KAOS — Episode 8 ››› Rakie Ayola as Persephone ››› Janet McTeer as Hera ››› Nabhaan Rizwan as Dionysus ››› Cliff Curtis as Poseidon

A few figures from Greek Mythology by illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon: Hera, Oedipus, Cadmus, Heracles, Zeus, Atalanta.

From the book, Classical Greece (1965).

A few figures from Greek Mythology by illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon: Hera, Oedipus, Cadmus, Heracles, Zeus, Atalanta.

From the book, Classical Greece (1965).

Black Gods and Goddesses [Greek] Pt. 1

HERA - Queen of Gods/Goddess of Marriage & Birth (Queen Angela Bassett)

ZEUS - King of Gods/God of Sky and Thunder (Idris Elba)

POSEIDON - God of Seas and Earthquakes (Mahersala Ali)

HADES - God of the Dead/Ruler of the Underworld (Ricky Whittle)

ATHENA - Goddess of Wisdom, War, and Justice (Danai Gurira)

APHRODITE - Goddess of Beauty, Sexual Love, and Affection (Rihanna)

NIKE - Goddess of Speed, Strength, and Victory (Serena Williams)

PERSEPHONE - Goddess of Vegetation and Spring/Queen of the Underworld. (SZA)

IRIS - Goddess of the Rainbow and Messenger of the Gods. (Janelle Monae)

ARES -God of War and Violence (Michael B. Jordan)

Part 2 is on my Dashboard or under the tag #blackgodsandgoddesses.

Edit: I know there are already black gods and goddesses in mythology native to Africa. And I’d love to explore those characters and their personalities. Like many bookworms, I loved Greek mythology when i was younger and I thought it’d be cool to cast them with black people in the roles to celebrate blackness. Plus, greek mythology has been interpreted and reinterpreted in so many many ways. And let’s face it: they’re gods. They can look however they want and baby: black is beautiful 🤷🏾‍♀️

IM CRYING I LOVE THIS!!!

minimalist sets → the twelve olympians