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Eileithyia IS mentioned by name in 243, by Persephone.


* TheGhost: Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth and a daughter of Zeus and Hera, is alluded to in Episode 30 and Episode 243 but is never seen onscreen or mentioned by name.

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* TheGhost: Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth and a daughter of Zeus and Hera, is alluded to in Episode 30 and Episode 243 but is never seen onscreen or mentioned by name.onscreen.

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** Kronos scarred and cursed every member of the Traitor Six except for Zeus. The reason for this was never explained.



* DefeatByTransformation: At the end of Episode 275, Hades finds the will to overcome Kronos and compresses him into a gem.

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* DefeatByTransformation: At [[spoiler:At the end of Episode 275, Hades finds the will to overcome Kronos and compresses him into a gem.]]



* TheGhost: Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth and a daughter of Zeus and Hera, is alluded to in Episode 30 and Episode 243 but is never seen onscreen or mentioned by name.



* {{Retcon}}:
** Throughout the first half of the comic, the deities are mostly uncaring towards mortals outside of using them for flings and personal gain, with Hades directly declaring them to be a dime a dozen. After the time skip, when the winter Persephone causes puts the mortal world at risk, it's established that mortals empower Olympians and give them purpose and that the deities don't want to live in a world without them.

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{{Retcon}}: Throughout the first half of the comic, the deities are mostly uncaring towards mortals outside of using them for flings and personal gain, with Hades directly declaring them to be a dime a dozen. After the time skip, when the winter Persephone causes puts the mortal world at risk, it's established that mortals empower Olympians and give them purpose and that the deities don't want to live in a world without them.
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* DefeatByTransformation: At the end of Episode 275, Hades finds the will to overcome Kronos and compresses him into a gem.
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* CosmicDeadline: [[spoiler:The final defeat of Kronos, the downfall of Apollo, Ouranos possessing Apollo's body to attack everyone and the revival of Rhea, Metis and Gaia all happen within the final five chapters.]]

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* CosmicDeadline: [[spoiler:The final defeat of Kronos, the public downfall of Apollo, Ouranos possessing Apollo's body to attack everyone and the revival of Rhea, Metis and Gaia all happen within the final five chapters.]]
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* CosmicDeadline: [[spoiler:The final defeat of Kronos, the downfall of Apollo, Ouranos possessing Apollo's body to attack everyone and the revival of Rhea, Metis and Gaia all happen within the final five chapters.]]
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The comic is currently set to release its final chapter on May 11, 2024 for Webtoon's Fastpass reader with it becoming free for all reader three weeks later.

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The comic is currently set to release its final chapter on May 11, 2024 for Webtoon's Fastpass reader readers with it becoming free for all reader readers three weeks later.

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Hebe does have another sister: Eileithyia. Confirmed to exist in Episode 243.


** In Episode 30, Hera tells Hebe to wake up an unknown sister. It would soon be established that only known sisters Hebe had at the time was Eris and Athena, neither of whom lived with parents.

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The comic is currently set to release its final chapter on May 11, 2024 (for fast passers; the free-to-read version will release three weeks later).

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The comic is currently set to release its final chapter on May 11, 2024 (for fast passers; the free-to-read version will release for Webtoon's Fastpass reader with it becoming free for all reader three weeks later).later.



* {{Retcon}}:
** In Episode 30, Hera tells Hebe to wake up an unknown sister. It would soon be established that only known sisters Hebe had at the time was Eris and Athena, neither of whom lived with parents.
** Throughout the first half of the comic, the deities are mostly uncaring towards mortals outside of using them for flings and personal gain, with Hades directly declaring them to be a dime a dozen. After the time skip, when the winter Persephone causes puts the mortal world at risk, it's established that mortals empower Olympians and give them purpose and that the deities don't want to live in a world without them.



* TrulySingleParent: Persephone [[https://loreolympus.wixsite.com/masterlist/story-faq?fbclid=IwAR16C3DdD4WzLEFuQsLMkuDfKlHYyowgbTHkiyGyoUMcHJBsDfQCx0ZQ8BA has no father]]; Her mother created her on her own.

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* TrulySingleParent: TookALevelInKindness: After the time skip, most of the Olympians and other deities are written to a lot less amoral than they were in the first half of the comic. They aren't openly elitist towards nymphs and they aren't as dismissive or abusive towards mortals as they previously were. Only Apollo and other villainous characters continue to act with blatant arrogance and cruelty.
* TrulySingleParent:
** Demeter made
Persephone [[https://loreolympus.wixsite.com/masterlist/story-faq?fbclid=IwAR16C3DdD4WzLEFuQsLMkuDfKlHYyowgbTHkiyGyoUMcHJBsDfQCx0ZQ8BA has no father]]; Her mother by herself from her own will and a million perfect rose petals.
** Metis made Hera, Demeter and Hestia to help her in the war against Kronos.
** According to Rachel Smythe, Hera made Hephaestus by herself and Zeus
created her on her own.Athena in response to spite her, a reverse of the original myths.
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* AbortedArc:
** The series set up a love triangle between Ares, Hades and Persephone and a rivalry between Ares and Zeus, with Ares asking Hera permission to marry Persephone, with the goal to use her fertility goddess powers to overthrow his father, and causing an angry Aphrodite to leave him for Hephaestus. This plot line was ended as Rachel Smythe decided she wanted Hades and Persephone to have a straightforward love.
** In Episode 154, Artemis is outraged to learn that Hestia and Athena have broken their vows of Eternal Maidenhood and are in a relationship with each other. Athena asks for a chance to explain but the scene cuts off and we never learn what the rest of the conversation was nor are the three ever seen together again.


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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In Episode 84, Zeus gives Hades his blessing to kidnap Persephone to be his wife, like in the original myths, and Hades refuses because he doesn't want to force her to love him. Later chapters would portray the morality of the gods as being much more modern and such a suggestion would be considered unacceptable.
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The comic is currently set to release its final chapter on May 11, 2024.

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* UnrevealAngle: In episode 273, [[spoiler: Hades asks [[KidFromTheFuture Melinoe]] when her birthday is. The scene changes to a wide shot facing Melinoe's back as she answers him, so we cannot even see what she [[UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage signed.]] Then it cuts back to Hades, who just says, "Wow, you're from way in the future."]]
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* AllForNothing: All of Apollo's efforts to force Persephone to marry him have only increased her hatred of him. [[spoiler: This ensures that, even if he did somehow get his way, he wouldn't benefit from any of her powers, since they require [[ThePowerOfLove love]] in order to be shared.]]


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* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: As it turns out, this is the only true way to access a fertility goddess' powers. Thus making Apollo's [[TheUsurper goal]] impossible, thanks to Persephone's genuine hatred of him, [[AllForNothing rendering all of his efforts null and void.]]]]
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With more than 6.5 million followers and 1.7 billions views, ''Lore Olympus'' is currently the most popular comic hosted on Webtoon. It has also won three Harvey Awards, two Eisner Awards and two Ringo Awards. In October 2019, the Jim Henson Company announced plans to adapt ''Lore Olympus'' into an animated series aimed at young adults.

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With more than 6.5 million followers and 1.7 billions billion views, ''Lore Olympus'' is currently the most popular comic hosted on Webtoon. It has also won three Harvey Awards, two Eisner Awards and two Ringo Awards. In October 2019, the Jim Henson Company announced plans to adapt ''Lore Olympus'' into an animated series aimed at young adults.

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In October 2019, the Jim Henson Company announced plans to adapt ''Lore Olympus'' into an animated series aimed at young adults.

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With more than 6.5 million followers and 1.7 billions views, ''Lore Olympus'' is currently the most popular comic hosted on Webtoon. It has also won three Harvey Awards, two Eisner Awards and two Ringo Awards. In October 2019, the Jim Henson Company announced plans to adapt ''Lore Olympus'' into an animated series aimed at young adults.
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The comic is currently set to release its final chapter on May 11, 2024.

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->''"Wow, the two of you didn't waste any time. Or was it really a ShotgunWedding? I'm not sure about the timeline, though.''
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->''"Wow, --> '''Ares:''' ''Wow, the two of you didn't waste any time. Or was it really a ShotgunWedding? I'm not sure about the timeline, though.''
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* ShotgunWedding: {{Discussed}} in Episode 244, when Ares enters Persephone and Hades' house where he discovers the [[spoiler:newborn Dionysus in their care, he assumes that the couple already have a biological child. Ares then asks if it was a shotgun wedding instead, implying that he thought the alternate was that Peresphone was knocked up prior to the marriage. However, Dionysus is actually his half-brother that their father, Zeus, sired from Semele.]]
->''"Wow, the two of you didn't waste any time. Or was it really a ShotgunWedding? I'm not sure about the timeline, though.''
-->-- '''Ares'''



** A gender bent version of the Cenataur Chiron is the therapist Persephone sees (The one Hecate suggested). She switched fields from medicine to psychology.

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** A gender bent version of the Cenataur Centaur Chiron is the therapist Persephone sees (The one Hecate suggested). She switched fields from medicine to psychology.
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* DidYouJustHaveSex: In Episode 235, there’s a flashback wherein Hestia notes one morning that Demeter is glowing. In response, Demeter excitedly reveals to her that she and Zeus slept with each other the night before.

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* AdaptationDeviation: The original myth was about Hades kidnapping Persephone to be his wife with the permission of Zeus and her enraged mother Demeter creating drought and famine on Earth until Hades agreed to allow her daughter to return her for six months out of every year. In the comic Hades and Persephone's relationship is completely consensual and [[spoiler:Zeus, fearing that her powers as a fertility goddess may threaten his rule, has her banished to Earth indefinitely in order to keep her from marrying anyone. In response, an infuriated Hades holds back resources from Olympus and creates extensive scarcity throughout the home of the gods until Persephone is allowed to reunite with him.]]

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* AdaptationDeviation: AdaptationDeviation:
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The original myth was about Hades kidnapping Persephone to be his wife with the permission of Zeus and her enraged mother Demeter creating drought and famine on Earth until Hades agreed to allow her daughter to return her for six months out of every year. In the comic Hades and Persephone's relationship is completely consensual and [[spoiler:Zeus, fearing that her powers as a fertility goddess may threaten his rule, has her banished to Earth indefinitely in order to keep her from marrying anyone. In response, an infuriated Hades holds back resources from Olympus and creates extensive scarcity throughout the home of the gods until Persephone is allowed to reunite with him.]] Later on, the mortal realm is struck by famine but it's not caused by Demeter. Instead, it's an unintended consequence of Persephone becoming Queen of the Underworld.]]
** Rachel Smythe has admitted to enjoying dropping references to ''Literature/TheTrojanCycle'' in the comic but stated she has no intention of including the Trojan War in the story in any meaningful way. This is why Odysseus is already a god at the start of the story even though Achilles has yet to be born and Cassandra is still working as a priestess.
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* PantheonSitcom: The events of the comic largely play out like a regular daytime TV show. Deconstructed, hard. The relative harmless WhiteCollarWorker antics in the underworld alone can and do cause drama and disasters that last for centuries. That's not even getting into the ''Game of Thrones'' style drama on Olympus.


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* UndergroundCity: Fittingly, The Underworld has this dynamic. It has been shown to be not just very industrious but also responsible for near all of the trade of raw goods to the other realms. Though not all of it is functional and some of it abandoned. The only light being Neon and lava.
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* CuttingTheKnot: When Hades and Ares find Thanatos trapped in Sisyphus’ pithos, Hades notes that the lock is a complex puzzle which would take him time to solve. Ares simply [[UseYourHead breaks the jar open with his head]].


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* UseYourHead: Ares buses his head to shatter the pithos holding Thanatos prisoner inside. Hades nicknames him “Sir Hardhead” for that.
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* ExiledToTheCouch: Implied Trope in Episode 94. When Hades puts Poseidon and Zeus up in his house for the night, Zeus chooses to sleep on the couch, despite Hades offering him a bed.
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Odysseus appears in the second chapter, having already ascended to deityhood and is openly hated by Poseidon. However, Hades and Persephone's marriage happened before the Trojan War and Thetis is still with Zeus and has yet to give birth to Achilles.

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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Odysseus appears in the second chapter, having already ascended to deityhood and is openly hated by Poseidon. However, Hades and Persephone's marriage happened before the Trojan War and Thetis is still with Zeus and has yet to give birth to Achilles. [[spoiler:Until Achilles appears as a toddler post TimeSkip]].
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More accurate trope, I think.


* HigherTechSpecies: Ancient Greece is at an accurate level of culture and technology but Olympus and the Underworld have progressed into a 21st-century level society.

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* HigherTechSpecies: HighTechHeaven: Ancient Greece is at an accurate level of culture and technology but Olympus and the Underworld have progressed into a 21st-century level society.
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Periods go within quotations, Bosco 13


->''"While you are here, you shall rule all that lives and moves and shall have the greatest rights among the deathless gods: Those who defraud you and do not appease your power with offerings, reverently performing rites and paying fit of gifts, shall be punished forevermore".''

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->''"While you are here, you shall rule all that lives and moves and shall have the greatest rights among the deathless gods: Those who defraud you and do not appease your power with offerings, reverently performing rites and paying fit of gifts, shall be punished forevermore".''forevermore."''

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* TheShrink:
** Hades's therapist is the one who told him to write a letter to Persephone without sending it, and after he finds out [[spoiler:about Apollo raping Persephone]], Eros tells Persephone she should speak to his therapist.
** A gender bent version of the Cenataur Chiron is the therapist Persephone sees (The one Hecate suggested). She switched fields from medicine to psychology.



* ThereAreNoTherapists: Refreshingly averted! Hades's therapist is the one who told him to write a letter to Persephone without sending it, and after he finds out [[spoiler:about Apollo raping Persephone]], Eros tells Persephone she should speak to his therapist.
** A gender bent version of the Cenataur Chiron is the therapist Persephone sees (The one Hecate suggested). She switched fields from medicine to psychology.
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->''"While you are here, you shall rule all that lives and moves and shall have the greatest rights among the deathless gods: Those who defraud you and do not appease your power with offerings, reverently performing rites and paying fit of gifts, shall be punished forevermore."''

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->''"While you are here, you shall rule all that lives and moves and shall have the greatest rights among the deathless gods: Those who defraud you and do not appease your power with offerings, reverently performing rites and paying fit of gifts, shall be punished forevermore."''forevermore".''



* AdaptationDeviation: The original myth was about Hades kidnapping Persephone to be his wife with the permission of Zeus and her enraged mother Demeter creating drought and famine on Earth until Hades agreed to allow her daughter to return her for six months out of every year. In the comic Hades and Persephone's relationship is completely consensual and [[spoiler:Zeus, fearing that her powers as a fertility goddess may threaten his rule, has her banished to Earth indefinitely in order to keep her from marrying anyone. In response, an infuriated Hades holds back resources from Olympus and creates extensive scarcity throughout the home of the gods until Persephone is allowed to reunite with him.]]



* AdaptationDeviation: The original myth was about Hades kidnapping Persephone to be his wife with the permission of Zeus and her enraged mother Demeter creating drought and famine on Earth until Hades agreed to allow her daughter to return her for six months out of every year. In the comic Hades and Persephone's relationship is completely consensual and [[spoiler:Zeus, fearing that her powers as a fertility goddess may threaten his rule, has her banished to Earth indefinitely in order to keep her from marrying anyone. In response, an infuriated Hades holds back resources from Olympus and creates extensive scarcity throughout the home of the gods until Persephone is allowed to reunite with him.]]



** Hades and Zeus both call Hera "Bunny," though she doesn't especially seem to appreciate it.

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** Hades and Zeus both call Hera "Bunny," "Bunny", though she doesn't especially seem to appreciate it.



** Apollo calls Persephone "Persie." She doesn't like it. She does, however, like Hades’ nickname for her, “Sweetness.”

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** Apollo calls Persephone "Persie." "Persie". She doesn't like it. She does, however, like Hades’ nickname for her, “Sweetness.”“Sweetness”.



* BilingualBonus: Episode 40 features Hades speaking unsubtitled Greek. His command to the spirits in Tartarus, "Συγκαλεῖσθε," means "Assemble." His last line of the episode is "Εἰμί βασιλεύς ἀπαίσιος" - "I am a terrible king."
* BlandNameProduct: In [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/episode-45/viewer?title_no=1320&episode_no=49 Episode 45]], Hades tries looking up Persephone on ''Fatesbook'' and ''Oracle'', which are thinly-veiled references to Facebook and Google respectively. In a nod to the original myth, the Apple iPhone equivalent are smartphones from a brand called "Pomegranates."

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* BilingualBonus: Episode 40 features Hades speaking unsubtitled Greek. His command to the spirits in Tartarus, "Συγκαλεῖσθε," means "Assemble." "Assemble". His last line of the episode is "Εἰμί βασιλεύς ἀπαίσιος" - "I am a terrible king."
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* BlandNameProduct: In [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/episode-45/viewer?title_no=1320&episode_no=49 Episode 45]], Hades tries looking up Persephone on ''Fatesbook'' and ''Oracle'', which are thinly-veiled references to Facebook and Google respectively. In a nod to the original myth, the Apple iPhone equivalent are smartphones from a brand called "Pomegranates." "Pomegranates".



* MyBelovedSmother: Demeter, natch. Before her in-person debut, she'd only appeared in flashbacks, but her overzealous drive to protect Persephone loomed large enough over the story to the point that Persephone was shown having a nightmare of her mother locking her in a [[GildedCage greenhouse with no doors]] to "keep her safe."

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* MyBelovedSmother: Demeter, natch. Before her in-person debut, she'd only appeared in flashbacks, but her overzealous drive to protect Persephone loomed large enough over the story to the point that Persephone was shown having a nightmare of her mother locking her in a [[GildedCage greenhouse with no doors]] to "keep her safe." safe".



* OhMyGods: Even the Gods themselves do this: Aphrodite once says, "Oh sweet Gaia."

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* OhMyGods: Even the Gods themselves do this: Aphrodite once says, "Oh sweet Gaia."Gaia".



* PayEvilUntoEvil: When asked what he feeds Cerberus to make his coat so shiny, Hades replies "The souls of murderers and sometimes egg whites."

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* PayEvilUntoEvil: When asked what he feeds Cerberus to make his coat so shiny, Hades replies "The souls of murderers and sometimes egg whites."whites".



** During their very first meeting, Persephone asks Hades if there is a way to bring mortals back from the Underworld. Hades, kinda being able to guess why she's asking, assures her she doesn't need to worry since "mortals are a dime a dozen."

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** During their very first meeting, Persephone asks Hades if there is a way to bring mortals back from the Underworld. Hades, kinda being able to guess why she's asking, assures her she doesn't need to worry since "mortals are a dime a dozen."dozen".
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* WeddingEpisode: In Episode 234, Hades and Persephone formally marry. It is a small affair, as they were hurrying into it in order to get under the wire before Demeter’s embargo went into effect.

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* WhamEpisode: The season 1 finale, [[spoiler: which reveals the origin of Kore's dark side.]]

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