Keeping up with the Kardashians Olympians
Sigh,
as much as I hate to admit it- I love
Keeping Up with the Kardashians (KUWTK). Delving into the daily drama and
frequent scandal that surrounds their lives is a guilty pleasure that allows me
to escape the monotony of my daily life- at least for 20 minutes- and I cannot
get enough of it! However, with that being said, I do believe that there is one
more family out there that could easily give the Kardashians a run for their
money, any day. I would watch a reality show based on their lives, over KUWTK, any
day! I also have no doubt that it will run for longer than KUWTK - that’s how
much goes on in their lives on a daily basis. Trust me when I tell you that
keeping up with the Kardashians is not nearly as hard as keeping up with the
goings-on of this family. Sadly though,
you and I will never live to see that become a reality because they do not
inhabit the earthly realm; they are scattered between Mount Olympus, the
Underworld and the ocean- so you can see how that might pose logistical
problems for producers and camera crews. Does that give you a hint? Yes, I am
talking about the 12 Olympians of Greek religion and mythology. The abduction,
deceit, illegitimate offspring, infidelity, jealousy and seduction that
dictates their daily lives has held my fascination for years now and I love
trying to keep up with the myths. If you thought the Kardashian’s lives
were filled with drama, secrets and scandals, then, let me tell you one of my
favourite stories to try and change your mind. Keep in mind that this is but a
small sliver of one version of the famous myth. Think of this as a three-part
episode of a reality show that never was. Enjoy!
Keeping Up with the Olympians:
Preparing for the contest (part 2)
After
eagerly accepting the conditions of Zeus, the three goddesses rush off to
Paris’ abode to settle the matter once and for all. Yet, it is only upon their
hasty arrival that they realize that Paris is still a little baby who is not even old enough to walk, let alone select a winner. This means that the
goddesses will have to wait till he is older, and what’s 19 to 20 years for
three immortals, right? Hera, Athena and Aphrodite decide to make the most of
it by preparing themselves for the contest (cue Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger). Over the
next two decades-though, I do not even know how this is possible for these three
ethereal beauties- they groom and preen themselves like never before. They also enlist the help of a series of lesser gods, old rivals and Mother Earth
herself, to manufacture the world’s finest accessories, clothing and perfumes-
all for the golden apple. It's all or nothing for these three!
Keeping Up with the Olympians: Paris,
Paris, Prince of Troy- who is the fairest of them all? (Part 3)
After
years and years of preparing for it, the all-important day finally arrives.
Hera, Athena and Aphrodite appear on Mount Ida, where Paris is tending sheep,
looking on point! In case you are wondering why on earth a prince is tending
sheep on a mountain- well, it’s a long story that must be saved for another day. For now,
it’s back to the golden apple. They ask him to hand the apple over to the woman that he thinks is the most beautiful of the three. Yet, if you know a thing or
two about the Olympians, you would also know that nothing is ever that simple; the
goddesses do not allow Paris to judge them solely on the merit of their beauty but bribe the mortal with majestic gifts. Athena promises him all the military might
in the world, while Hera promises him kingly power over the earthly realm.
However, it is the promise of possessing Helen, the most beautiful woman in the
world, that prompts Paris to name Aphrodite as the fairest of them all, oops! Hera
and Athena are forced to accept Paris’ judgement on the basis of the promise
they had made all those years ago, but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t salty
about it. In fact, to say that the pair is salty about the verdict is the
understatement of the century. And do you remember smelling disaster
from the very beginning and predicting that nothing good will come of it? Well, Hera and Athena make sure of it. What follows
is a very long story that has become the stuff of Homer’s nearly 16,000-line
epic, but in a nutshell: Hera and Athena plot and scheme their revenge to the
point of bringing about a 10-year war that completely destroys an entire city.
Did
that change your mind? Try Keeping Up with the Olympians, if you dare!
Therushie
Botejue
Oh i really enjoyed reading this and i completely agree that i have never seen any other family with as much drama as the Olympians. I mean, mythology itself is a subject of its own and that says a lot! I came into Greek mythology by reading the ''Percy Jackson and the Olympians'' series when i was a kid. So it's interesting how its author, Rick Riordan spun his own stories that spanned over five series based on Greek myth because it sells owing to its many strands. This selling point which is the drama is something I can interestingly find in reality series as well! It gives the saying ''truth is stranger than fiction'' a layer of authenticity!
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Love this! Greek myths are so interesting and it's really sad that we have such a small number of productions based on them. So much better that KUWTK for sure!
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I haven't got the slightest idea about Greek mythology but I have to say this family DOES sound waay more interesting than the Kardashians :3 NO better way to chill than watch somebody else's drama :p I really wish they'd make a TV series out of it though.
ReplyDeleteI love the comparison and no doubt there's clearly a winner and that's obviously Olympians. This reminds me of my early childhood when my father, a big classics fan, used to tell us Greek myths as bed time stories 🤣 we even had a dog named Cerberus back then. The story of Pandora and some magic box, Jason and the Golden fleece, some God swallowing all of his new born babies etc were our usual bed time stories and they confused me to a level, I wasn't much of a classics fan. But now I wish I could read all these but really don't have time and sadly I'm too old for bed time stories.
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