Aphrodite is out of touch, almost the Paris Hilton of Greece, yet acts like the 70’s never ended; free love, and the future is bright. Whether that is good or bad, up to you.

Hades and Persephone are well, a happy couple with a dog. While Hades is the underdog of his brothers, and Persephone was disowned by her strict mother, the two still find joy in their simple lives.

Hera and Zeus are less than well; Zeus is openly cheating, and Hera is internally bitter. The media perceives Zeus as a hero, and Hera, an ice queen. Hera’s only escape is in her social work for the poor and women’s rights. 

Poseidon’s head is always in the clouds, and out in the waves. His association with his brother Zeus has given him a bad reputation, including with a certain daughter of Atrax and gorgon, but that is further from the truth. While a man of pleasure, he is still a man of morals and means.

Hephaestus is the most convoluted: his and Aphrodite’s open marriage leaves them to their work, and brings them together as tight friends. Their marriage was for power and image, but their friendship is out of love and agreement. While her hopes are high, his faith in worldly betterment is low. 

While mythical, they are no better than us mortals, and deserve said treatment. They may throw lightning bolts or arrows that strike love in our hearts, they don’t act any better than we. In modern times, they’d be nothing more than celebrities; grand and all-powerful, but not beyond this mortal coil.