Lore Olympus is a webtoon adapted from Greek Roman mythology written by Rachael Smythe. It is different from the Greek and Roman mythology we are familiar with as Lore Olympus was imbued with modern elements. As such, the characters have jobs, companies, buildings, etc., and drive cars or attend parties. In the characters’ dialogue, there are many Internet terms which are often used by the MZ generation. In addition, it is impressive that the author painted a specific color for each character.
The plot revolves around the relationship between Persephone and Hades. Lore Olympus seems to show the romance between Hades and Persephone in a fragmentary way, but the story reminds us of the problems of modern society like sexual assault, parental coercion, gaslighting, life and death, and the evils of jealousy, etc. The central event of the Lore Olympus storyline begins with Persephone joining the first college party. Here, Persephone and Hades met each other. Aprodite, who is said to be pretty, gets jealous because Hades’ interest only for Persephone. Aprodite threatens the weakness of her son Eros and orders Persephone to play a prank. However, her prank brought a big incident. Afterwards, Persephone tries to correct the incident with Hades and overcome the trauma. Through Persephone, the author shows how to overcome the problems of modern society and one’s own trauma. After reading the webtoon, you will realize the meaning of independence and ego, and how to take care of yourself.
Lore Olympus has won three awards this year. First, Lore Olympus was awarded Best Web Comic on Eisner Awards on July 24th, 2022. Second, it was awarded Digital Book of the Year at the Harvey Awards on October 10th, 2022. Lastly, it was awarded Best Web Comic at the Ringo Awards on October 29th, 2022.
Lore Olympus is being published in 7 languages including Spanish, French, Indonesian, Japanese and German as well as Korean and English. In South Korea, we can subscribe to Lore Olympus free of charge on the Naver Webtoon website https://comic.naver.com/index or Naver Series website https://series.naver.com/novel/home.series Or, if you want to read original version, you can buy the original book through Coupang or Naver Shopping. Lore Olympus is serialized in webtoon format, so it is good to read lightly and conveniently. I recommend this book to readers who want to read easily during break time or who want to get some lessons for modern life.
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