Kaos
This article contains mentions of rape, murder, and bestiality.
Though Orpheus considers Riddy his muse, Calli is theKaosequivalent of Calliope, the actual muse.
As the muse of Epic Poetry, her name was frequently mentioned by Greek poets and writers.
Her best-known myth involves her inspiring Homer to writeThe IlliadandThe Odyssey.
In the former myth, the Olympian Muses defeat the Sirens.
As punishment, they pluck out the Sirens feathers, leaving them wingless.
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While he starts out teaching the young man, Perdix quickly shows more potential than his uncle.
He also creates the potters wheel and the compass.
However, Athena intervenes before Perdix can die.
She transforms Perdix into a partridge, granting him a second life.
In some myths, Daedalus sister is named Perdix, and his nephew’s name is Talos.
While speaking to Riddy, she mentions that she predicted the horse, a reference to the Trojan War.
This comes into play before the Trojan War.
She also knows that Troy will fall.
Unfortunately, they don’t believe her due to the curse.
Some individuals in the LGBTQ+ community consider Caeneus one of the oldest literary trans characters.
Unfortunately, the myth itself is quite horrifying.
The young man is assigned as female at birth and lauded for being beautiful.
Leaning into masculine roles, he becomes a Greek hero and a king of Lapiths.
When the centaurs cant kill him with a spear, they bury him under tree trunks.
The Greek mythology figure is mostly known for her role in helping Theseus defeat the minotaur.
In mythology, Ariadne is a priestess of Dionysus prior to getting romantically entangled with Theseus.
After her eventual death, Dionysus wants to preserve her forever.
As such, he places her crown in the sky, becoming the Corona Borealis constellation.
He also has a brand-new origin story created specifically for the show.
Interestingly,Charon’s mythological background is just as mysterious as the character himself.
The origin story of the ferryman isnt well-documented.
There aren’t many myths that provide context to his personality, either.
Like theFuries inKaos, she has a major impact on Ari’s story with only minimal screen time.
This character from Greek mythology is King Minos wife and Ariadnes mother.
However,Pass inclusion inKaosalso alludes to the mythological origin of the creature.
In the ancient story, Minos promises to sacrifice a white bull to Poseidon as proof of his devotion.
However, the king becomes selfish, wanting to keep the bull because of its beauty.
As a punishment, Poseidon causes Pasiphae to fall in love with the creature.
Minos imprisons Pasiphaes offspring in the labyrinth.
When introducing her, the show states the two facts that are widely known about the Trojan.
However,the character has a fascinating life after these events, outlined in the mostly forgotten Euripides playAndromache.
After the Trojan War, Achilles' son, Neoptolemus, takes the titular heroine as a mistress.
Neoptolemus becomes king of Epirus, with his wife Hermione as the queen.
While Hermione can’t have a child, Andromache has three sons with the king.
They rule together happily, a very different depiction of her life after Troy than what’s seen inKaos.
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