oh my gosh, it's right below me. I've never seen anything like it.
1:25.0	It's headed towards the shore, the fishermen. They'll be sitting ducks.
1:30.0	I have to warn them. I hope I can fly the port faster than that thing can swim.
1:35.0	Hey, all the boats are moored.
1:40.0	No one's out in the water at all.
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